Set Back

Yesterday in our little potty training world was wonderful! Today, until about 3:00 was wonderful... After that- ALL downhill!

That's ok. We aren't giving up, we are back in the saddle first thing in the morning! I know Luke can do this- I am just waiting for a little light to come on in his mind.

No Accidents All Day???

You Bet!

Luke has been working SO hard at this potty training thing. My hat is off to all of you who have mastered potty training 101. It is super hard! We have been working and working and working on this and we finally made it all day accident free!!!! I thought this day would never come. Not to say that tomorrow will be this good too, but at least he proved that he can do it. I am so proud of my big boy Luke.

Needless to say, our treat jar is COMPLETELY empty. I have to refill it before tomorrow. That's a good problem to have though.

The Culprit...

Last week Brady's sleeping patterns were an absolute nightmare. Three nights in a row he screamed all night long. It was so bad that I took him in to the doctor to see if there was something wrong with him. NOPE! Nothing wrong, just possibly cutting teeth...
This is what I found Saturday:


His third tooth came in! It is on top and a little to the right.

Cutting teeth is MUCH more dramatic for Brady than it was with Luke. My goodness- I seriously thought something was terribly wrong with him last week! No- just a tooth! BRADY!!!

A Beautiful Day at the Park

This whole week has been so beautiful, so Kristen & I decided to take the kiddos to the park today. They had a lot of fun!

The BIG brother & sister.

The LITTLE brother & sister.

Brady had fun crawling all over the playground. His little feet were black!

Time out for a drink of water.

After playing at the park we came back to our house to eat and play in Luke's new sandbox. It was a ton of fun!

Potty Training- TAKE TWO

Alright, we are back on board for potty training! I decided we are not buying ANY more diapers for Luke. So, after some advice from a friend of another little boy potty trainer- I went and got some training pants. Not underwear, training pants. It seems like they may work. They are like underwear but with a little more padding in the middle in case of accidents.
Today is day one, and so far so good! We will see how this goes...

Night Time Blues...

Last night was another rough night for little B-ball. BUT! I did not give him a bottle. He woke up once, I went in and changed him and gave him a drink of water from his sippy cup. After that, I laid him back down and let him cry. After ten minutes of crying, I went in to try to calm him down- then laid him down again. He began crying again. After twenty minutes, I went back in to calm him down AGAIN. He began crying Again... After thirty minutes I went in and patted him back to sleep. He slept until 8:30 this morning.
Hopefully tonight will be less crying... I HOPE!
I am one tired mommy, and Brady is sound asleep for his morning nap!

Brady's 8 Month Birthday!

Look at my handsome little buckaroo! Already 8 months old. My how the time has gone by. People always say they grow up fast, well the second grows up even faster in my opinion. I keep thinking Brady is still a little baby, but actually he is starting to do some not-so-babylike things...

Like eat his first taste of dirt!

Notice- he had CRAWL over and PULL UP to reach this dirt. I think he decided he likes his food better.







Another thing he has been doing is "talking". He says "ba ba ba ba ba", sometimes we think he is saying bubba, but we aren't sure. He does love his big brother! Luke can make him laugh like nobody else. The sweetest thing about their relationship is that no matter how Luke is to Brady, Brady ALWAYS adores him. We are working on Luke's behavior towards Brady. At times, he can be pretty rough. Brady has lots of paybacks stored up for Luke one day real soon!

This isn't the clearest picture ever, but it is easy to see his two teeth. He also has another one coming in on the top. Boy will we be glad when he is done teething!

Which brings me to my next point... Brady is still not a consistent sleeper at night. A lot of nights he will sleep from 8:30pm to 6:00am, but not always. The past two nights have been terrible for him. So bad that I took him to the doctor today to see if their could be something wrong. He just screams as loud as he can in the middle of the night. Believe it or not... there is nothing wrong though. Except teeth coming in, I guess. Luke never had this much trouble cutting teeth. That just goes to show that no two kids are alike.

Usually I will go ahead and give Brady a bottle in the middle of the night if he wakes up, but not after today. The doctor said NO MORE BOTTLES in the middle of the night. So, blame it on the doctor! All I can say is pray for us the next few nights. They may be pretty rough. Brady doesn't give up without a fight.

As for food- Brady is eating mostly baby food, but starting to get some table food here and there. He got his first sippy cup two days ago and is still learning how to use that.

His weight today...20.5 pounds!

Happy Birthday Brady! Our goal before your next birthday is to get you sleeping all night, EVERY night!