Pink Eye

Enough said!

Big To Do is finally marked off the list!

MY LIST:

• Buy furniture for Ryleigh's big girl room - DONE
  
• Buy mattress for Ryleigh's big girl room
  
• Paint Ryleigh's big girl room - DONE
  
• Go through tub of 0-3 month clothes in basement - DONE
  
• Go through 2 tubs of baby stuff and clean/pull what I need - DONE
  
• Get Ryleigh potty trained (okay this is more of a wish/dream but its on the list) - WORKING
  
• Do my pre-registration for the hospital (should have been done 6 weeks ago) - DONE
  
• Make and freeze meals for March (not starting this till Feb 1 but need to plan what I will make)
  
• Purchase items that I feel I need the 2nd time around... double stroller, sling, etc
  
• Purchase a packet of thank you notes (b/c I assume I will either get gifts/meals from folks and need to thank them without hunting for cards in Hallmark just days after giving birth)
  
• Donut... need to be sure I still have inflatable donut and if not - buy one since my hospital is anti-donut and would rather see me suffer for 2 days b/c their more worried about my hemorrhoids than they are my tootiefala (that is what my grandmother called it)! - DONE
  
• Buy Ryleigh's "I am a big sister t-shirt" and wrap and have with hospital bag so she has a gift to open when she comes to visit at the hospital
  
• Buy Ryleigh a banner for Glenn to hang above her new room when the baby arrives (I am big sister)
  
• Junk food bag... b/c my hospital serves what only can be described as icky food!Oh and must not forget to do all the other stuff that I normally do....

I can't even wrap my head around it...

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She was a no show at her court hearing and she may not see her sons till April. WHAT WAS SHE THINKING??? Can someone please explain?

Panic

Okay, reading the last few posts my stress is really starting to show. I first want to say, thank you to my friends (new and old) for words of advice & wisdom. I am feeling pretty good till...

Alright I need to set this up a little better. Ryleigh and I went over to my folks today. If the husband is out of town during a weekend I will usually go over and spend the day there. It allows me to relax a bit plus Ryleigh LOVES my parents. She is my mom's shadow whenever my mom is around. When she was little and couldn't say Grandma she called her mama too. She thinks my dad is lots of fun. He swings her around and they share snacks. Anyway, on with my story.

So we arrive before lunch and we follow the same routine there as we do at my home. Play after lunch till nap. I take her upstairs and get her all snug in the crib, close the blinds and say night. She tells me thank you as I close the door (this is a recent thing and I can't figure out the why... I just always say you're welcome). My mom and I have a nice long chat while she eats lunch and we just sat in the kitchen below the room she was napping in for about an hour and half... then I hear a thump. I immediately break into a run (I don't even think my mom registered what happened). I tear up the stairs at a clip no pregnant women should dare try. The whole time I hear SILENCE. I am completely freaked. I open the door to the room and Ryleigh is standing there hyperventilating. Shear panic is running through my veins. Is she hurt? How bad? What? What if she broke her neck? I am holding her while I am trying to process that she climbed out of the crib and trying to check her. My mom soon followed and Ryleigh had to leap into her arms for some additional comfort. Then she came back to me and then she wanted a group hug. She was SO UPSET and scared. I took her downstairs to sit her on the couch (and better examine). My mom slid in Elmo on the DVD while I worked on talking to her and getting her to calm down. After about 10 minutes (from thump) I realized she was okay. Thank goodness.

I cannot say the same for me though. The rush of adrenaline caused baby Sharp #2 to kick the crap out of me for the next several hours. I felt horrible and my nerves were shot. Any misstep Ryleigh took I was on her like a hawk to get her to stop. I was a complete bundle of nerves.

We're home now. Ryleigh is fine, asleep in her crib and I sit in silence waiting to hear her make her next big leap! Yikes!!!!

Update from the potty

I don't know where to start. My mind has been racing because of everything I feel I need to do before the newest arrival and letting go of how things are right at this moment. I hate to say it but I will miss my one-on-one time with Ryleigh. She's my sweet pea, my first, my heart, my focus for the past 2 years. Please don't get me wrong, I am really starting to get excited for Sharp #2 but it will be such a jolt of change when he/she arrives that it will be hard not to miss the 2 years I spent with just Ryleigh.

Now onto updates:

POTTY TRAINING:
For the past 2 weeks we've been using the pull-ups. Ryleigh has had some success (usually she pees in the potty once, sometimes twice a day). Originally I purchased pull-ups that just changed color on the outside (flowers faded) and realized that Ry wasn't really getting it. So I purchased the kind that get cold when wet... really not cutting it. So finally I put her in training pants. The cotton ones and I put the plastic pants over. I really felt Ry needed to feel an accident or she wouldn't 'get it'. Well she got it. An hour into wearing them (and having just been on the potty 3 minutes before) she comes up to me and tells me she pooped! As much as I wasn't looking forward to the clean up I realized she was making progress. She actually told me when she did something in her pants. FINALLY!!! We had 3 accidents this morning and I put her down for a nap in pull-up. She stayed in pull-ups the rest of the day (we had errands to run). She peed 3 times in her potty today. I must admit I am pretty proud of her. I've been using stickers as incentive. She hasn't quite got the idea of an incentive (if I do it I get this...) but I figure she needs to be rewarded just the same.

MY LIST:

• Buy furniture for Ryleigh's big girl room - DONE
• Buy mattress for Ryleigh's big girl room
• Paint Ryleigh's big girl room
• Go through tub of 0-3 month clothes in basement - DONE
• Go through 2 tubs of baby stuff and clean/pull what I need - DONE
• Get Ryleigh potty trained (okay this is more of a wish/dream but its on the list) - WORKING
• Do my pre-registration for the hospital (should have been done 6 weeks ago) - DONE
• Make and freeze meals for March (not starting this till Feb 1 but need to plan what I will make)
• Purchase items that I feel I need the 2nd time around... double stroller, sling, etc
• Purchase a packet of thank you notes (b/c I assume I will either get gifts/meals from folks and need to thank them without hunting for cards in Hallmark just days after giving birth)
• Donut... need to be sure I still have inflatable donut and if not - buy one since my hospital is anti-donut and would rather see me suffer for 2 days b/c their more worried about my hemorrhoids than they are my tootiefala (that is what my grandmother called it)! - DONE
• Buy Ryleigh's "I am a big sister t-shirt" and wrap and have with hospital bag so she has a gift to open when she comes to visit at the hospital
• Buy Ryleigh a banner for Glenn to hang above her new room when the baby arrives (I am big sister)
• Junk food bag... b/c my hospital serves what only can be described as icky food!
  Oh and must not forget to do all the other stuff that I normally do....

For your viewing pleasure, a few shots of the queen playing office, eating ice-cream, playing with daddy (while wearing winter boots of course), watching Elmo from her chair, cleaning her table after lunch, and lastly playing (with a new cold to boot).

9 weeks to go...

I was reading a blog post today. It is my friend's friend, Jessica. We read one anothers blogs and comment even though we've never met. She went to college with my friend Meredith. Anyway, her and I are both expecting and she had an interesting post, 'Must Have Baby Items', which has really got me thinking of everything I need to get done before Baby #2 arrives. So in order to stay on top of what I need to get done I've opted to write my list here for everyone to see and hold me accountable.

• Buy furniture for Ryleigh's big girl room - DONE
• Buy mattress for Ryleigh's big girl room
• Paint Ryleigh's big girl room
• Go through tub of 0-3 month clothes in basement
• Go through 2 tubs of baby stuff and clean/pull what I need
• Get Ryleigh potty trained (okay this is more of a wish/dream but its on the list) - WORKING
• Do my pre-registration for the hospital (should have been done 6 weeks ago) - WORKING
• Make and freeze meals for March (not starting this till Feb 1 but need to plan what I will make)
• Purchase items that I feel I need the 2nd time around... double stroller, sling, etc
• Purchase a packet of thank you notes (b/c I assume I will either get gifts/meals from folks and need to thank them without hunting for cards in Hallmark just days after giving birth)
• Donut... need to be sure I still have inflatable donut and if not - buy one since my hospital is anti-donut and would rather see me suffer for 2 days b/c their more worried about my hemorrhoids than they are my tootiefala (that is what my grandmother called it)!
• Buy Ryleigh's "I am a big sister t-shirt" and wrap and have with hospital bag so she has a gift to open when she comes to visit at the hospital
• Buy Ryleigh a banner for Glenn to hang above her new room when the baby arrives (I am big sister)
• Junk food bag... b/c my hospital serves what only can be described as icky food!
• Oh and must not forget to do all the other stuff that I normally do....

Not too bad and now that I've written it down and put some thought into it I feel ready to tackle the next 9 weeks!

The start of 08

Today has been an interesting one. I've decided to give a shot at potty training Ry! What a tall order at just over 2 but Ry has shown signs that she is physically capable...mainly waking up dry in the morning and after naps.
We've had the potty since mid-September and she dragged it all over the house for a couple of months. She filled it with toilet paper (has a removable cup that she would pick up and throw tp in). And basically saw it as a toy. The past 2 months she's essentially ignored it except for the occasional tp fill up. Last night I took the potty and cleaned out all the tp (about a rolls worth) and took it up to my bathroom. I figure when I heard her in the morning I would scoop her up and put her on the potty and we would go together (isn't that a lovely picture to imagine). Well it worked... she peed in her potty. I was so excited for her and it gave me the incentive to stay in today to be her constant reminder.
The rest of the day didn't fair as well. She sat on the potty a lot but nothing happened. After spending the whole day home I decided we needed to just get out after dinner so we went to Barnes and Noble and did some book shopping. When we got back it was time for bath so we dragged the potty to her bathroom and I got the bath ready while she sat on the potty... AND SHE DID IT AGAIN!!! I was so excited for her. It gave me more incentive to keep at it even though I question if this is really working or not. So tomorrow we will probably spend at home again. I have a play date scheduled so at least I will see an adult...
Would love to hear about how others potty trained and what worked for them so leave your comments!