Today Grace is 14 weeks old. She's also been exclusively breastfeed that whole time! It may not seem like it to you, but for me, that is a huge accomplishment! Of course today all I can think about is eating ice cream and drinking a margarita. Oh well! Last weekend I got to spend with my mom and I also got to see Aunt Toots, Grandparents Cline and Grandma Len. It was nice to get away and see people rather than have large events to go to.
I hate the term "potty training" but we are into learning to use the toilet (for Tyler). I'm trying not to get sucked into the competetive aspect of it. The sooner people accept that all kids are different and develop and learn at different rates the better. The teacher in me wants him to get it fast and the mom in me doesn't want to start for 6 more months. He's my baby after all! :) I"m trying to approach it as I did with teaching reading- imersion into the concept knowing full well he may not be developmentally ready. The probelm is that to do anything outside the house with the term "preschooler" attached he has to be trained. I have a friend who's son is in the 2 year old room at church which is basically a playroom and can't go to the 3 year old "Preschool Class" where they actually learn about Jesus until he's potty trained. Why? Is there something that makes you mentally prepared to learn if you are potty trained? They say "staff does not have time to change diapers". Why can't we, as the MOM just say "leave him in a dirty diaper till I get there!" It's only an hour... I do understand both sides but I hate that battle of 'teach him before he's ready so he can do it' and 'let him learn at his own pace'. There is merit to both schools of thought in many areas of learning!
Wednesday Grace, Tyler and I drove up to Cleveland to see Hannah. Unfortunately I didn't bother to do my makeup and she didn't bother to do her hair so we don't have many photo's to document the event. :) It's wonderful to have friends you don't have to get all 'gussied' up for though! It was a long day with the driving but SO worth it! I hope we get our house sold or rented soon so we can use the extra money for me to travel to friend's houses who live far away and have playdates more often. At least until the random Ohio snow storms dump 20 inches... We got to see my dad yesterday and I got an adorable pic of him with the kids. Gary's been having some major stress at work so pray for him. Tyler seems to have picked up on the stress as well. Of course, the novelty of having a baby in the house seems to be wearing off. He's fine with sharing my time between him and Grace...for the most part... but add computer time, cleaning time, or daddy time to that and watch out! At least he has me all to himself when he's on the potty...