And so it begins...

Many of you know the problems we had with Faith's ears which ended up with tubes. Well I took Sophia to the doc. today. She has been throwing up everyday for the past four days. Well guess what... you know it. She has her first ear infection at 7 weeks. I hope that is not a sign, but I am just going to assume we will end up the same way we did with Faith. The tubes were great for Faith, she hasn't really been sick since. Anyway, we will see what happens with Sophia once she starts at mothers day out. That may lead to many more ear infections. I also found out she has a sensitive gag reflex. I had never heard of this, but the doctor's youngest had it worse than Sophia. Basically when I put the pacifier in Sophia's mouth, she almost always gags the first time. She also gags when we give her her meds. and such. So that is part of the reason she is throwing up and the other part is she has reflux like Faith did. I may have already mentioned that; I don't remember. Anyway, the doc. said she would grow out of all of it sometime between 9 and 12 months. That seems like a long time, but we will make it. It is really hard watching her throw up all the time. Her poor little body starts shaking and stuff just like if you had a bad stomach bug. Anyway, that is my little update.

Potty Training HELP!!!

Ok I am asking for some advice... Faith has been showing a lot of the signs for being ready to potty train, and I think I have it together enough now with Sophia to start. Faith always wants to sit on the potty when I go or even just randomly during the day. She always tells me when she is wet or dirty and that she needs to be changed. I'd say she is ready. Here is my biggest question... right now she will sit on the potty, ask for toilet paper, wipe and wash her hands, BUT the key is she isn't actually going. She tells me she is done and is ready to put her diaper back on, and I have noticed she will go to the bathroom in her diaper almost immediately or at least real soon after the diaper is back on. So she is connecting going to the bathroom with her diaper and not the potty. SO advice on how to get her to understand the change???? I have tried to explain it to her in different ways, but it just hasn't connected with her yet. So if any of you mom's that are potty training or those that have (which is most of you) let me know the secret... if there is one. I am so ready to only have one kid in diapers!!!! I need to count how many diapers I change in a day... it has to be a lot. ha ha!! Thanks for any help you can give!!!

Dittos for Kiddos

Well if you live in Abilene and have kids you probably know about Dittos for Kiddos. Well I decided to be a consignor this year. I am so excited, but a little stressed. I am trying to gather either toys that Faith hasn't really played with or clothes that we never used. I am trying to make sure to not sell the stuff that we can still use with Sophia, but it is so tempting to get rid of lots of stuff. Once we are done with kids, I will have a ton of things to sell. We have recently made a trip to get more stuff from our house in Fort Worth and that makes me want to get rid of more stuff. I always think if we haven't needed it so far we don't need it at all. Anyway, right now that is all that is on my mind... ironing, cleaning, hanging and tagging clothes, toys, books, etc. I only have about 50 items compared to some peoples 200 and something, so I will probably not make that much money, but I like doing this over a garage sell. You can usually price items higher at Dittos and you don't have to do the selling. Anyway, just a little update on what I have been doing the past few weeks (along with the kid thing of course). If you live in Abilene make sure you plan on going to shop at Dittos. It's only one weekend, so call me if you want to go. It really is awesome. I buy tons of stuff... that is probably where all the money I make will go. Oh well, it is fun.