Canche Chronicles: Haley understands the pee pee/M&M correlation

Today was a long day of potty training. Haley made it especially long by waking up at eight. That wouldn't have been too bad except Emily had been up three or four times last night so I was pretty tired. I brought Haley back to bed with me and she laid there for a while but then kept poking her head up and messing with Emily so we got up. I put her on the potty right away and gave her a pop tart. Emily woke up not too long after and she sat in the bouncer seat and Haley sat on the potty while I took a shower. Despite the sound of the shower, Haley didn't go potty. I left them in those spots while I did my hair and make-up. Haley got up after a while and played in the bathroom but still didn't go.

I got Emily dressed and put a shirt on Haley, she doesn't like to wear underwear for some reason. She loves her Dora panties, just not on. We went to the den and played for a while and Haley finally went pee pee on the potty. She was already sitting on there watching an Arthur episode but it still counts! I dusted the den while Haley was on the potty and Emily was on the tummy time mat. Then Emily got cranky so I put her in the swing to nap and Haley helped me dust the rest of the house. We brought the potty with us from room to room and she was supposed to tell me when she had to go but she ended up having two accidents. Both times she went to the other room and when I followed her she was going. One time she was behind the curtains in the living room hiding and the other time she was in the kitchen so I was happy that at least it wasn't on the carpet. She was telling me 'poo poo potty' when she went in the kitchen so at least she was making some effort.

We ate lunch and then she sat on the potty for a while until she peed. It was kind of nice because she just sat on the potty while I cleaned the bathroom. I sat her on her potty while I cleaned the big toilet. After she peed she went down for a nap. Just as I walked out of Haley's room from putting her down for a nap, Emily woke up! I think these babies were conspiring against me today, I never had anytime with both of them sleeping. Emily had slept over two hours so she was in a pretty good mood. I put her in her bouncy seat and then swept and mopped the hardwood floor. Then I put her in the exersaucer and spent some time with her. She loves the exersaucer.

Haley only slept an hour and a half and as soon as she got up it was back to potty time. I was especially nervous because she had not booed yet. Her diaper from nap was a little wet but not much, she probably went once in there. She spent the better part of two hours on the potty. I kept her there with Arthur and Elmo videos while I swept and mopped the bathroom and kitchen floors. Haley watched so many videos today, Pop's would say her brain is oatmeal. It actually worked out pretty good because she finally booed on the potty, two and a half hours after she woke up from her nap! I don't think she peed but I can't be sure, it's hard to tell in the big potty.

After her boo I let her down to play and just kept an eye on her. She had drunk a little bit so I did put her on the potty every fifteen minutes or so just in case but she didn't ever end up going. We were supposed to have small group tonight but one of the couples was sick and another of the couple's grandma is about to die so it was just us and the Maglotts. We decided to still meet and hang out but not go over the material. They said we should bring Haley and Emily so I cancelled the baby-sitter and made some cookies to bring along. I got everything ready to go and made getting Haley dressed the last thing before we headed out the door. It was a good thing I did because just as I was getting her pants and shoes together, she told me she had to go potty. I put her on the potty and about three minutes later, she went! I was so excited because it was the first time she asked to go before she had actually started peeing and it was the first time she asked to go and then actually went right away instead of an hour later. I think she's starting to understand the cause and effect relationship between peeing and M&Ms.

After our celebration we headed to the Maglotts. I put a pull-up on Haley because quite frankly, I wanted a break! She did ask to go one time when we were there and I was nursing Emily so David took her and she didn't go. I think if she had stayed on their potty for a while she maybe would have because David said she hadn't gone yet but when we got home it looks like she maybe went once while we were there. It was nice to catch-up with the Maglotts and Haley played so nicely with their little daughter's toys. Their daughter, Eva, is 11 months old so her toys are pretty baby-ish but Haley loved to walk around behind this one toy that is supposed to help teach babies to walk. Eva was up for about fifteen minutes when we got there and then they put her to bed but that was long enough for Haley to start crawling around imitating her.

We stayed at the Maglotts until almost nine. The first thing I did when we got home was take off Haley's pull-up and pants. I kind of wanted her to pee one last time before bed. It ended up working out great. She told me she had to go and I took her to the potty and turned on an Elmo episode for her and listened for the pee. You have to listen for it on the big potty because you can't tell if she's gone otherwise. I think she likes the big potty better because it has a Dora seat and is more comfortable than the little one. I kind of forgot to watch for her to pee and David and I were talking when Haley called out, "pee pee, yay!" Neither of us had heard anything but her bottom was wet so we celebrated and gave her two M&Ms. Then we put her pajamas on and put her and Emily to bed.

Haleyism:

The other day we were in the car and I was talking to David and called him David. Haley quickly corrected me, "mommy, it's Daddy." Haha.

Emilyism:

Emily loves the exersaucer, she even kind of jumps in it. I'll try and post a video of her in it tomorrow.