Our Potty is here!!

Our potty arrived early this morning!! Tori was so excited to open up the box and throw all the packaging and papers everywhere till she finally got to her blue potty! She was so cute!

Ice cream, M&Ms, and lots and lots of patience... We will get this!!

Tori's Quote of the Day:

We were sitting at the dinner table and we were telling eachother about how our day had been. Tori asked Adam, "Daddy what you do?" and Adam said, "I was at work." Then, my brilliant child responded..."You workin in da big chuck(truck) and you sencing(fencing)?" Adam said "yes" and she said, "Good job daddy, good job wis dat sence!" What a sweet girl to show her daddy how much his work is appreciated around here!!

hmm...

Potty training has gone great most of today! Only 2 accidents and everything else has gone in the potty! Tori made me so sad tonight though, because she sat on the potty and cried, "I not yike to go potty Mommy, I put on my dipa and be a baby now." Hmm... Should I be discouraged?? Or is this just part of the process...

Potty Training.... Step Two

We are patiently awaiting our potty. Tori told me today(and yesterday), "Mommy, my potty come i-i-inn da mail... I-I-I-In a box! but, but it's a blue one mommy, a blue potty!!" so cute! Can you tell I'm loving the stutter? Her brain is working too fast for her mouth, and she just can't get it out! lol anyways back to the matter at hand. So the past 3 days we have been beginning the process of potty training, and today was our first day to wear big girl panties! She did have an accident in them, but I'm so proud of her!!! We sat on the big potty, I gave her some juice, and read "Once upon a potty" at least 4 times today. I will post a picture of her sticker chart later this week!! When it has more stickers on it :).... I'm determined this time, and so is she!! She'll be a big girl in no time!

If you are looking for a good potty book this one is great!!! There's also a boy version if you have a boy :)

We're sensitive around here...

This post is for anyone who has a child with sensitive skin. I thought maybe it would be helpful to others dealing with these issues to know what products we use, and how we handled the issues of dry skin, eczema, and break outs. 

Since the day Tori was born, she has had sensitive skin. The hospital gave me a small pack of pampers diapers, and it took me around a week to figure out she was allergic to the diapers. After some trial and error I realized that ONLY Huggies snug and dry would not break out her little bottom, and for a month and 1/2 I had to make my own baby wipes out of paper towels, until I finally found a wipe that she could handle. As she has grown up we have had 2 cases of the hives, just from someone putting something on her skin, that was not pre-approved by me. Though it has gotten better, and some things she can tolerate much better that she used to be able to we still have break outs from time to time, dry skin issues, and eczema issues. We have prescription hydrocortisone, take baths a little less often that normal, and lotion daily with Aveeno lotion.  3 months ago cupcake icing left little red smears where she had gotten it on her cheeks, and just Sunday a friend of mine made some AMAZINGLY yummy spaghetti sauce, and Tori had red spots wherever it touched her skin!! Usually this clears up on it's own, and if it doesn't one dose of benadryl does the trick, and we really try not to let it effect our daily lives, but I do have to be careful what I put on her skin. Our most recent discovery; a bubble bath that she can use!!  Tori has only had 3 bubble baths in her lifetime because of this problem, and I am proud to say we FINALLY found a bubble bath, that does not break her out!! She was so excited this afternoon to play in bubbles and I was so happy to let her!!!  If anyone out there is dealing with the issue of sensitive skin here are some products we have used that helped!! 

Here's a link to some of the recipes I used for Tori

All Natural Recipes for Babies

Tori's Quote of the Day:

I got home from Target and Tori immediantly came to me and said: "Mommy, W-W-W-W-What'ya been doin?"  Someone tell me why the stutter is so stinkin cute, and how on earth my 2 year old even knows to ask that question?? She is just brilliant...