Potty Trained, Crawling and Playing Together

Oakley's been potty trained for over a month now. She was already comfortable with sitting on the potty, but after she spent a day refusing to go anywhere but her diaper, I had her down an entire can of soda, which she was thrilled to do since she never gets it, then I sat her on the potty. We sang songs and read stories for about 30 minutes until she went without even thinking about it. And, it clicked. She's used the potty ever since with only two accidents, neither one in public or in the car. Whew!



Brighton started crawling just in time for her first birthday! We are thrilled. They still can't guarantee she doesn't have CP, but as soon as she masters a new skill, the CP movement patterns associated with that skill that she has been displaying, completely disappear.



The day the girls started truly playing together was one of the best days of my life. The house we're renting, like many of the houses in our area, has the living area upstairs- the kitchen/living/dining room, a bathroom and two bedrooms. So, Brighton gets one room and Oakley gets the master, which doubles as a play room. The girls love to play in there together while I'm able to get some cooking or cleaning done, while still keeping an eye on them.

It's an odd set up, designed to let the developers build houses super close together while still allowing mountain views, but we're learning to make it work for us. It does seem more energy efficient, since the heat rises to the second floor anyway, now it's rising to the part of the house where we spend most of our time. The downside is the fact that you never want to be on the first floor because it's 10-15 degrees colder!