August 1, 2011

• Croup & Night Time Potty Training

  Zoe’s Daily Funny:
  Zoe and I were eating breakfast together while watching Rapunzel for the 5,489th time yesterday morning while Kayden and the hubs were taking a nap.
  
  Me: Do you think Rapunzel is pretty?
  Zoe: Mmmhmm. Do you mommy?
  Me: Mmmhmm. She’s pretty.
  Zoe: How about the king and queen?
  Me: I think the king is handsome and the queen is pretty.
  Zoe: (chuckling) How about Flynn?
  Me: Oh he’s handsome.
  Zoe: (chuckling) How about daddy and Kayden?
  Me: Oh they’re REALLY handsome.
  Zoe: (laughing) Do you think they’re more handsomer?
  Me: The handsomest!
  Zoe: (smiling into her bowl of eggs) Me too. I love them.
  
  Hahaha she’s so cute at times.

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  I am home YET again. This is a new illness for me. Kayden has croup. Any advice on dealing with this one? It started yesterday morning. He woke up, had his morning bottle and then threw it ALL up all over our bed. *sigh* Then I noticed his fever. It was a little over 100. We gave him fever reducers throughout the day. At night we gave him ibuprofen right before he went to bed around 9ish. At around almost 1 I checked in on him. The hubs took his temp and it was around 102. We gave him some acetaminophen but then I noticed his cough. It was almost like a bark. Like a seal-like bark. I took him to the doctors and he said Kayden had croup. I remember reading about it when Zoe was younger. He prescribed Prednisolone and said the cough will probably get worse before it gets better and that it should probably last 3-4 days. BOO! So draining when your kids get sick. I couldn’t even sleep last night.
  
  I was also all ready to write about how Zoe is FULLY POTTY TRAINED! However she peed on her bed last night. DOH! So friday night we get into bed and she goes “Mommy I still have my panties on!” I said “Zoe do you want to try sleeping in them? Do you think you can do it?” She looked unsure but said she wanted to try. The next morning she walks into our bedroom all proud and groggy lookin’ and goes “Look! Touch my panties! Touch them!” and she tries to jut  her crotch out. Haha so I touch her panties and they’re dry and I make a big deal about it and even reward her with 2 pieces of candy. After she ate her breakfast she comes up to me at the sink and goes “Mommy, thank you for letting me try sleeping in the bed with panties on. Thank you.” So sweet right? Sunday night she wants to try again. The next morning-DRY! I reward her with another piece of candy and she wants to know why she’s only getting 1 piece this time. I can’t reward her with 2 pieces every single time! No negotiation Miss Thang! Last night when I woke to check on Kayden I touched Zoe’s panties and they were wet. I changed her, the hubs moved her to our bed, and I stripped her sheets off. I felt a little bit of sadness because I knew she was going to be disappointed in the morning.
  
  I also want to give props to the hubs. This morning I came downstairs and he did all the dishes and washed all of the bottles while I was sleeping. And I DIDN’T EVEN ASK! Thanks hun. I love you. It’s the little things like this that make me love you.
  
  { 06.25.11 } Zoe’s Final Class @ The Little Gym
  It was “Show Week” at the Little Gym where the kids put on a final performance for the parents. Zoe didn’t “show” us anything. Hahaha. She wasn’t even paying attention.
  
  
  
         
  
         
                                             
  

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