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10/15/2012

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We seem to be settling in to life in the US now.  I think the little ones are finally pretty well adjusted to the time change.  They were both in bed by 7:30 tonight, so I consider that a huge success (considering they were going to sleep at 10pm or later!)  Jackson, of course, is still waking up multiple times a night, and last night was pretty bad, he woke up and his skin was ll red and itchy and he was just a miserable little guy!  Poor baby.  His skin goes from almost perfect-looking to red and splotchy and irritated and we don't know what triggers it!
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Riley is having a blast.  She's loving being with her grandma and grandpa... loves that we have a trampoline and a playroom, her very own minnie mouse chair, a playground right down the street, and plenty of people to play with her.  Our only issue we are having lately is the whole potty training thing.  We've taken a few big steps backwards in the potty training process.
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The month or two before we moved back to the US was extremely hectic.  Lots of moving around and little routine, and as a result, we got a little bit lazy with her potty training, and would put her in a pull-up quite frequently.  Now, she usually treated her pull-up just like underwear, and would keep them dry and tell us when she needed to use the toilet, but sometimes we couldn't get her to a toilet on time, and I think she developed some bad habits as a result of being in a pull-up so much.  DOH!
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So the problem now is, she still tells us when she needs to use the toilet, but she is having a really hard time keeping her underwear 100% dry.  So by the time she says "need to use the potty!!!" she has already wet her undies a bit.  Sometimes it's a tiny bit, and sometimes it's a lot.  And there were even a few days where she just straight up peed on the floor.  Luckily that only lasted for a day or two, not really sure what that was all about.
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Now she seems to really be trying, I just think she gets so busy and forgets what's happening until it's too late and she REALLY needs to go.  If we remind her constantly or make her sit on the toilet, she does a good job, it's just if we let her do her own thing and wait until she tells us, it's normally a little too late... soooo we go through lots of underwear each day, since even when she does make it to the toilet, her undies are still a little bit wet.  Sigh.  Lucky for us though, she always poops on the potty, so we haven't had to deal with that kind of clean-up! 
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Then there is the issue of sleep.  Riley seems to be in this weird transition phase.  Like, she doesn't always NEED a nap, but if she doesn't have one, she needs to be in bed really early, and the late afternoon can have quite a few overtired toddler tantrums.  But then if she DOES take a nap, I cannot get her to sleep at night before 9 or 10pm.  Clearly not ideal.  So some days she naps (and those naps are usually 3 hours!), and some days she doesn't nap.
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And also?  She requires ME to lay down with her to fall asleep every single time.  If she doesn't take a nap, that whole process (after stories and the whole bedtime routine) takes all of 2 minutes.  No big deal.  But if she does take a nap, and isn't totally 100% exhausted, it can take 30 minutes to an hour of me laying there with her.  She wants more tickles and more songs and a drink of water and to use the potty and to see daddy and blah blah blah.  The girl knows how to delay bedtime, that's for sure!
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But the most important thing?  My little babies are just so so HAPPY.  We are having fun.  We are enjoying this new stage in our lives.  Riley is definitely loving having her daddy home every day!
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And Jackson is just SUCH a joy.  He's a happy little guy.  He's super cuddly, and smiley, and he laughs and giggles and tries to eat everything and he talks to us all the time, and he's just our gorgeous little blue-eyed Jacky boy.
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I mean, it doesn't get any cuter, right?
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1 Comment
Lilly
10/16/2012 06:33:25 am

I have a cute idea you should carve a pumpkin and sit Jackson in it and have a little photo shoot . That would be so adorable

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