It's so hard to change their mindsets once they believe something. DD is convinced that her eyes are brown like mine, even though they are a dark blue/grey like DF's. She is adamant that one of mum and dad's dogs is a boy even though her name is Rosie and the dogs are always referred to as "the girls".
The hardest part was getting her to want to do it. I did resort to bribery at one stage with jellybeans but in the end she was more motivated by being a "big girl" and us making a big fuss out of it. I think in some ways it's harder to toilet train them when they're older because of the ideas they have in their heads and they're already pretty set in their ways.
We haven't even tried to TT yet although DD will come with me to the toilet and we talk about the whole thing, we aren't going to push anything untill after this baby or she asks about it. If she asks to go, I will put her on but she rarely does anything. I'm not in any rush really.
Speech therapy is going really well. DD is still almost a year behind where she should be verbally but can communicate at the appropriate level regardless (can construct sentences in signs and knows 100s of signs) so that is really good because it means there are no cognitive delays, it is purely due to the messages her brain communicates with her muscles. It also appears to be completely limited to oral capacity and no other movement is affected, as she is small and was late to walk it was something that we were concerned about but she is right on track with her gross motor skills and her fine motor skills are way advanced. She is actually almost to the level of a 4 year old with her comprehensive ability and has a pretty impressive memory (has also been picking up signs just through infrequent usage, ie. her speechie will use signs even if she isn't specifically teaching/emphasizing certain ones and DD will use them appropriately days later) so it is nice to get a lot of good news too. Sorry, little bit of a brag lol it can be really hard seeing other children at mother's group or the park who can speak so fluently and see my DD struggle to speak back to them (she only has a handful of verbal words still) but she's getting there.
I'm 36 weeks on Sunday, can't believe it is almost time for the baby to arrive!! I'm hoping I go late despite getting quite uncomfortable just so we can get through Christmas and the New Year first. I actually haven't bought a single thing either yet so am completely unorganised but we will mostly be recycling DD's stuff so only need to organise a car seat which will probably be a new one for DD and then the baby can go into hers. Should probably think about packing my hospital bag too...
That's fantastic news JF! It's great that you can communicate with DD in signs instead of having to rely on verbal communication. You are an awesome mum Maybe bub will be born on your b'day. Not that we have any say in it really, but with DD I wanted to avoid April fools day and with this bub I would like to avoid Feb 29th. Chances are I'll go over anyway.
We're thinking maybe a bike for DD. She's starting to figure out her pedals on her trike and she adores riding on DH's bike (we have a wee ride fitted). We're going to see how she goes on the trike and take it from there.
We're plodding along here. M is sick, nasty cold/sinusy thing. She sneezed about 400 times yesterday lol. She grins every time she sneezes She slept right through the night on Friday. Naturally, I didn't! Woke up in a panic and then battled with the "if I go to her room I might wake her up" dilemma but the want to make sure she was okay won. She didn't wake up though! DH repeated the panic when he woke at 6 lol! She hasn't slept through since, but she has remained in her bed each night and I've been able to settle her and convince her to stay there, so fingers crossed the waking during the night will end soon.
Thanks for the well wishes too in my PA. Can't quite believe it! Every twinge and pull has scared the crap outta me, but so far so good. Have my NT scan on Saturday!
JF - You're so close now to meeting this bubba! All the best hun!
MG congrats again, i'm over the moon happy for you
Will you be finding out the gender? & hope M feels better soon
All good here, M & K are constantly at each others throats & are driving me crazy but otherwise both are healthy.
Bambi is doing well she's almost 15wks old already :-0, she is a real chatterbox always telling stories & laughing she is sooooo placid & happy.
I'm getting better slowly, it's really knocked me around but last time i was this sick it took 3 months to fully recover but i could sleep & rest when needed no such luck this time so i guess it may take longer
JF & FW your both so close to holding your bubbas.
JF will be looking out for your BA over the next few days/weeks, hopefully days
We won't be finding out what we're having this time. We did with M, but I felt a bit robbed when she was born and there was no "It's a girl" at the end. Weird, but I want that this time. DH wants to find out and I've told him to go for it, just keep it a secret. He's decided to get the sonographer to write it down and he'll read it about a week before I'm due, if he really feels the need to mentally prepare (he'd love a boy and is scared that he might be disappointed if we have a girl as this is our last).
Far out Mo, I can't believe you're thinking about K's b'day presents already. You're way too organised!
Hope your DD is feeling better soon PRMG! I bet you're looking forward to your scan on Saturday.
Been thinking of you too JF, have a great birthday tomorrow. Maybe your bub will decide to share it with you!
Things are going well here, had a scan today and my placenta has moved out of the way so all cleared for a vaginal birth, thank goodness. We found out the sex of bub today too, anyone want to have a guess before I share?
Yep, due date is this Sunday eek!! Tomorrow is my birthday! The big 24 haha.
Not really feeling anything which is a bit odd! I only got to 38w with DD so feels strange to still be pregnant but am glad to get some distance from Christmas, content to just plod along. Not too uncomfortable still although feeling very big and hot.
So excited for you MG, hope your scan goes well on the weekend!
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