Finally

My seperate blog is up.

Click here:http://rita-singlemomsthoughts.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday, Great Grandma Popsicle

This past weekend Kara and I headed to Asheboro to celebrate my grandma's birthday. It was fun for all. Kara got to play with her cousin, Caleb. At first, she would let him boss her around. She finally got fed up with it and screamed at him. They both came up with plans to "run away" and suceeded many times.

Changes....

I decided to make this blog just for updates on Kara. Im hoping to do a better job in writing about her life, so we can both go back and read when she gets older.

Im going to have a new blog for my thoughts. As soon as I get it established, Im going to post the link.

Kara's Potty Progress

She is completely potty trained at home. Well, except for at night. That's something else we need to work on.

I am enjoying only using 1 diaper a day on her. Its saving me money.

Our next step is to work on going out in public and her telling me she has to use the potty. We went out once and she failed to tell me. I know she won't tell anyone in the church nursery. Im going to have to make sure they ask her and carry her to the potty every 30 min or however that works. At home she just goes to te bathroom without saying anything. I know her telling me or anyone else she needs to go is going to be an issue.

Sleeping Woes

Two weekends ago, I was going through Kara's closet and she found the parts of the crib that makes it a toddler bed. She asked what they were and I explained to her they were for her big girl bed. She knows she got the big girl bedding for Christmas and she asked if she could sleep in the big girl bed.

I spent the next hour or so converting her bed and she helped me put the new sheets and comforter on the bed. She spent most of the day sitting in her new bed reading and playing. I thought it would be easy for her to sleep. I was right for a week.

Now, its a battle to get her to stay in her room. She makes up every excuse from "I'm thirsty" to "Im scared." I started sleep training tonight. Its much harder than it was when she was a baby. She used to just fall asleep within 10 min. Now, its more than an hour. Then she ends up in the bed with me around 3 or 4 am. That's if she doesn't wake up at 11pm.

I'm praying this new method of training, Im working on works. Im exhausted.

What Happened to my Baby

and who is this little girl....?

Kara's growing up fast and this picture is proof.

Potty Training

We have started potty training. We started last week and the stomach bug caused us to have a time out.

For the past 3 days, Kara has been doing great. By looking at this chart, it seems as if Kara is getting used to holding. I might brave going out of the house without a diaper on. Until she has a dry diaper at night, she will be wearing the night time diapers.