What Lily Kate Has Been Up To....

Sister is the Queen of getting into trouble in a split second when no one is looking.  She was a great baby and never got into very much trouble .... and then she turned two!  Holy smokes!  Sister is fun and adventurous and super fast.  The other day when I was helping Cole with something for literally 2 minutes I realized Lily, who was in the kitchen, was being very quiet.  Never a good sign.  When I went to investigate I found this happy and proud mess waiting for me.  In 2 minutes Lily had found an avocado on the counter, opened it with her bare hands, mushed it up and placed it in the microwave.  She was so excited to show me her hands and all of the mess!  You can't help but smile at a toddler so full of joy about something so insane :)

Lily has always been much more independent than Cole was at this young age.  She loves her bed and her space but lately she has been more and more cuddly.  We love this new side to her and cherish the cuddles we get.  One thing that she is trying very hard to make a habit of is napping in our bed.  She has not been a "good" napper ever since she gave up her paci.  She rocks the night sleep but napping is tough.  However, in our bed, she sleeps about 30-45 minutes longer than in her bed so I can't help but allow her to nap here.  One thing I love about her is that she always...and I mean always since she has been a baby.... lays her blankie out on her pillow to sleep on.  Before she had a pillow I would find her like this at night in her crib and now it is part of her "routine" before falling asleep.  She loves soft, cuddly things and I love that she has found this way to have even more comfort in her sleep. 

The biggest (and best) thing Lily has been up to lately is using the potty!  She decided a couple of weeks ago that she wanted to do this.  With Cole it was my idea....Lily was due soon and I knew he could do it so we went for it.  This time it was all Lily.  She started using the potty before her bath for fun and we all made a big deal about it.  I told myself if she showed any interest in pooping in the potty we would become more serious with potty training.  She is still young and I did not want to push her.  Well, a few days after being pretty consistent with peeing in the potty at night, she did it.  She pooped in the potty!  That began the road to being potty trained.  We did a modified version of the three day potty training method just like with Cole and it worked like a charm.  I do put her in pull ups at night but she normally wakes up dry anyway.  Lily is our shy one...by far....so she has struggled a bit with using the potty with anyone other than Rhonald or I.  She does best for us and at home, although she will go in public if she needs to.  School has been more of an issue.  She has 2 wonderful teachers whom she loves but she only wants one of them to take her to the potty.  If Miss S is busy Lily has no trouble peeing in her pants.  Something we are working on - but she is young and she has plenty of time to master the potty with others.  She has gotten so used to being cheered for when going potty that she now cheers for all of us when we go potty.  It's so cute and so silly to hear "yeah mama!  yeah mama!" while in the bathroom.  But hey - whatever works right?!

 

 

So that is a brief update on Lily's life over the past couple of weeks.  Such a sweet and fun and challenging age.  We just love her to pieces.