August - September 2008

We have reached another mile stone this month.......which is worth recording in the blog. My baby is finally out of nappies - boo hoo

It was quite funny really - we have been trying to seriously since we moved into Avoca Beach (Aug 07). We have had at least 12 months of tantrums - not interested in the toilet what so ever, however very interested in watching toilet training videos - just not interested into putting it into practice. She was more then happy to wear pull ups.....which she was very pleased that she could do herself. What she would do is put a new pull up on, do her wee then change to a new set of pull ups - all by herself. Each time we suggested the toilet she would say "me not like the toilet, me like nappies".

I tried treats if she could do it......stars if she could use the toilet but no luck - then all of a sudden.....

On Monday 1st Sept I said to her 'let try the toilet' and she agreed, she actually did something and I made such a fuss of her (smarties, cuddles everything) that she hasn't gone back.

She has even started to use the toilet at school. The teachers have paired her with a little friend and everytime that friend goes to the toilet she takes Charlotte with her. We only had problems the second day of training - 6 outfit changes - then since then she has been great.

I now have to fight with her to put a nappy on to go to bed......not sure she can get through the night yet without an accident - so that is the only time she is wearing one now. So proud of her.

In August we brought CJ a cubby house as part of the overall Xmas experience - every girl should have a cubby - it is just so cute and like a mini version of our place - same colour and everything. She can spend hrs in there making cups of coffee and ice creams for everyone. We have brought her a little kitchen / laundry for xmas so it can be added to the house.

We also went to a Hi 5 concert - she really loved it - was up dancing and singing. I took Mum with us also and we had a lot of fun (except that we had a fire evacuation half way through which made the whole thing very interesting).