Fun Times

So, Anna is mostly over it now, but all last week she was the queen of putting food in her mouth and not swallowing it - very very stressful - it would take 1/2 an hour or more to get her to swallow a tiny bite. Bribes didn't really work - you can get down after you swallow, you can have XYZ after you swallow, we can go XYZ after you swallow, etc. - I cried a lot and so did she. I guess she just wasn't really hungry, but since she was sick I felt like she needed to eat - and it makes no sense to me to put food in your mouth and then never swallow it - if she really wasn't hungry I would assume she would refuse to eat... Now she realizes how excited we got when her mouth was empty, and shows off with little tongue undulations every time it is. :) Oh, and homemade gooey butter cake (made by our doctor, who goes to our church) and a newly discovered love of BBQ sauce helped, too.

More fun = for the past almost week, we have been (very half-heartedly) attempting potty training, though I'm not sure you can even really call it that. They are experts at getting themselves naked from the waist down and so every morning we're at home, I just let them stay naked for at least a few hours - this started mostly to avoid fighting them, and consists of them running around naked. We put diapers back on when I nurse them and when we sit down to eat in their high chairs. During this last week, no one has peed or pooped on the potty. However, they each have their own version of the word "potty" and know that they are supposed to pee and poop there, and not on the floor. They will regularly sit on the potty. Kara hasn't had any accidents - I guess she just holds it while she's naked - she's peed in the bathtub or sink during Anna emergency cleanups, or in her diaper when I put it back on. Anna has peed and pooped on the floor multiple times. She knows when she has to go, and says "potty," then runs to the potty to sit down, and pees/poops within a minute of getting up (and once today she peed on the floor and then said "potty" and ran to sit on it right after). Luckily my little tattlers come and tell me as soon as there's an accident. That they both know when they have to go seems like some progress, at least. We'll keep working on it, and start a little more whole-heartedly when they seem to catch on better (you know, like actually go on the potty).