le weekend
Jul. 20th, 2009 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaThis weekend was notable for our progress in potty training with Dillo, and our efforts are temper management with Casper.
Dillo went from 8am-5pm Saturday with no diaper and no accidents. He spent the first part of the morning naked, and used the potty twice. Then we put on underpants and shorts and went roller-skating. He wouldn't use the bathroom there but also didn't have an accident. At home we were naked again until midafternoon, when he put on a swimsuit and we got out the slip and slide. He had an accident while riding his bike at the neighbors', and then fell asleep for the night at 6pm.
Sunday he was naked and even made a tiny poop on the little potty. Wore underpants and shorts to the grocery store successfully, then had an accident while playing in his room at home. mr. flea put him in a diaper at that point, I think, and he was in a diaper for the rest of the day and pooped in it. This morning I took his diaper off as soon as he was up and he almost made it to the potty when he needed to go, but waited to long and peed on the bathroom floor. Still, progress of a sort.
Casper was faced with a weekend punishment for behavior last week. We finally decided on no candy. Unfortunately as she was getting ready to go have dinner at Penny's house, she climbed on the counter and got at the gumdrops on top of the cabinets, and tried to sneak this past us. I was about to cancel the playdate but she begged to have no TV at all Sunday instead. I reminded her that the big Spongebob special was on Sunday, but she said she'd rather have no TV than miss seeing Penny.
In the event we had remarkably little begging for TV on Sunday. She was in a rather craptastic mood anyway at times, and she and I had a big fight over rearranging furniture. In her ongoing packrat trend, she wants to snag pieces of furniture from the public space of the house and make them hers. When I said no, she had a nice little freakout, and among other things told me she was going to break my arm (though did not actually offer any violence). Plus, lots and lots of whining all day over everything and nothing. Sigh.
We had a rather nice TV-free Sunday (after one watching of Cars at 7am) and I'm thinking of making it a family habit (though maybe ending the day with a family movie or Funny Videos). Casper and I got a smidge of painting in upstairs, and I did some gardening, and we seem to be winning the battle of the fleas, so in all the weekend went okay. I am really ready for back to school, even though the schedule will be almost identical to what we have now - how silly! I also think I subconsciously am expecting "Back to school" to mean "cool fall weather," but since back to school is August 6, that is deeply unlikely.
Dillo went from 8am-5pm Saturday with no diaper and no accidents. He spent the first part of the morning naked, and used the potty twice. Then we put on underpants and shorts and went roller-skating. He wouldn't use the bathroom there but also didn't have an accident. At home we were naked again until midafternoon, when he put on a swimsuit and we got out the slip and slide. He had an accident while riding his bike at the neighbors', and then fell asleep for the night at 6pm.
Sunday he was naked and even made a tiny poop on the little potty. Wore underpants and shorts to the grocery store successfully, then had an accident while playing in his room at home. mr. flea put him in a diaper at that point, I think, and he was in a diaper for the rest of the day and pooped in it. This morning I took his diaper off as soon as he was up and he almost made it to the potty when he needed to go, but waited to long and peed on the bathroom floor. Still, progress of a sort.
Casper was faced with a weekend punishment for behavior last week. We finally decided on no candy. Unfortunately as she was getting ready to go have dinner at Penny's house, she climbed on the counter and got at the gumdrops on top of the cabinets, and tried to sneak this past us. I was about to cancel the playdate but she begged to have no TV at all Sunday instead. I reminded her that the big Spongebob special was on Sunday, but she said she'd rather have no TV than miss seeing Penny.
In the event we had remarkably little begging for TV on Sunday. She was in a rather craptastic mood anyway at times, and she and I had a big fight over rearranging furniture. In her ongoing packrat trend, she wants to snag pieces of furniture from the public space of the house and make them hers. When I said no, she had a nice little freakout, and among other things told me she was going to break my arm (though did not actually offer any violence). Plus, lots and lots of whining all day over everything and nothing. Sigh.
We had a rather nice TV-free Sunday (after one watching of Cars at 7am) and I'm thinking of making it a family habit (though maybe ending the day with a family movie or Funny Videos). Casper and I got a smidge of painting in upstairs, and I did some gardening, and we seem to be winning the battle of the fleas, so in all the weekend went okay. I am really ready for back to school, even though the schedule will be almost identical to what we have now - how silly! I also think I subconsciously am expecting "Back to school" to mean "cool fall weather," but since back to school is August 6, that is deeply unlikely.