Making Progress

We are making progress.  On Tuesday Jill spent the entire day getting on and off the potty with very little production.  I think that was the practice she needed because she wanted to be able to get to the potty herself.  Jill now uses the potty three or four times a day.  She runs to the potty and if I follow her she holds up a hand in a stop signal and says, "No, Mommy!  You stay in the living room!"  Then she sits down and does her thing yelling, "Mommy, I did tinkles/pueys!" when she is done. 

Only then am I allowed back in the room.  I inspect her goods, give her a high five, we wash our hands, and then she gets to choose two Jelly Belly candies.  This part is a lot of fun.  I have a tiny bowl full of them and Jill fingers through them, saying, "Ummmm, ummm, I want two pink ones!"  or whatever colors she chooses.

Jill's still having some accidents.  There was one spectacular accident in her Disney Princess underwear and I thought, "The princesses have never been treated like this before!"  Overall though, she is doing a great job.  Tonight she did tinkles on the potty and when I came in to help her get dressed she put both hands on my cheeks, and gave me eskimo kisses with a crazy grin.  I have never given her an eskimo kiss before.  She was inspired.  I loved it!  

Other things going on this week...  Poor baby Peter is teething, big time.  His two bottom teeth are coming in and he has had a pretty high fever on and off since Thursday night.  He's very sad and we're not getting much sleep.  These kids are so different.  Jill was a serious baby.  For her, popping each tooth was a 12 hour event.  She'd be warm, snotty, and a little clingy but it was no big deal.  Peter is usually a chubby barrel of laughs.  He is so big and strong but these teeth are knocking him out!  I hope he feels better soon.

Finally, one day during dance party time, Jill and I were jumping around to "Who Let the Dogs Out."  About halfway through the song, Jill stopped and asked, "What about the cat?"