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"i climbed out of crib"

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…is what she told me as she stood at the top of the stairs!

It started with her climbing out of the pack ‘n play at a friend’s house last week and tonight she climbed out of her crib. She went back to bed and stayed in bed, but I’m sure there will be some nights where she’s up and down like a yo-yo!

My mom said that when I started climbing out of my crib but she wasn’t ready for me to be in my big bed yet she just put the side of the crib down. I think we’ll try that out as part of the transition into the big bed.

We’re painting Munchkin’s big girl room this week! We got her bedding today so now we just have to pick out a colour for the walls (or maybe more than one since her bedding is very colourful!)

being a "T"s

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LOL! I wanted to come up with a catchy title for this post, and now I just think it’s corny. Oh, well. My blog…I do what I want.

So it seems that things associated with a toddler all start with “T”.

#1 – Toliet training
We have entered the wonderful world of toilet training. For the last 3 weeks, we’ve been taking Munchkin to the toilet, even with a special little seat, and “away she goes”. Sometimes she has even told us she has had to go. Not with any consistency mind you but it’s a start.

That leads to…

#2 – Training pants
I’ve decided that she needs them. Last weekend, she told me 3 times in 30 minutes that she had to pee. You can’t deny a “trying to be toilet trained” toddler that she’s not allowed to go so we went. And she did go every time. Yeah! But getting her dress has become time consuming and therefore frustrating. Doing up 8 snaps on the cloth diaper and cover combined is not something a 17 month old wants to wait for. So the hunt for good cloth training pants has begun.

I think I’m going to stick with the Motherease brand which are the same cloth diapers that we use. Their message board has many good comments about them and we have no complaints about their diapers.

#3 – Teeth
AAAAhhhhh! She has 14! Tuesday she cut both, yes BOTH, upper canines (eye teeth). This explains the fussy, crabby mood she’s been in for the last little while. Last night she was so clingy that she ate her dinner (all 4 bites of her grilled cheese sandwich) sitting on my lap, cuddled into my shoulder. There was no bath and putting her her PJs on while stuck to me was lots of fun. Luckily she was so tired that she went to sleep fairly quickly.

things only a mom can understand:

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(excerpt from my MOMS page-a-day calendar)

  • The difference between beige, off-whie and eggshell
  • Cutting bangs to make the grow
  • Eyelash curlers
  • The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made
  • Other moms

How true.

more bubbles

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Yesterday, during her bath, Munchkin started blowing bubbles. She put her face in the water and blow! She’d come up with the biggest smile on her face and giggling!

Tonight was just the same. All through the bath, she’d blow bubbles and giggle!
Swimming lessons here we come! I think the next session starts in March.

translator, please!

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When is what they say considered a word? I’m starting a list of the words and “words” that Munchkin says…..

Words she says very clearly:

Elmo
daddy
doggie
apple
happy
chair
ball
shoe
hat
up
Hi!
Bye-bye

“Must take in context” words:
Buh = Book
Ree = Read
ball – can also mean balloon
baff = bath
saw = sock
ah-done = all done
chay = change
Jew = Juice