New Things Everyday

I must do a bit of writing about what Kaelyn has been learning everyday. It just amazes us. I certainly see what people mean when they say they don't remember what kept them entertained before they had kids. Kaelyn learns new words everyday. She now says "nigh nigh" when we put her to bed. Whenever we get ready for a bath, she rubs up and down on her belly and says "bah bah". She says "more" and "yum yum". When she is hungry she walks around saying "nah nah nah" and rubbing her belly. They other day during her bath, she picked up a measuring cup, filled it up, looked at me and said "water" and then pointed to her bath toy and then poured the water right where she was pointing. Then she put her cup down and clapped. Then of course, she repeated this over and over and over again. She also says Anna. When we saw her the other day, Kaelyn followed her around saying "anna anna anna anna". Too cute.
She loves now to walk around and rub her belly because of how far it sticks out. It reminds me of rubbing my belly when I was pregnant. To her, her cute chunky belly is about the same size.
She is now a water baby through and through. The pool has become our best friend.
This part may sound absolutely crazy to many of you, but hear us out first. I had been doing some reading on the website where I get cloth diapers from and had heard of mom's potty training their kiddos at very young ages. At first, I looked at this and went how ridiculous!! I thought why would you do that to your child and yourself. It seemed like so much work and unnecessary at that point. Then, because we had been putting Kaelyn on the potty to poop for as long as I can remember (she would strain for 10 minutes or more before and we discovered that if we put her on the potty it would only take her 5 seconds), I got intrigued one day to see how these moms actually went about this process. I was quickly amazed and had to give it a try. I have been won over I must say. This is a process of learning to communicate potty needs with your child differently then when they understand it at an older age. It is called Elimination Communication. I was always taught in school that a child did not have the ability to control their sphincters until they were at least 18 months. Well, I have discovered not only from reading, but now through experience, that this is an ability they have from a very early age. Kaelyn is already very able to do it. She is most often ddry now in the mornings and pottys first thing when she gets up. We only have a few accidents a day now and she is learning to tell us when she needs to potty. It is so cute and she is so proud of herself. We are so proud of her too. I certainly will have to say that I am enjoying training pants as opposed to diapers cause Kaelyn is too much of a busybody to hold still to have any kind of diaper put on. She like to try and put the training pants on herself. One last note here. I thought my mom was going to think I was crazy when I told her that I was potty training Kaelyn already, but then she told me that her and her siblings were all potty trained shortly after a year. I guess it used to be the norm, and it certainly is around the world.