So far, so good with the potty training. Annika only had two accidents yesterday. She's wearing a diaper to ECFE class this morning and will again this afternoon for her nap but otherwise she will be pantied all day. Last night I made my big Target run. She was pretty excited by all the new panties (in Dora, Curious George, Little Mermaid and Cinderella patterns) and took forever in figuring out which ones she wanted to wear last night. After 4 or 5 changes, she decided on some Little Mermaid ones. She was even more excited about the Muppet stickers. She went potty three different times last night between 5pm and 7:15pm just to get a sticker. Once she was sitting on the couch, got up on her own and on her way to the bathroom announced to me "Potty Mommy! Sticker!" Sure enough, she went potty and was rewarded with a sticker. We don't have any plans for this weekend besides gymnastics tomorrow morning. I hope we can stay home that whole time and just practice the potty over and over again. As much time out of diapers is a good thing. I also bought training pants last night (those with the plastic on the outside) that we can use when we do leave home but we're not quite brave enough yet. We'll use diapers probably through the weekend if we need to leave the house and then re-evaluate next week. Maybe next Tuesday for ECFE she can wear a training pant. If Kris decides to do that he'll have to make sure he brings along a couple changes of clothes and protects the car seat in case of accidents. Isn't this fun!?
Also last night at Target I bought my son (my son!) a cute little
outfit. So far I had only bought him sleepers and a going home from the hospital outift. Now he has a real, big boy outfit too. It's so cute too! It has gray little cargo style pants! I just couldn't resist. And it was on sale in the store!
I've been concerned the last few days that Baby Boy isn't kicking as much as he usually does. He's kicked me plenty often this morning so I'm hoping this is just my anxiety showing up again. My next doctor's appointment isn't for another 2 weeks (Nov. 8). I don't want to be a panicky pregnant woman and run to the doctor every time I have a worry because I would basically be living there. But I will ask her at my next appointment about it. Also on November 8th is the glucose screening test. I get to drink that yummy (sarcasm) sugary drink and then wait around for an hour to get my blood tested. At least I have my regular doctor appointment in between the drinking and the pricking so I won't be totally bored. I sure hope I pass! I don't want to have to worry about doing the three hour test and possibly having gestational diabetes.
And how about a little more about me? This pregnancy is starting to affect me physically again. It's not first trimester puking. No, now it's general aches and pains and tiredness. I get so tired in the evenings that staying up past 10:30pm is a real feat for me. And sometimes even making it to 10pm at all requires effort. And my lower back and hips have started hurting. Just getting up from my desk and walking down the hall hurts. It's not a huge pain but my lower back is definitely sore more often than not. I'm chalking this up to a couple things - 1 - being more active with Annika (i.e. getting down on the floor to play, carrying her up and down the stairs, etc.) and 2 - being older this time around by a couple years. I think I could really use a massage! Oh, and one other annoying side effect - I think my feet are getting bigger. I have slip on
Skechers sneakers that I bought before I was pregnant. I like wearing them because I don't have to worry about tying, untying, retying. You get the point. Anyway, the more I wear them the more I notice that my toes are getting squished. As in my feet are getting bigger! I noticed this back when I was buying some shoes a month or two ago. I had to buy shoes a 1/2 size bigger than I usually do. I chalked it up to difference in brands then but now I think it's because my feet are bigger! This didn't happen with Annika, at least not that I can remember. I don't have huge feet so I guess this isn't too big of a deal but what if they don't return to normal after Baby Boy is born? I will have to buy all new shoes! Oh the horror! Wait - that may be a good thing! :)