Lotion, Lotion Everywhere!!

Today Claire did not seem interested in a nap but we made her lay in her bed and play quietly. I heard her making weird sounds so I go in to check on her and she is covered, head to toe, in Johnson's vanilla oatmeal lotion. Not only did she cover herself but she also covered her big Mickey Mouse and her big Raggedy Ann. Her bedding is covered. It is crazy. But she was so proud of herself. I put her in the bathtub and when she gets out she wants to use the potty (great, I think). When she is done she puts the pee in the big toilet and flushes it. I try to get her to put on a Potty Pants but she runs around refusing. Finally when I catch up to her she is adamant that she not wear it. I look at her legs and think "where did she get that play tail" only to realize, once it hit the ground, that it was not a play tail at all! What an afternoon!

ABCs

This week Claire sang the ABC song all the way through perfectly. Now that she knows we know she can do it, she changes it up and says "ELMO Pee..." and she sings in different voices. I am so proud of her!!!

We just got over an ear infection and this round of antibiotics were horrible for Claire. She had multiple blow out diapers every day and was even sent home from school once. Now that the antibiotics are finished I am going focus on the potty training. She goes potty in the morning no problem (but wouldn't you if the first thing you got to eat was chocolate?) but she gets so busy during the day that she is not that interested. Jennifer Walker suggested we buy "Potty Pants" which we did. They are training pants with no absorbency so when she goes she feels it. We are going to put her in those every day from here on out and see how this goes!