Toddlers are Quackers

[DwayneNLiz]

feel better

 

[Cyneswith]

My daughter has been non-stop adorable for days (excluding the nightly exorcism that is bath time.) "R is the letter that follows 2! "Sing-ging my own sooongs. They are braaaaave soooongs, because they are MEEE!" "But pink nightmares are only for me!" "Don't get me doooown! GOOSE!" "Sit on dis plate, Mommy, so I can eat you." "I am Pikachu, and you are Meowth! *she goes running through the house* PIKACHUUUUUU! *notices I'm not playing, plaintively puts her hands on my knee* Pika? PikaCHU?" "Why don't you pick on someone your own size? I just want to be a walrus first." (She just pulled Dad and brother into a session of rough-housing.)

 

[Cyneswith]

My husband's sick drink is a screwdriver (vodka/orange juice). Mine is chicken broth with lots of garlic and cayenne.

 

[BullChick]

Even the dog jumping on her, and licking her face hasn’t gotten Duckling up. She apparently needs her sleep. I will just lay back down myself.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

 

[BullChick]

Duckling had a little accident. Unless it’s time for a bath anyway, I have gotten her accustomed to standing in the shower while I use the handheld. She doesn’t fuss as long as I promise not to wash her hair. Tonight I let her fly solo.
I got the water temp right, turned the spray to low, and gave her her soap. I returned to see how she was doing before using the carpet scrubber. I had to soap her up, then set out her towel, bath mat and explained how to turn off the water. I finished cleaning, and she was still in there.
She’s very proud of herself. She even got excited about a next accident! I guess I will have to let her shower more often.

 

[Cyneswith]

I'm trying to persuade my son to shower, so he and my daughter have separate baths (we're working on the concept of keeping his privates, you know, private. Without instilling shame. I have no idea what I'm doiiiiiiiiiiing!) Good job, Duckling!

As for nighttime accidents... I don't know if they are concerning to you, but just in case - I was 10 before I stopped having them, and my brother was at least 15 (under 18). There was no known cause, and we grew out of it.

 

[BullChick]

When Duckling has an accident, something is wrong. It’s usually an infection. This evening, I really think it was stress. She switched schools. I’m not sure what the new plan is exactly, but keeping her most nights seems to be the new plan. Someone takes her to school, and she’s back to me afterwards.
She doesn’t know the teachers and students, and now there’s a unisex bathroom. Two toilets, no divider. She watched a boy peeing, and is disturbed by it. I know the world is changing. I’m not going to even get into it all. She’s adjusting to a lot, so her mind wasn’t on her bladder (she had also just peed ten minutes before. Obviously she didn’t empty her bladder).

 

[BullChick]

Feel free to share thoughts on the world today, and how sex-ed has gotten so graphic, taught so early, and covers so much!
I was educated a few days ago that preschools teach about the right to choose. One doctor defended the school saying 4-yr-olds know how they feel sexually.
I will say that I was called a tomboy at about six. If I had been told at four that I was allowed to choose my sex, that comment would have had a different outcome.

 

[BullChick]

Duckling is eating jellybeans from Beanboozled. The skunk, sour milk, dirt, grass ... nothing is making her spit them out. But give her peas, and watch out!!