Potty time....

Well today Mackenzie went potty on her big girl toilet for the first time! She woke up from her nap today and told me that she had to go "poo-poo"... so instead of blowing it off (she sometimes tricks me) I went and sat her on the potty and low and behold about five minutes later there was both number 1 and number 2 in her potty... YAY MACKENZIE! I am so proud of her I hope that this is the start of finishing off her diapers and from now on using the potty! =) Wish her and me luck in this little journey we call POTTY TRAINING! 

P.S. There were pictures but due to not wanting to embarrass her I will not post them lol! =)

19 months and lots of changes!!!

Mackenzie in the bath (she is starting the splashing phase!) We all wear wet suits in order to bathe her! 

Mackenzie the first night in her big girl bed... and the other is when she first saw it!

19 months and I still cannot believe it! Last year at this time she was only 7 months and that makes me sad! She has grown to be such a smart and strong willed individual. One thing is definitely nice though… I am able to understand my baby finally! She is able to now tell me certain things and it’s absolutely amazing. Mackenzie is now up to almost a hundred words and I still can’t believe it! We have almost completely eliminated the “naughty” words… so that is always a plus!

But besides hitting 19 months we have also introduced three different things this week. Which I have already let up on two and have decided to take it even slower than I thought I would want to… BIG GIRL BED (which is the only thing that has stuck), NO MORE BOTTLE (taking a different approach), and POTTY TRAINING (I am confused right now).

Her BIG GIRL BED has been working out wonderful… she has been in it for about a week now and we have only had two bad nights. She has slept great in it for the rest of the time. Putting herself to sleep and everything! I am so proud of how well she is doing! The bottle is a different story it seems that this one is going to be a struggle and I am mixed between what two very close people have told me… either to cold turkey her and just take it or slowly decrease the amount of milk in the bottle each night and just let her go off like that! So any suggestions would be appreciated! As for potty training that will not happen until she is completely off the bottle but if she continues to take of her diapers and go potty on my floor I am going to bring out the roll of DUCT TAPE! Don’t test me… ill do it! Lol

As for her “SOCIAL” life we hadn’t done much up until this past week…. But check out the family blog for that one! =) Enjoy the photos!