Round 2(s)

Round 2:  of attempt to negotiate price on house... fail.  They obviously don't really want to sell.  He was completely & utterly rude beyond words.  Moving on.  Homeless again. 

Rond 2:  of 2 year molars.  I was oblivious.  Livi's been asking for extra "nuggles" at bedtime & fighting bedtime hard.  So I did a quick mouth sweep, just to see.  And surprisingly from the best I can feel without using vice grips to pry his mouth open, both of Logan's top ones are in.  I imagined he'd be working on them still at 4!  Making him D.O.N.E!  And Livi (who sits nicely says "Ah" & lets me look in her mouth) her top right is in & the left gum is bulging, bulging.  So we're almost there!!!!

Round 2:  of antibiotics.  For those HT (Hayden Thomas) tonsils so big they are officially TOUCHING.  Yup, I said touching.  14 day course this time.  {like thats going to do some miracle work compared to what the 10 days did before.}  About 3-4 days into the last course, the complaints of "puke in mouth" stopped.  About 4 days after course ended, extreme drooling, coughing, gagging while coughing & sleeplessness resumed.  I will be double checking insurance coverage of various ENTs & taking it upon myself to schedule a consult.  Because as much as I appreciate the suggestion that is better to wait 'til they are 3 to take them out.  This boy will have spent 24 of the last 31 days on antibiotics.... and nothing about that is really safe either.  I refuse to have him endlessly on Omnicef for the next 5 months.  And beyond the over exposure to ABX risk.... I don't want him to be miserable, or potentially in danger of choking because of those mosters mangling his throat.  JUST because he is 2.6 yrs rather than 3.  Nothing about putting the words tonsils & touching together in a sentence sounds good to me.  A vaporizer by night seems to help him sleep some.  Wednesday night when he was up ALL night coughing, I kept asking him if he had puke in his mouth.  That night I set up a new vaporizer & the next day he called it "my big puke!"  Anyways.... we'll see where this goes.  But those suckers need to come out in my humble opinion. 

Round 2:  of potty success.  Yes round 2.  I'm stating my belief that a mid-potty training regression {at least for us} is the norm.  Livi had one that lasted about 2 weeks.  Went from having no accidents, to having like 2 a day.  Frustrated the heck out of me.  The boys went from doing well, to Jeff being ready to plop them back in diapers.  But we stuck it out & just like that.... {er... maybe after a few strong suggestions that babies don't get to play with trains, or have blankies or lovies, or have fruit snacks or jelly beans.... and babies pee in diapers & on the floor... big boys do NOT}... we are back on the up & up (knock on wood.)  Does that go beyond the holy rule of never punishing for accidents?   Maybe. Judge away. It seems to have worked.  I guess they decided they are big boys!  (PS by us calling them big boys, Livi started calling herself "a big sister"... so if you hear her say that, it does NOT mean I'm pregnant.)  We are 3 days with really no real pee accidents.  Logan is napping & staying dry.  He has even woken up at night on random occasion & asked to go potty.  (During which time you can't really get mad at him for breaking the flusher at 1am considering he did just wake up mid-sleep & ask to go pee.)  He has pooped in the potty 6 of his last 7 (in just 2 days).  I think he's finally REALLY got it.  Hayden is dry by day, wet by sleep.  And hasn't got a handle on the poop thing yet.  But he is in SUCH an incredibly better place than he was a week ago & I can totally handle sleepytime diapers & 1 poop accident a day.  Livi could probably go an entire month using just 2 diapers.  Thats about all the more often she is wet in the morning.  We are down to being more or less a 3-4 diaper a day house.  Livi is pretty much self sufficient.  She likes to go on her own.  Get the step stool out.  Close the door.  Try to wipe.  Washes her own hands.  Put the step stool away.  If only I trusted her to do a good job wiping, she would be 100% self sufficient.  Hayden this week we found making a huge mess trying to pee like daddy.  And really is pretty self sufficient too (besides needing a jelly bean each time or to dump a little potty if thats the potty he chose).  Logan however NEEDS you to come help.  He thinks someone always has to "put my pee-pee down"  From peeing in public potties he's decided he always needs help pointing it down.  And infact as he is learning to hold it in longer, the little potties are not working for him.  He pees so hard it shoots up over the edge a lot of the time.  I can't wait until they can all 3 do this at least 80% on their own!  Between jelly beans, hand washing, butt wiping, little potty dumping, frequent potty stops & reminders to be a big boy & not pee in your panies... this is really more work than changing 3 diapered butts.  With time... with time.... it will be better with time....  Right?