Ever since the initial spring-like weather about week or so ago, Maggie and I have been itching to get outside for a stretch at least once or twice a day! Of course, being springtime, the weather is fickle ... beautiful sunshine and 65 degrees one day, and torrential downpours and wind the next. Today we got tricked! Maggie and I played inside much of the morning, but the sun was so bright ... her room was warming up nicely, so we got dressed, shoe-d and headed out...
... and ran back in for coats! So we got "coated" too, and then headed out to play. Well, the porch was in the shade and that was way too cold! Maggie kept saying, "Water!" and hinting she was very interested in playing at her water table. I'm not sure she got it when I tried to explain that we just might freeze if we played with water in this chilly weather...
So I distracted her. We trooped around the garden and driveway and stayed reasonably comfortable when not in the shade. Eventually our teeth were chattering and Maggie was calling on "Charlie" (this means "It's chilly!") so we headed in. After eating some lunch, I get online to see it's 41-frickin'-degrees! No wonder we were so cold ... I thought we were just being wussy! C'mon spring, get your act together and bring us some sunshiney-love! :)
Also getting a slightly more "Charlie" reception, our friend the potty. For the last few days, Maggie has not shown as much interest. And though she has managed to poop in the potty twice, she's becoming increasingly freaked out by the idea of "transacting" that kind of "business" in the potty. So we'll step back a little for now, take it easy ... this will not become a battle of the wills, because we all know who would win! ;)
Showing posts with label poop (or lack thereof). Show all posts
Showing posts with label poop (or lack thereof). Show all posts
3.27.2010
3.15.2010
maggie's world... potty time ... excellent!
By the time we got back from our "spring break" in snowy Michigan (during the first week of March ... brrr, I suppose it was spring somewhere), a package had arrived and was sitting on our landlord's doorstep. What ever could it be??
We had ordered a potty chair since Maggie was announcing things like, "Poop?" when we'd hear that she was working on her "business." We had also ordered a little book called Big Girls Use the Potty in order to spend $30 and get free shipping. Our plan was to just take it waaaay easy and be very casual about things. We didn't want to push the potty training issue on Maggie, as she still is quite young to be thinking about such things. We just set it out in her bathroom and showed her that she had a new book to look at.
It has been a surprise to me - but she has taken right to it! She loves the little book and walks around saying, "Potty!" In the last couple days, she has been sitting on the potty a couple times daily AND actually peeing. (We weren't going to jump into rewarding her with stickers on a chart, but since she has taken interest, we put it up.) This morning she even pooped, which surprised me to no end. She normally would pee and talk about "poop?" but not sit still long enough to really... transact any business. Yet today ... she did! Wow!
I somehow think the thrill won't last and we'll be back where we started in no time, but since she has shown interest (and even some proficiency), I did actually order some cloth pull-up training pants. Might as well run with it since she is interested, I guess! And though she's still a little young to have a handle on undressing herself, these might be a little easier to get out of than a diaper, a cover, and a snappi. :)
We had ordered a potty chair since Maggie was announcing things like, "Poop?" when we'd hear that she was working on her "business." We had also ordered a little book called Big Girls Use the Potty in order to spend $30 and get free shipping. Our plan was to just take it waaaay easy and be very casual about things. We didn't want to push the potty training issue on Maggie, as she still is quite young to be thinking about such things. We just set it out in her bathroom and showed her that she had a new book to look at.
It has been a surprise to me - but she has taken right to it! She loves the little book and walks around saying, "Potty!" In the last couple days, she has been sitting on the potty a couple times daily AND actually peeing. (We weren't going to jump into rewarding her with stickers on a chart, but since she has taken interest, we put it up.) This morning she even pooped, which surprised me to no end. She normally would pee and talk about "poop?" but not sit still long enough to really... transact any business. Yet today ... she did! Wow!
I somehow think the thrill won't last and we'll be back where we started in no time, but since she has shown interest (and even some proficiency), I did actually order some cloth pull-up training pants. Might as well run with it since she is interested, I guess! And though she's still a little young to have a handle on undressing herself, these might be a little easier to get out of than a diaper, a cover, and a snappi. :)
11.12.2009
everybody poops (except magdalena)
Looking for some advice!
As you may have presumed from the title, Maggie is having trouble in the pooping department. She always has been a reluctant pooper (even as a breast-fed baby, she'd often take 10 days between poops). Things slowed down again with solids, then started to pick up this summer and early fall! She was becoming a more normal pooper - or so it seemed. Her diet was wide and varied (with lots of veggies, fruits and grains) and I was very appreciative to have such an adventurous eater. It took a little work, but she was pooping 1-2x a day, glory be!
Note the past tense I just used. Yup, in the last two months or so (?), Maggie gone from cutting back on nursing to completely weaned. She drinks a couple bottles of milk a day, which I think is good overall since she has become much more difficult to feed. Part of this has to do with feeding herself (a crazy messy independence-building experience) BUT not being sure how much she is taking in) and part of it has to do with her narrowed scope of foods. Not very into fruits, except in yogurt and the occasional handful of raisins. Likes her veggies, but how much does she actually ingest? It is very hard to tell. Used to drink a juice/water blend, which didn't work miracles in the pooping, but helped. Now, she only wants milk. Or water, which I do give her to assure she's not dehydrated, but she doesn't slug that down like she does the milk.
She used to eat pureed prunes and drink a prune juice/water blend, but is not interested in those anymore. I have tried sneaking some cut up prunes into her raisin piles, but she is on to me. (I am going to keep trying though.) I do also slip some infant probiotic powder into her yogurt and milk to help her immune system - with hopes it will help her little body digest and keep things moving. Not much luck with that at all lately. :(
At all her well-baby check ups when I would be concerned about the poo factor, the doctor would feel around her abdomen and thankfully, he never had any concerns about blockages or obstructions. He just explained that some kid's muscles do take longer to "figure it out." I plan to ask again at her next one, but like I said, I worry now that along with her biological pooping reluctancy that a lot of it is diet related.
Do any of you wise parents have suggestions for me? On helping to make her diet well rounded AND/OR in helping her in the elimination department? Am I missing some ideas for foods that might help her eliminate? I can't help but think the two are connected and honestly, it is SOOOO hard to watch her yell and struggle and cry as she tries to poop. :(
I has to poop.
As you may have presumed from the title, Maggie is having trouble in the pooping department. She always has been a reluctant pooper (even as a breast-fed baby, she'd often take 10 days between poops). Things slowed down again with solids, then started to pick up this summer and early fall! She was becoming a more normal pooper - or so it seemed. Her diet was wide and varied (with lots of veggies, fruits and grains) and I was very appreciative to have such an adventurous eater. It took a little work, but she was pooping 1-2x a day, glory be!
Note the past tense I just used. Yup, in the last two months or so (?), Maggie gone from cutting back on nursing to completely weaned. She drinks a couple bottles of milk a day, which I think is good overall since she has become much more difficult to feed. Part of this has to do with feeding herself (a crazy messy independence-building experience) BUT not being sure how much she is taking in) and part of it has to do with her narrowed scope of foods. Not very into fruits, except in yogurt and the occasional handful of raisins. Likes her veggies, but how much does she actually ingest? It is very hard to tell. Used to drink a juice/water blend, which didn't work miracles in the pooping, but helped. Now, she only wants milk. Or water, which I do give her to assure she's not dehydrated, but she doesn't slug that down like she does the milk.
She used to eat pureed prunes and drink a prune juice/water blend, but is not interested in those anymore. I have tried sneaking some cut up prunes into her raisin piles, but she is on to me. (I am going to keep trying though.) I do also slip some infant probiotic powder into her yogurt and milk to help her immune system - with hopes it will help her little body digest and keep things moving. Not much luck with that at all lately. :(
At all her well-baby check ups when I would be concerned about the poo factor, the doctor would feel around her abdomen and thankfully, he never had any concerns about blockages or obstructions. He just explained that some kid's muscles do take longer to "figure it out." I plan to ask again at her next one, but like I said, I worry now that along with her biological pooping reluctancy that a lot of it is diet related.
Do any of you wise parents have suggestions for me? On helping to make her diet well rounded AND/OR in helping her in the elimination department? Am I missing some ideas for foods that might help her eliminate? I can't help but think the two are connected and honestly, it is SOOOO hard to watch her yell and struggle and cry as she tries to poop. :(
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