nail polish and potty training

mason has every sign for potty training readiness - he points to his diaper when he goes to pee and poop, he can pull his pants (and diaper) on and off by himself, he can follow multi-step instructions, he wets and poops his diaper predictably, he is dry after sleeping, he takes interest in sitting on the potty, etc.  so i went out and bought fun treats and drinks, arranged a list of things for matt and madelyn to so for a few hours, and got to training mason.

he was really, really excited about wearing underwear.  and he did a great job going through the motions, teaching a baby doll, and cleaning up when he would have an accident.  what didn't he do?  go in the potty!  he kept getting mad that it was in the kitchen and not in the bathroom, so i moved all of our supplies in there instead.  i think he was just not feeling 100%.  either way, after 4 hours and no successes in the toilet, i put him back in a diaper for nap time.  no big deal.  we will try again in a month or so.

one of the errands i wrote down for madelyn and daddy was to buy the princess nail polish she had picked out for when she stopped sucking her thumb.  and she requested that daddy paint her nails with the ariel (purple) polish as soon as they got home.  the nail polish stayed on about as well as you would expect for princess nail polish applied by daddy, but madelyn was very proud of it none the less.  she did, however, ask me to do the re-painting a little later that afternoon (once the ariel polish had all peeled off).  not daddy.

we aren't painting her nails with the mavala polish any more and she is very over sucking her thumb and biting her nails.  she is picking her nails now, but at least she is only ruining her nails and not her teeth.  you've got to choose your battles.  love.

daddy's finished product.