Miss Independent

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Janie is really becoming more and more independent.  This morning, she laid out her underwear and her favorite skirt and got dressed on her own.  The last thing she has to figure out is how to get her shirt off.  This month, she has mastered putting on her shirt and understands which side goes in front.  This past week, she also wore underwear to school everyday and didn’t have a single accident to school, at school, or from school (in the car).  Her teacher even told me that she sleeps through her naps without an accident too.  What a big girl.

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making progress

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This morning, Janie walked from the car to school today. It was her first time since her first day at school.  I’ve had to carry her all the other days in between.

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She also let herself into the front porch area without a fuss.

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While I signed her in, she sat down and took her shoes off and put them away.

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She was a big girl and also opened the door to let herself into the house.  Unfortunately, the bravery ended there.  As soon as she stepped in, she turned around with big tears in her eyes.  Oh well, it’s a step forward in the right direction.

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Look at how she darted toward the gate when I came back to pick her up that afternoon.

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Potty Success!

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This afternoon, Janie was in underwear and Mirian said that she used the potty all day without any accidents.  She even recorded it in the nanny log today.

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This big girl is learning pretty quickly!  She even went to Safeway and back with Mommy without an accident.  Woohoo!

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new potty

Mommy gave in a bought Janie a potty today.  She uses one at school so it seemed appropriate to continue the training at home.  Mirian tried putting her on the toilet every hour this week but she there wasn’t a single tinkle out of her.  So here we are with a potty in the livingroom.  When it arrived in the mail today, she was so excited to see it.

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She said, “white potty!” and pulled her pants down right away to sit down.

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Too bad she didn’t have to go at that moment.  At least she still enjoyed sitting on it.

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Last morning in Tahoe

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We had one last breakfast in Tahoe this morning.

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I was also noticing how independent Janie has been this weekend.  She wasn’t nearly as needy for Mommy as she usually is at home.  There were so many times over the past 2 days where I glance over and she is happily playing, reading her books, singing, and talking to her stuffed animals.

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Here she is chilling out on the couch with her snack and milk while waiting for Ariel to finish her homework.

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When Ariel was done, they played with Janie’s jewelry and we had another lesson in sharing.

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By the end, they were both wearing jewelry and Janie was able to share a bunch of pieces with Ariel.

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“Pretty!!”

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We also took a short “hike” to find Auntie Sylvia who was playing tennis nearby.

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We quickly realized that we weren’t ready to do any kind of hiking with Janie yet.

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putting on pants

This week, we’ve been working on putting on shorts or pants.  She has all the parts in place but doesn’t quite get them all at once.  On 7/28 (Sunday), she pulled her shorts up all on her own!

This evening, she put on her pajama pants all by herself!  She even talks to herself and says “two hands and push”.

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