Monday, February 13, 2012

It's been awhile

I haven't updated the blog simply because life with four kids has been busy and, more importantly, Gracelyn is doing well.

I potty trained Gracelyn over Christmas break. She was 26 1/2 months old, my youngest of my 4 kiddos to train, and she did great!! I was very nervous about BMs because while she was in diapers we were having to do suppositories about every couple of weeks. I spoke to the pediatrician and she wanted me to increase the mirilax and obviously stop the suppositories. That's been an adjustment, just making her comfortable and able to go, but she has handled it fabulously! Seriously, gold medal, A+, excellence! I am so proud of her.
and she's proud of herself!

The only other area I can even think to mention would be her speech. Gracelyn doesn't say a whole lot of words and only says two words together at a time. She jabbers constantly but we cannot make out most of what she says. Before Gracie turned 2, she was tested and passed in communication because as an "infant," it wasn't just about speech, but just as long as she could get her message across. She did and can. Gracelyn can sign (which is a huge help) and will go over and point when all else fails.
I am trying to get an appointment to have her tested again because the assessment lady told me that she would absolutely qualify after she turns 2 but she couldn't be evaluated again until 6 months after her first testing, due to some mandate.

Gracelyn is such a happy girl! She has fun in whatever she's doing. We love her to pieces.
She loved Beauty and the Beast 3D!