Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A day in the life...

...of a mom. Let's see here...three (yes, three) diapers soaked through today affecting clothing, and this was on top of having some good toilet sessions! The last one was right before bath time. So, clean her up and as she just filled the diaper to beyond capacity, I can let her roam free for the two minutes it takes to fill the bathtub, right? Wrong! In that time she managed to piddle on the floor of her room...awesome! On the plus side, earlier in the day she had pulled out linens from her bottom drawer and just happened to piddle 1/2 on a piddle pad! Guess this is one time not cleaning up after myself helped :)

Delanah has also picked up another new skill tonight. Last night it was all about feeding Bailey. Crawling over to her food bowl, grabbing a piece of kibble and butt-scooting over to where Bay was standing and feeding it to her, crawling back to the bowl and doing it all over again. This went on several times, Bay was so gentle and patient! Tonight we had some Bailey feeding with some signing going on as well! She would grab a piece of kibble and make the sign for eat and then feed her :) But new tonight was bringing Bay her chewie (rawhide). Now, some background...Bay is a bit possessive over her chewies. She has actually growled at more than one person who came too close to it or tried to grab it. Last night Bay was trying really hard to play with Delanah and brought her chewie over to her and placed it at her feet and then laid down. It just melted my heart! Tonight Bay was munching on her chewie in the living room and Delanah was playing while I was getting dinner ready. After dinner they went back to their activities while I was cleaning up. Bay joined me in the kitchen and next thing I know, here comes Delanah butt-scootin' holding out Bay's chewie! Concerned of how Bay would react, I got there first to supervise. Bay watched her, they made eye contact and instead of letting go, Delanah decided to make a U-turn and head back into the living room. I think she was trying to entice Bay back to join her :) Not more than 10 minutes later, Bay is back in the kitchen and here comes Delanah again with the chewie! This time she let Bay take it and they both returned to the living room. Today during both nap times Bay chose to sleep half in our room and half on the landing, watching Delanah's door and listening for her. I'm not sure who heard Delanah first, myself or Bay, but Bay was quite excited to go in and see her and tried everything she knew to do to make Delanah stop crying today when she was fussy. Yes, those two have quite the friendship :)

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