Dear Lexi-Loo,
You have had quite a month!
The first thing I want to talk about is the most recent - 7 days ago we started potty training you. We started on a day when we had loads of family around for dinner to jointly celebrate Gran and Jackie's birthdays, and so we got 20 pairs of princess pants for you and you made lots of puddles on the floor.
By day 3 you seem to have pretty much nailed the potty, with decreasing puddle incidents. One week later and we have had no accidents for a couple of days! I can't believe how quickly you seem to have 'got it' and I am partially braced for any kind of regression - especially when Charlie comes along. You have blown us away with this superfast potty training. Georgie was pretty good but you are flipping amazing. To be fair to Georgie, your enthusiasm for the potty and your new pants is pretty much inspired by all your recent achievements - to be 'big girl like Georige'. Its often annoying (for you and for us) when you try to be like your big sister because so much of the time you simply can't do the things she can do, even though you try, it's too early.
But the other leaps you have recently made include dressing yourself (you need a bit of help but you're very persistent and generally successful, you rock at putting on your own mittens now, even the tricky thumb part,) swapping your high chair for a normal chair (you kneel on your chiar to get to the right height) and using a knife and fork (sort of, but it's progress!) So well done little Lexi, I haven't had to change a pooey nappy for a whole week now and I'm not missing it. In a way this is probably a bad thing because come May, baby Charlie will be turning out a whole mess of them and I'll be unused to it - but I'll risk it! Of course you still have a nappy at night, but that's fine, I have no problem with that at all.
You recently decided you don't mind dressing up anymore - the yellow 'Belle' dress seemed to capture your imagination almost over night and you went from a staunch 'No!' to all dressing up to begging for the Belle dress and some dangerous ELC princess heels to totter around in almost every day!
You've been getting into the Willow's Farm experience, although you really want to be allowed to range through the 'big kid' part. I would go with you, but I'm big anyway, and now I'm pregnant I can't really bend at the waist and run a serious risk of getting stuck in there, so I spend a lot of time fending you off from that area and attempting to decant you into the 2 - 4 area, which you sometimes take to and sometimes reject. Hopefully this will change soon.
You are so funny, and seem to find everything so funny - you're favourite exclamation is 'Woo-hooooo!' and we heard that a lot in January. As your independence grows it's wonderful to watch you develop even more personality (can it be possible?) and so exciting to see more and more of the person you're turning into!
We love you little girl, with your fabulous princess pants!
Love from your Mama xxx
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