Going against my gut... For convenience

So you all know I'm a control freak when it comes to things I'm passionate about.

1.my child

2. My teaching

With Grace I am fierce about everything, I can not seem to relax about anything! Food, allergies, asthma, sleep, potty, clothing, hair, manners, learning, I think about all that constantly.. As I'm sure most mothers do too. ( I hope ). Anyways during Christmas break our sleep schedule got all out of wack, we laid with her to fall asleep, we rocked to sleep, we let her pass out in the car, and the worst one was watching tv and movies in her room till she was asleep. The movies were great at first.. Sleep timer for thirty minutes and she was out.. Then it turned into an hour, then we started hearing " mamma, back up my movie!" oh my goodness we realized we had a problem the night she watched "Annie" twice all the way through.. And was still up!!! So, my wonderful husband brought me back to "momma's in charge" mode. He reminded me of my own words, that we didn't need to create a crutch for a child that has never needed anything but a quiet room and a soft blanket to get to sleep. So back to bedtime routine we went Sunday night. 7 :30pm came along and we started her music sat with her for about five minutes until she was relaxed, gave kisses, and said our safe words " we'll check on you in just a minute" and she did just fine. Its Tuesday and she went down easy. She also had a great day at school. She's been having quite a few accidents at school the last few days because of the bad constipation and then because of the laxatives.. But we had a no accident day today! Woo hoo! I bet it's because of the good nights sleep!

Mom and Dad=1 Grace= 0 haha

Look how big she's gotten! AND Look how big she WAS!

So, I went to the doctor this week for my annual and did the dreaded step on the scale, and my doctor brought to my attention that I had lost 10 lbs this year, and last year at the same time I had lost 10 lbs! Soo from the first picture to the last is a 20 pound loss. I love looking at progression photos of miss Gracie too! She has gotten so big so fast! Though, her 2 year gain is somewhere around 10 lbs :) I'm excited that I can see the slow trim down in photos!

Secret to my success

1. A toddler who needs something every time I try to eat.. ( for all you dieters out there, you can rent her for a small fee (: ha)

2. A health conscious husband

3. A fabulous appetite suppressor called "STRESS" ha.

My goal for year three is to actually "move"..... I hate exercise.

HOLY $#!T (Reader beware of poop)

Ok... so I haven't blogged in a while

Well, I never saw this coming... never.

Grace has always been a "regular" girl. Mike calls her a "ten o-clocker". Meaning, her "bowels" have always moved right along. I never had to bribe her to potty train, she was "poop" trained months before the other, and she even tells us to "SHUT THE DOOR" when its her time to go. SO I partially blame myself for not paying attention to my poor child's "lack of potty". She didn't ask to go and I didn't remind her, and daycare didn't notify us... so long story short, my sweet girl went 9 DAYS WITHOUT A BM!!! It took 7 for me to even notice!! OMG!!! We took her to the doctor on Saturday because she was afraid to go and wouldn't even take a bribe. They massaged her tummy.. said she was literally "full of $#!t" and prescribed VERY LARGE doses of Miralax.. we got home.. she freaked out (and in a lot of pain) passed something that looked like a brick. By Tuesday she still had not gone potty by on her own, so we had to do the "baby fleet" (google it) within seconds we got her going, still very traumatic and scary.

Soo my anxiety "clicks" on in a situation like this.. and I start making up impossible scenarios

1. my child will never poop

2. she will have a psychological fear of pooping

3. she will regress in potty training..continue to #4

4. i'll have the kid that is in diapers in kindergarden

and just as I have convinced myself that my kid will never be the same and that life as we know it is over.. We got home from dinner tonight and she says "umm I gotta go poop before my bath"

PRAISE GOD!! just like that.. this whole mess is over!! Wooooo HOOO!!