Doctor Check Up and Potty Training

Kalira has shocked us all by weighing in at 12 lbs 10 oz at her two month appt. yesterday!  She is 22 5/8" and has a 16"noggin.  That puts her in the 90th percentile for weight (!!), 50th percentile for height and 80th percentile for head size.  Wowsa.  She is doing very well and is right on target with all of her developmental milestones at this early stage.  She's holding her head up now, she loves to "stand up" and look around, and she's very social now.  She smiles and coos and has laughed a few times.  Her most reliable actions right now are smiling at the moon that Dante made for her (which hangs above her changing table) and responding to my voice.  I can often get a smile out of her!  It's really fun.

She's also been sleeping in her co-sleeper in Sabrina's room for about 2 weeks. The heat has been incredible in Boulder this summer (we had 14 consecutive days above 90 degrees, and most of those were above 100!) so we bought an air conditioner for Sabrina's room and moved Kali's co-sleeper in there.  It worked great!  The girls slept wonderfully together and shockingly never woke each other up! Tonight we put Kali in her crib in her own room for the first time and, assuming the monitor is working correctly, she's sleeping quietly as I write.  Big girl!

Speaking of big girls, our other big girl is almost completely potty trained!  For about 2 weeks now she's been out of diapers except for naptime and bedtime.  Her biggest challenge is still #2 on the potty, but she's done it right several times now.  Unfortunately, she's mostly going on a poo strike and not going for up to 3 days sometimes, but she does eventually go and two out of the last three times, it was in the potty.  Brent had to deal with that 1 out of 3...not fun.  We're very excited for this particular phase to be over but she's making great progress.  Hopefully we'll be back to a 1-kid-in-diapers-family soon enough.

Our big hurdle in the next few weeks is going to be my return to work on July 16th.  At the same time, Sabrina will move into the preschool at the Cottage which will come with new teachers, a new playground (she's very excited about that) and a return to being with some of her good friends at school.  All of her friends moved into that classroom awhile ago so we're excited for her to be back in the group with them.  She's very attached to her current teachers, Kelley and Justine (she's been with Justine since she was barely 1), but Justine just had a baby today and will be out for awhile, and Kelley will stay with the younger kids.  It'll be a big transition for her, but hopefully she'll roll with it.

Kalira is going to spend one week hanging out with Nana instead of starting at the Cottage before our trip to Minnesota.  This way she will start at the Cottage around the beginning of August.  It gives her a few more weeks to strengthen her little body before she is exposed to lovely daycare germs.  Thanks Nana!