Friday, October 31, 2008

Ain't too proud to brag!

I know the original phrase is "Ain't too proud to beg" but I'm bragging about Katelynn today! :) And for two totally different reasons!
First:
Our preschool did an "Ages and Stages Questionaire" based on our child's age. It asked a series of questions that we answered for our child with either, yes, sometimes, or not yet. There were different categories of questions like what kind of sentences do they say, can they stand on one foot without holding on, various drawing questions, some problems solving questions and then some personal/social questions. I didn't get to finish the whole thing because I was the classroom helper that day, so the parent instructor took my test and graded it for me anyway. She noted on each section what the target score was and what Katelynn scored. The one I did was for a 33 month old, she was 32 when I did it. Check this out!!
Communication: 5 of 6 answered, Target 35, Score 45
Gross Motor: 6 of 6 answered, Target 25, Score 55!!
Fine Motor: 3 of 6 answered, Target 25, Score 30
Problem Solving: 5 of 6 answered, Target 25, Score 45
Personal/Social: 6 of 6 answered, Target 25, Score 55!!
So out of 35 questions we only answered 25 and she still scored 230 with a target of 135! You can see why I'm so proud! I wasn't going to post about the questionnaire at first, but my mom said "why not!? that lets people know about the good things in life that help keep you going."

Second area of pride:
We've been in the throngs of potty training since summer, but more intently this last week. The weekend we were in the hospital with Kristen our family just assumed she was potty training so they worked on it with her at home and had great results! But we came home and didn't have the energy to keep it up. We've worked on it on and off since, but not "for real." So when we ran out of diapers last weekend, we decided it was time! I bought more training panties and a package of pull-ups, which we call her "nite-time panties" and we did our best. Each day we still had some "issues" but yesterday was the best. I had gotten food poisoning from the night before and really wasn't in the mood to be potty training and cleaning up messes, but went ahead and put panties on her anyway. She did awesome! She wore her "nite-time panties" for naptime and other than that, she went in the toilet every single time! No messes, no wet clothes! Today we're not doing so good, but it's all happened in the bathroom, so it could be worse, just makes for a lot of laundry! But yesterday was so exciting for her and us! (even in the midst of being horribly sick!)

1 comment:

  1. That's awesome!! I'm so proud of her! You're doing a great job! What preschool do you go to? We had a trial run of potty training 2 months ago but had to take a break. Hoping to pick it up again soon. Thanks for the encouragement!

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