12/12/11

Alayna ate all of her cheerios and banana at breakfast.  At lunch she ate all of her grilled cheese sandwich, most of her apple slices and some of her tomato soup. 

Alayna sat and read books for about 15 minutes independently this morning.  Part of the time she was just quietly turning pages and looking at pictures, part she was "telling" the story and the rest of the time (majority) she was singing (either related or not) songs as she looked at the books. 

Alayna was bitten again today.  I know it may not seem like it, but we are working hard on this issue.  Last Friday we had three different kiddos bite (one of them was Alayna) and three different ones get bit!  Ugh!  It is frustrating, because they seem to be learning it from each other and so it escalates.  We are VERY stern and serious about it with the "biter" and then turn all of our attention and energy to the "victim".  It has been a spacial issue almost always so we are being even more vigilant when more than one kiddo is in an area.  Alayna has certain areas that she thinks are "hers" and is someone is there (even if she is across the room) she will run over and start pulling or pushing on them to get out.  That has been the trigger for the biting incidents all three times (two where she was bitten and one when she bit).  Biting is NOT okay regardless of what is going on, but we are working on both ends of the issue, with the focus on "Use your words and tell them what you want!" and "NO BITING PEOPLE!  Teeth are for food, not people!"  If you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know. 

Alayna was again playing peek-a-boo with both baby Peyton and with Emily today.  Actually Emily was the one who initiated it this time, which was cool.  Alayna laughs just as hard no matter who initiates. 

Alayna has peed twice this morning and pooped once.  She has been we each time, but...  She is moving in the right direction.  She didn't tell me any of the times.  I just know she usually does it after breakfast so caught the poop.  The other times were are our regular diapering times.