I need to get better at posting here. I think I just find the picture uploading feature really annoying to use and it makes me put off writing a new post.
Only 2 more days until Christmas and we're finally finished shopping! We went early this morning to get the food (thinking that we were being clever and going to avoid the crowds - WRONG! Everyone in Surrey had the same idea as us.)
We finished buying for our Secret Santa stockings and for Ava's as well. Everyone is due to arrive sometime tomorrow after lunch time. I still have a few things to do around the house before everyone gets here though.
This year Santa is bringing Ava a little pink scooter. She has been asking for one since she saw her friend Aimee's a couple of weeks ago. We have it hiding in the spare room at the moment but I'm going to try and put it together and leave it infront of the Christmas tree with her stocking for Christmas morning. I hope she likes it :)
23/12/2011
26/11/2011
Practically Perfect
I weighed Ava the yesterday and she's 28 lbs exactly.
I went searching online for a chart to compare her weight with what the average is, and she's bang on 50th percentile!
She's been following that 50th line since the day she was born - with the exception of around 9 or 10 months when she was teething and stopped eating, she dipped a little bit then.
I haven't had her weighed since she was 12 months old so I had no idea if she was over or underweight.
Funny that she's still right in the middle!
I went searching online for a chart to compare her weight with what the average is, and she's bang on 50th percentile!
She's been following that 50th line since the day she was born - with the exception of around 9 or 10 months when she was teething and stopped eating, she dipped a little bit then.
I haven't had her weighed since she was 12 months old so I had no idea if she was over or underweight.
Funny that she's still right in the middle!
12/11/2011
28 Months
I just felt like doing a little update on Ava's life these days.
She's just over 28 months old now (how did that happen so quickly?) and she's a steady walker and even a speedy runner! She's still a bit clumsy though and often bumps her head or her legs on objects around the house.
She has two friends that she sees from time to time and she really likes both of them. Aimee, who is 6 weeks younger than Ava, and Cody, who is also 6 weeks younger.
We see Cody and his mum Isabelle more often than Aimee and her mum George, because Cody and Isabelle live one street away from us, whereas Aimee and George live a 30 minute drive away on the other side of Guildford.
Her favourite toy is Teddy Bear and he is never far away. She goes through phases of having a second favourite toy but that changes weekly.
She loves watching CBeebies (UK young children's television channel) and she gets annoyed if I put anything else on because the other channels have commercial breaks.
She is now completely potty trained and hasn't worn a diaper in over a week! She has had some poo issues but we're making progress this week now that she's on some medication to help.
Ava is really trying to be the boss these days and it can make discipline very difficult. If she throws something on the floor and I say 'Don't throw things on the floor!' She'll reply with a smile on her face 'Yes I can throw things on the floor!'
We still have the "Naughty Step" which she gets sent to if a verbal warning doesn't work. She doesn't like that step and she sits there the whole time saying 'Mummy that's enoouuuggghhh!' over and over again.
Going out to the shops with her is getting harder and harder. I can't let her walk because she tugs her hand out of mine and will run around the shop like crazy. To her it's a game of hide and seek and I end up getting angry and flustered and she just laughs. If I put her in her stroller she just shouts and cries and whines the whole time. I'm failing miserably with this one and I need to fix it soon before she gets completely out of control.
Anyway. Her bed time routine is going well. She no longer has milk before bed and once she has changed into her jammies she climbs into bed and I'll read her a story. Sometimes we have to read it twice, depending on how wide awake she still is. After the story is finished, I turn out her light and tell her to watch her night light change colours while I go downstairs. I always tell her that I'll be back in a minute because it's the only way she'll let me leave the room. I don't go back in until I head upstairs to bed, and that's just to check on her.
Her eating habits are better than they used to be, but sometimes when she's not interested in her food she'll just let it sit there. When this happens we have to bring out 'The Hungry Mouse' The Hungry Mouse is just our hand running quickly across the table saying 'The Hungry Mouse is going to eat your dinner!' and she grabs some food and pops it into her mouth before the mouse can get to it. She thinks it's funny and it helps her eat so hopefully it will continue to work for a little while longer.
She's just over 28 months old now (how did that happen so quickly?) and she's a steady walker and even a speedy runner! She's still a bit clumsy though and often bumps her head or her legs on objects around the house.
She has two friends that she sees from time to time and she really likes both of them. Aimee, who is 6 weeks younger than Ava, and Cody, who is also 6 weeks younger.
We see Cody and his mum Isabelle more often than Aimee and her mum George, because Cody and Isabelle live one street away from us, whereas Aimee and George live a 30 minute drive away on the other side of Guildford.
Her favourite toy is Teddy Bear and he is never far away. She goes through phases of having a second favourite toy but that changes weekly.
She loves watching CBeebies (UK young children's television channel) and she gets annoyed if I put anything else on because the other channels have commercial breaks.
She is now completely potty trained and hasn't worn a diaper in over a week! She has had some poo issues but we're making progress this week now that she's on some medication to help.
Ava is really trying to be the boss these days and it can make discipline very difficult. If she throws something on the floor and I say 'Don't throw things on the floor!' She'll reply with a smile on her face 'Yes I can throw things on the floor!'
We still have the "Naughty Step" which she gets sent to if a verbal warning doesn't work. She doesn't like that step and she sits there the whole time saying 'Mummy that's enoouuuggghhh!' over and over again.
Going out to the shops with her is getting harder and harder. I can't let her walk because she tugs her hand out of mine and will run around the shop like crazy. To her it's a game of hide and seek and I end up getting angry and flustered and she just laughs. If I put her in her stroller she just shouts and cries and whines the whole time. I'm failing miserably with this one and I need to fix it soon before she gets completely out of control.
Anyway. Her bed time routine is going well. She no longer has milk before bed and once she has changed into her jammies she climbs into bed and I'll read her a story. Sometimes we have to read it twice, depending on how wide awake she still is. After the story is finished, I turn out her light and tell her to watch her night light change colours while I go downstairs. I always tell her that I'll be back in a minute because it's the only way she'll let me leave the room. I don't go back in until I head upstairs to bed, and that's just to check on her.
Her eating habits are better than they used to be, but sometimes when she's not interested in her food she'll just let it sit there. When this happens we have to bring out 'The Hungry Mouse' The Hungry Mouse is just our hand running quickly across the table saying 'The Hungry Mouse is going to eat your dinner!' and she grabs some food and pops it into her mouth before the mouse can get to it. She thinks it's funny and it helps her eat so hopefully it will continue to work for a little while longer.
11/11/2011
Cute Cousins
Graham's mum loves to knit for her granddaughters and she made them matching hats and cardigans recently.
Auntie Laura and baby Ellie came to visit us last weekend so we had to get a picture of the two of them in their new outfits :)
Not sure what Ellie is looking at but we thought this was a cute picture.
Auntie Laura and baby Ellie came to visit us last weekend so we had to get a picture of the two of them in their new outfits :)
Not sure what Ellie is looking at but we thought this was a cute picture.
Family Photo on 11/11/11 at 11:11
Our annual family photo:
We took one on 09/09/09 at 9:09 and one on 10/10/10 at 10:10 so we decided to do one today at 11:11 as well. We'll only get one more year to do this! Shame we didn't start earlier, but they wouldn't have included our little Ava bug!
We took one on 09/09/09 at 9:09 and one on 10/10/10 at 10:10 so we decided to do one today at 11:11 as well. We'll only get one more year to do this! Shame we didn't start earlier, but they wouldn't have included our little Ava bug!
24/10/2011
Potty Trained AND a Big Girl Bed
We set up Ava's new big girl bed yesterday and her first night was a success! She only woke up once in the night and after I sat with her for a few minutes she fell back to sleep until 8am!
She's been in bed for nearly 3 hours now and so far so good. She cried a little bit about an hour after she went to sleep but only for a few seconds.
We've put the potty in her room so if she needs to pee in the night she can. We're also still using nappies overnight in case of accidents. She's pretty much completely potty trained now, which is great. Most nights she wakes up around 3am to use the toilet (even though she has a diaper on) but last night she didn't want to go when she woke up. I did notice that her diaper was a little bit wet when I got her dressed this morning though, but I'm not sure when that happened.
Once she's been settled into her big girl bed for a few weeks I'll try and take away her bedtime milk and that should help with staying dry overnight.
My little baby is growing up so quickly!
(Ignore the ugly blue carpet - if it were my house it would have been out of there a LONG time ago!)
She's been in bed for nearly 3 hours now and so far so good. She cried a little bit about an hour after she went to sleep but only for a few seconds.
We've put the potty in her room so if she needs to pee in the night she can. We're also still using nappies overnight in case of accidents. She's pretty much completely potty trained now, which is great. Most nights she wakes up around 3am to use the toilet (even though she has a diaper on) but last night she didn't want to go when she woke up. I did notice that her diaper was a little bit wet when I got her dressed this morning though, but I'm not sure when that happened.
Once she's been settled into her big girl bed for a few weeks I'll try and take away her bedtime milk and that should help with staying dry overnight.
My little baby is growing up so quickly!
(Ignore the ugly blue carpet - if it were my house it would have been out of there a LONG time ago!)
07/10/2011
New Clothes!
My mom sent over several cute new outfits for Ava and this is the one she chose to wear yesterday.
She went through a pretty big growth spurt a few weeks ago and now most of her clothes don't fit anymore. (Thanks for the new clothes mom!)
Potty training is going really well, Ava uses the potty or the toilet every time she needs to pee or poo during the day. At night she still wears a diaper but most days when she wakes up it's still dry.
She is getting her last molars in now, I've seen the two at the top coming through but not the ones on the bottom yet. I think sometimes they hurt and she gets a bit grumpy because of it but most of the time she seems okay.
She's such a happy little bug and gives the best hugs!
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