As I expected, Malone did not want me to leave her each day. Most days she observed more than she participated, but came home every afternoon and was able to show me what she had been learning. On Wednesday, her teacher had to call me because Malone never calmed down after I left. I went back and she finished the day. On Thursday, her teacher made a special point to let me know how great she did that day. She said she participated and followed directions and was in a great mood. I was so excited. But then came Friday...performance day. Malone does NOT like crowds, attention, or clapping. She has an even harder time when I am around to watch her. So on Friday she came around the corner into the ballet studio, saw the crowd, and completely melted down. I felt so bad for all of the other parents and her teacher. After that performance I wasn't sure she was ready for dance, but we are going to give it a try and hopefully get her over hear fear of performing.
We have also been having a hard time with potty training with pooping. We have absolutely no problems with pee pee and Malone is a pro. But she acts afraid to poop in the potty. We finally had some success tonight. Justin caught her about to poop in her panties and she was able to go a little bit in the potty and then said she was done (which I knew she wasn't). So I took her panties off and made her play without them so she wouldn't have that "safety net" to poop in. Well, for tonight, it worked. She went in the bathroom all by herself and then called me in there and said, "Mommy, look what I got in the potty". We were so excited. We did a happy dance and had a mini-party to celebrate. I am not getting my hopes up that this will be every time, but hopefully we are on the right track. Keep praying for poop success for Malone and for it to click.
Jagger turned 3 months old this week. I can't believe he is growing so fast. He is such a happy boy. He loves to smile and coo. He is happiest in the morning and loves to get all the attention. He is growing a lot of hair already and so far it is dark brown like mine. He goes to bed at 7:30pm every night and sleeps until almost 8:00am the next morning. He seems like he is going to be a Mommy's boy. If he is fussy he calms right down if I get him. He melts my heart so much. I love his little personality and can't wait to see how it will develop.
I am so thankful to the Lord that I have such precious children. They challenge me, especially Malone at the age of 3, but they are also my entire world.
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