Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year! I had such a hectic holiday season, that I wasn't able to write any blog posts until now, but I hope that starting next week, I can get back into the swing of things.
We had a good Holiday. Valerie and Beth had a lot of fun opening presents. I decided to change Beth into a fresh diaper after she woke up, and let her stay in her footie pajamas to open presents on Christmas Morning. She looked so precious. I kept her in diapers until after breakfast, and then let her get dressed for the day.
Not a lot happened at the Church nursery this season. And we had an uneventful new years. I did get a letter from a reader about some time she spent with her "Niece"
Hi Veronica, hope you're doing well. Love the blog.
This past summer, my Cousin's daughter, who calls me auntie, and I think of her as a niece, came to stay with me and my three year old daughter Nichole. The poor girl came all the way from California to Florida, and the airline lost her luggage. Emily, my niece, is seventeen, but only a couple inches taller than Nichole. She's tiny! I reassured her that it wouldn't be a big deal, and that she could share some of Nichole's clothes until hers showed up.
I sent Emily and Nichole to Nichole's room to play while I got some housework done. Nichole is still potty training, so I mostly have her run around the hose in just a t-shirt and her training pants. My alarm went off that it was time to take Nichole to the potty. I went to her room to see her and Emily playing with dolls. I asked Nichole if she needed to use the potty, when she nodded, I went over and checked Nichole's training pants, and found them dry. I took her by the hand and, but looked back at Emily.
I said, "Emily, why don't you try and use the potty too." I watched her blush and stand, I took her by the hand as well and walked both girls to the bathroom.
I pulled down Nichole's trainers first, and lifted her onto the potty seat that was mounted on the toilet. Nichole peed, and I asked her if she had to make a poopie, she said no, so I wiped her with a a flushable wipe and set her back on the floor, pulling her trainers back up. I set my attention on Emily. I pulled her jeans and panties down, and lifted her up, to sit her on the potty. As I was lifting her I noticed her dribble a little bit into her panties. It was only a few drops. I quickly got her on the potty seat.
"Whoopsie!" I cooed to her, "That was a close call, huh?" Emily started peeing in the potty right away. "Good girl, but these panties are going to have to go into the wash." I said, as I pulled Emily's jeans and panties off, rolling them up and putting them in the hamper.
"Did Emily have an accident mommy?" Nichole asked.
"Yes dear, but just a little dribble, you know how it is" I said. Nichole nodded.
"Do you need to make poo-poos too?" I asked Emily. She shook her head no. I lifted her off the potty and wiped her with another flushable wipe, throwing it in the toilet and flushing it. I took Emily and Nichole by the hands and led them back to Nichole's room. I let Nichole's hand go and walked Emily over to Nichole's changing table.
"Okay, Emily, lets find you something to wear." I said, I grabbed a pair of pink All in one cloth training pants from the table and held them open for Emily to step into.
She blushed and looked at me. "Is there anything else I can wear?" She asked.
I looked at the changing table, "its either these, or Nichole's night time diapers" I said, pointing to the All in one cloth diapers stacked under the changing table. She blushed more and let me put the trainers on her.
"There we go," I cooed, patting her on her padded bottom, "These should help in case of any more accidents. Now go play. I'll come and take you two to the potty in an hour." I said, leaving them to play.
I took them to the potty every hour, and Emily didn't have any other accidents. When 7pm rolled around, I gave the girls a bath together, and then brought them to the bedroom to get ready for bed. I had Emily sit on the floor, naked, as I put Nichole on the changing table for her night time diaper. I diapered her and put her pajama top on her, setting her down on the floor before picking up Emily and putting her on the table. I ignored her complaints and silenced her with a pacifier. I grabbed her by the ankles and slid a diaper under her bottom, and fastened it around her waist. I put one of Nichole's pajama tops on her and carried her over to Nichole's crib. I laid her down, and put Nichole in the crib as well, putting the side up. I turned the baby monitor on and turned off the lights.
Emily's suitcase never did show up, so I just kept her in training pants and diapers the whole time she stayed with us. She potty trained with Nichole every day, and never had an accident in her training pants, but she did wet her diapers most nights. I also put her in a diaper whenever we left the house, so she did have some wet and messy diapers from time to time.
I also put her in a disposable diaper for her trip back to California, and gave the flight attendant an extra few pampers to change Emily on the flight, as well as my phone number to text me on how the flight went. She texted me when they landed. She sat Emily with a mother and one year old daughter, and gave the woman the spare diapers, which the woman put in her baby's diaper bag. She said she saw the woman bottle feeding Emily after take off. She saw the woman checking Emily's diaper often. Halfway through the flight, the woman came to the lavatory carrying her baby and walking Emily by the hand behind her, pacifier bobbing in her mouth. The mother told her, laughing that she had two stinky babies to change. The flight attendant helped her hold her diaper bag as the mother lowered the lavatory changing table. She lifted her baby onto it first, changing her into a fresh diaper, before doing the same with Emily, while the flight attendant held her baby, and held the lavatory door open. After getting Emily taped into a fresh diaper, she led Emily back to her seat while carrying her daughter and the diaper bag. She said she saw the mother spoon feeding Emily baby food later in the flight, She had Emily wearing a bib. She took Emily and the baby to be changed once more before landing. She said that the mother had that pacifier in Emily's mouth the whole flight. The mother complimented the flight attendant on how Emily didn't cry the whole flight, even when she made a stinky.
I was happy that the flight attendant made sure Emily was well taken care of on her flight. I completely agree with your philosophy on how to treat accidents and treat a child how they act.
-Michelle
Thank you for that, Michelle. It seems like you did what you had to do for Emily, since she had no other clothes to wear. I hope that her potty training along side Nichole helped them both.
-Veronica
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