Daycare Diva

Stephanie and Philip started at a new daycare this week. Philip just switched from a different daycare but this is Steffi's first time going since she was 2 months old. She is actually dealing with it pretty well - when she is there. In the mornings before we leave, you would think I was taking her to be a virgin sacrifice to the volcano gods. The first night after I picked her up, she tried to get me to send Meredith in her place the next day. Mommy really likes this lady and I know Steffi will too once the "transistioning phase" is over.

On the plus side, we have been housebreaking Steffi for a couple of weeks now and yesterday she came home with "big girl underwear" on. She is doing very well now and we are all so happy! Soon I'll only have 1 kid in diapers and next month I'll have none on formula. Hooray!

Too bad that also means that soon I'll have no more snugglebabies. Sigh!

Chatty

You know, when Hayden was smaller people always commented on how much he talked. He still talks quite a lot but now I would have to say that Stephanie has him beat. She talks constantly and there is no amount of bribing, begging, pleading, or threatening that can get her to stop. She will not stop even when she is in bed - she will talk to herself, to Hayden, to Meredith, to me for an hour or more while she is supposed to be in bed sleeping.

Yesterday, I was trying to make dinner and I finally had to tell her to "Not talk anymore." So she walks a little ways away and starts saying, "I'm not talking anymore. I'm not talking anymore. Mommy, I said 'I'm not talking anymore. I'm not talking anymore. I'm not talking anymore..." You get the idea. I finally told her again to stop talking to which she replied, "I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking anymore...."

Sigh