Carter Update

I've been writing a lot about Ashlyn but not so much about Carter. He has had some things going on lately too so I better get them jotted down before I forget for good!


We attended our very first Parent/Teacher Conference on Sept. 13th. Ms Kristen told us that Carter is doing very well. He has had no troubles coming in to the classroom and starting his centers. He does need to be reminded to go to all of the centers and to spend some time at each one. He knows what he wants to do and doesn't want to do anything else! lol He still plays independently most of the time. He only mentions two other classmates, Fiona and Liam. Everything else she mentioned was on par for a three year old.


We've been having a power struggle lately with Carter. That three year old attitude is fierce!! I had been warned but wow! I'm counting down the days until he turns 4! We've had to come up with different strategies to get him to listen and obey. Hopefully we are doing the right thing! This parenting thing is tough!

One problem we've been dealing with is him purposefully wetting his pullups. He only wears them at naptime and at bedtime. For awhile he would have a freshly wet pullup so we knew he had just wet after waking up. To get him to stop doing that (and wasting a pullup) we started a sticker chart. Whenever he wakes up with a dry pullup, he gets to put a sticker on the chart. 10 stickers = a trip to Dollar Tree. He has earned 4 trips so far. I was hoping that would be enough and we would be able to stop but he still is wet every now and then. I'd rather keep this up than do laundry every day.

Another issue that COMPLETELY frustrates me is him purposefully having BM's in his underwear. He has been potty trained for a year now so I am blaming this on having a new baby in the house. It just drives me crazy knowing that he knows when he needs to go to the bathroom but is refusing to do so. I have started to throw any dirty underwear away because I'm tired of cleaning them out. He only has about 5 pair left so I'm doing laundry more frequently. His reward for going #2 on the potty is a piece of gum and getting to see mommy do the "Happy Poo-poo Dance"! Oh, the silly things we will do for our kids! haha