I’ve been asking TwinkleToes for kisses and I think that is getting it through to her. She came up to me making kissie noises this evening and I gave her kisses and she just beamed. And, there were no imaginary ow’ies tonight, either.
Sometimes the solution is easy. I wish everything about parenting were that easy.
Bedtimes, [...]

TwinkleToes has started making up “ow’ies” so she can get kisses.
I’ve tried to figure out how to tell her that she doesn’t have to pretend something hurts to get a kiss, but I haven’t managed that yet.
She’ll sign that something hurts and make an “oh” sound to get me to kiss it. I kiss it, [...]

In some ways, bringing a child from a Chinese orphanage into an American family is like bringing someone into this century with a time machine. Dolls that look real but aren’t are scary. Toys that talk to you are terrifying. Toys that come to life with bells and gongs and lights and vibrations are horrifying. [...]

TwinkleToes is thrilled with her new independence in the pool.
When we first put them on her she was very unsteady and needed me to hold her. I was holding her around the rib cage and she was holding onto my arms.
Within an hour she was pushing my hand away when I tried to help her.
She [...]

Everyone slept through the night last night!!!
TwinkleToes woke up when I did this morning though, which made things a bit interesting. Usually I get up and do my hair and makeup and get dressed and then wake the girls and get them ready.
No such luck this morning. I put my makeup on with TwinkleToes sitting [...]

TwinkleToes went doo-doo in the potty twice today!!!! The first time I got a phone call at work to tell me she had asked (sign language) to sit on the potty and she proceeded to make a nice deposit. The second time was after dinner tonight. She signed potty, I took her diaper off [...]

Some of GlitterGirl’s old 2t panties will stay up on TwinkleToes. I won’t go so far as to say they fit, they are very baggy, but they do stay up. And that’s all that’s really needed.
GlitterGirl thinks she is such a big girl wearing panties. When she wants to, that is.
Some days she is interested [...]

TwinkleToes was inconsolable. Just before breakfast she started crying and I figured food would fix things. She barely stopped crying to eat. She was just on the brink of tears the whole time. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
When breakfast was over, more tears. Not a fit, just tears.
Here is our conversation. (I [...]

TwinkleToes went Pee Pee in the Potty!!!!!
And she is soooo proud of herself. She points to the potty and claps her hands and waves her arms around in the air when you talk about it.
Anyone know where I can buy some 6 month sized panties?

I asked TwinkleToes if she wanted to sit on the potty. She signed that no, she did not. I asked her if she was sure, she gave me a look that said “did you not just see me tell you that I do not?”. Well, okay then.
About an hour later I saw her looking at [...]