What a big girl!

Julia had her follow-up appointment Friday afternoon to make sure she was better and see if we could stop the breathing treatments. Julia normally HATES the pedi. She says "I don't like it" and cries as soon as the pedi walks in the room.

But this time while waiting on the pedi, I was explaining to Julia how the dr. was going to put something on her chest so she can listen to her breathe. I explained how it does not hurt and she have no need to cry. Something must have gotten through to her, because when the pedi walked in, Julia talked to her instead of getting upset. She even let the pedi pick her up! When it came time to listen to her chest, I told Julia it was okay and it will not hurt. She seemed to accept this and let the dr. listen to her chest without so much as a wimper! Then the pedi wanted to check her ears and throat. I forget to prepare Julia for this, but once I told her it does not hurt and she does not need to cry, she was fine. Just one wimper when the pedi first started looking at her ears and that was it. The pedi got out a tongue depressor to look at her throat, but I asked Julia if she could stick out her tongue and say "awwww", and SHE DID!!! That was all the pedi needed and she did not need to use the tongue depressor!!

Julia was just a big girl for the pedi. The pedi was really impressed at how well Julia is doing. She could not believe how well she was talking and how much she was saying. Full complete sentences.

THEN... once we got home, I brought Julia in the house and I went back out to the van to get the rest of the stuff. A minute later when I came back in the house, I could not find Julia at first. When I called for her, she answered from the bathroom saying she needed a new diaper and that she peed in the potty. Julia has been pulling her pants off, taking her diaper off and sitting on the potty for a few weeks now, but nothing ever happens. So imagine my surprise when I went in there and there was actually pee in the potty!!! YEAH JULIA!!! She did it all by herself, I was outside when she did it. I highly prasied her and she got several M&M's for her success! I think she is getting closer to potty training. Normally she tells us 2 seconds before she goes in her diaper or as she is going. So this is a big step in the right direction!

My little girl is growing up to be such a BIG girl!!