Chanler's Placetag:www.hraban.com,2011:/chanler/blog//42011-05-31T23:48:25ZMovable Type 3.34"A" is for AppStore!tag:www.hraban.com,2011:/chanler/blog//4.16422011-05-31T23:48:04Z2011-05-31T23:48:25ZScottMind The Gaptag:www.hraban.com,2011:/chanler/blog//4.16382011-05-09T05:41:34Z2011-05-21T05:51:09Z13041
Chanler lost his first tooth today! It has been super wiggly and last night he told Scott he could lift one side up... and today he wiggled it out all by himself!
Loose Toothtag:www.hraban.com,2011:/chanler/blog//4.16252011-02-03T05:56:57Z2011-02-03T05:58:17Z
Chanler has his first loose tooth! Bottom Front Left! Can't believe he is old enough for this... I'm not ready
When you are a small child you have a smart braintag:www.hraban.com,2011:/chanler/blog//4.16242011-01-16T02:37:09Z2011-02-03T05:55:31Z
and when you are a big adult you don't.
Big Brother Againtag:www.hraban.com,2010:/chanler/blog//4.15802010-11-14T19:10:02Z2010-11-14T19:10:03Z
This time he's an expert!
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Mommy, Jessaleigh is interrupting me while I'm trying to talk over hertag:www.hraban.com,2010:/chanler/blog//4.15352010-06-26T06:00:01Z2010-11-20T21:44:46Z
Some day he will see the irony... we hope.
Near the end of a "long" car ride to Sacramento:
"Mommy, Jessaleigh is interrupting me while I'm trying to talk over her"]]>
You could name him a dolphin name. You could name him Sham-poo.tag:www.hraban.com,2010:/chanler/blog//4.15152010-04-08T17:30:52Z2010-11-20T21:43:06Z
While Chanler and Jessalegih were playing "dolphin" and had our stuffed toy dolphin with them
CS: What do you want to name him? (stuffed dolphin)
JA: Dolphin
CS: Or you could name him a dolphin name. You could name him Sham-poo.
5 Year Check uptag:www.hraban.com,2010:/chanler/blog//4.15192010-03-29T23:05:41Z2010-04-18T23:08:52Z
Height: 43.25 Inches
Weight 42lbs 6oz
Not much exciting to report at the 5 year check up. Actually our doctor "forgot" to come for our appointment so we had a replacement which made it even less interesting
First Dentist Appointmenttag:www.hraban.com,2010:/chanler/blog//4.14902010-01-18T19:00:02Z2010-10-24T03:45:28Z
Chanler had his first real dentist appointment this morning. He was a champ! Just walked right in, sat in the chair, and opened his mouth.
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Mommy, when Jesus was praying, was he talking to himself?tag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.14612009-12-03T02:10:02Z2010-11-20T21:46:21Z
"Mommy, when Jesus was praying, was he talking to himself??"
Oh the joys of trying to explain the trinity to a four year old... I know 44 year olds who still don't get it.]]>
Daddy the lights are off; its dark. Why are we awake?tag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.14102009-09-27T05:40:02Z2010-11-20T21:46:54Z
Day 1 of vacation - travel day...
1) Daddy the lights are off; its dark. Why are we awake?
2) C: What are those things sticking out of the ground? M: I don't know bud what are they? C: Cows
3) C: Daddy do you want to use my money (2 quarters) for the hotel?]]>
Mommy when are we going to skype again?tag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.12902009-06-29T20:00:01Z2010-11-20T21:47:26Z
"Mommy when are we going to skype again?"
The reality that my kids will be more technology savy is enforced daily...]]>
Change or lack there of...tag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.12592009-06-13T23:01:49Z2009-06-19T05:24:24Z
I may have mentioned this in the past, but it bears repeating ... Chanler dislikes change of any kind immensely!!!
And now on to the actual reason for the post...
A little over a month ago Chanler started wearing underwear. We have always said that we would be the kind of parents that let our kids drive the potty training process - no cajoling, no bribing, no reminding, no pushing them before they were ready, etc. Well, transitioning Chanler to underwear challenged every one of those tenants.
Long ago when Chanler was under 2 we though he was interested in using the toilet and bought him potty stuff (seat reducer, underpants, etc.) but his interest was short lived and life continued on. Within the last year I had tried again to induce interest in the potty (tie-dyed underpants, privileges for boys in underpants, etc) to no avail. In fact it seems that while Chanler could indeed use the potty and recognize when he needed to go, he didn't care to be bothered with it. This was intensely frustrating for me - I believed that children are at some point supposed to want to no longer be in diapers, but my reality was the opposite.
Finally I had had enough and we broke down and tried what had worked for so many of my friends (and which I had mocked and sworn never to do!!!) We bribed. Jelly beans for using the toilet. Guess what - it didn't work! All that jelly beans taught Chanler was how to produce pee when ever he wanted a jelly bean... (the kid is too smart). I was devastated! I had caved and it hadn't even worked! After a few weeks of jelly beans on demand I lost it again and just put Chanler into underwear at home all the time. He did fine with pee, but managed (of course) to only poop when we were out of the house (so annoyed at this point). Finally 8 days after the diaper came off at home (and 4 days since he had pooped last) Chanler finally went poop on the potty! And without prompting!
After that he never looked back! That night when we went out to get some dinner he decided he wanted to wear underwear out of the house. I was amazed at how fast he switched!
What I have come to realize it that there were two problems holding Chanler back. 1) Chanler doesn't like new things or change of any kind. He typifies "Why change if it isn't broken," and it wasn't broken for him. 2) Chanler lacked confidence that he could poop on the potty and didn't want to fail in his attempt.
So now for the last month Chanler has been wearing underwear. He has had a total of 2 accidents (both of which involved jeans that were too hard to get off by himself fast enough) and doesn't need reminded or really helped much at all. It isn't how I pictured it, but it has worked for Chanler.
Hopper no longertag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.12422009-05-28T05:10:37Z2010-10-24T04:57:18Z8923
pictures don't appear that way.
Chanler received a book award (small cubbie bear) for completing 24 verses/lessons. He can't wait until September when he gets to go to the "4" year old room and work on the Jumper book!!!]]>
Why is Chanler so sad?tag:www.hraban.com,2009:/chanler/blog//4.11832009-04-30T02:40:01Z2010-10-24T04:50:30ZScott
Because while we are on the way to Cubbies, we are not there yet!
