saturday

husband and i took k to see toy story 3 this afternoon.  the toy story movies are favorites for her - everytime we visit my parents, she wants to watch 1 & 2 on repeat.  she loved the movie and did an amazing job the entire time.  i thought it was a great movie, as well - it had me in major tears at the end, but i might be blaming that on the pregnancy :)

after the movie, we got home and spent the afternoon with husband's parents, who happened to be in town today.  after visiting and a yummy dinner, we said goodbye to them and went to see some friends and meet their new baby.  it's amazing how much you do actually forget about newborns.  people say all the time when someone has a new baby, "oh, it goes by so fast!  you'll wake up one day and forget how tiny your baby was!" and we all, with out new babies, think "oh, not me, i'll remember everything about this."  naturally, i found myself saying things like that tonight :)  it definitely got me even more excited to have a brand new baby in the house.  soon enough :)

so after a great day and evening, we got k home and let her relax a bit before bedtime.  i sat with her in the bathroom for about 10 minutes, trying to get her to "go stinky" - no such luck.  she had me pretty convinced that she didn't need to (lots of gas was released but nothing else ... TMI?  sorry about that) :)  i put her to bed and within 5 minutes, she was out of the room with a poopy diaper.  what a stinker!!!

[i've debated back and forth with admitting this on the blog (but then i remembered it's a blog, it's honest, and come on - nobody's reading this!) but here goes...]

i have started spanking her when she poops in her diaper.  i've only had to do it 4 times in the last 10 days, but it still sucks.  nothing makes me feel worse.  it does seem to work, a bit anyway.  she knows that is what will happen if she poops, so i'm hoping after a few more times she'll decide she's over getting her bum spanked.  hoping.  so, naturally tonight she got her spanking and cried so much, i felt horrible.  then she asked, "mama hold you?"  oh, the heart melts.  i snuggled up with her and kissed her and talked to her about her spanking (why she got it, what will happen next time, etc.).  it seems to have an effect but man does it "hurt me more than it hurts her."  :)

thoughts?  agreements?  disappointments?  do tell, i'm very curious... if anyone's out there...