Milestones

So we tried potty training Jack this week and tbh have had mixed results.
The thing is he knows what a potty is for and has used it numerous times over the past year or so. He just doesn’t yet get the timing right. So we have about a 50% success rate….
This afternoon I caved and put him back in pull ups. I am not completely giving up, just putting it on hold for a few days and then we will try again but this time we may try the training pads that we used with Rachel at night times. These are small triangular pads (sanitary towel stylee) that stick inside their pants. They absorb the occasional accidents but they can still feel the wetness, so in theory it helps them get used to that sensation of having a wee and therefore recognising that they need to use the potty…
So we will see.

Rachel finished her first year at proper school. I actually felt a bit like welling up (and not just because it means I have both monsters to look after for the next 6 weeks!!)
Yesterday she brought home some of her schoolwork from the year and it was quite interesting to see the changes and development over the year. When she started in reception she could only write a handful of letters. And now, now she writes in sentences and even short stories. Of course the spelling isn’t quite there but mostly you can tell what she has written and why she has spelt it the way she has.