Darcy is 100% potty trained now, and as delightful as that is, it seems to have put an unnerving amount of pressure on her previously-trained sister, which has caused her to go slightly backwards in the potty training department. I am hoping this passes. But! We are 75% finished!
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Our breakthrough last week is bearing (stinky) fruit: Darcy is now a potty champ. Not a single accident yesterday, and now the potty is a friend instead of foe. It has even become her lofty goal to top her sister; Miss D did #2 on the potty without ANY help or suggestion from me whatsoever. [...]

So things got off to a bit of a rough start on the trip. Sunday morning–the morning we’re supposed to leave–Saige and I are in the emergency room because her ear infection is back and she was screaming from 1 to 5am the night before. I am there on two hours of sleep and look [...]

Both girls spent the better part of last night hurling. I was so proud of myself for managing to catch them each time with a bowl before distaster struck (this is where being a night person becomes really helpful), but it couldn’t last. Eventually I had to put Saige in our bedroom while I reconstructed [...]

Well, almost. Still on IC drugs but I ditched the Paxil because I got too freaked about all the side effects. The fatigue and brain-zapping is bad enough, but reading this article over at Salon finally did it for me. It all seemed like a lot to pay just to deal with a little [...]

Update - I had a stoopid little drawing here that I made to illustrate life with twins that won’t nap, but I think this Flash cartoon I found a while back illustrates it MUCH better (click da piggy):

Can’t remember where I got it from, but the artist is obviously familiar with toddlers.
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