Training Pants

William has decided in the last couple of weeks, that he is a big boy, and that the nappies are for Jack. So we have started slowly to embark on potty training. We're having more misses than hits, but we've made a lot of trips out in undies and no accidents there! So there is hope.

I decided to make it a bit less stressful on me, that I'd make him up some training pants - this is my first attempt - I'm not so sure what I think about them, I'm thinking I'm going to attempt to draft my own pattern up and see if I can't improve on the ones I've made so far.

The bonus though - 1 layer of bamboo is sufficient to hold a William wee! Good to know that.

Jack can Crawl!

I haven't blogged much this year - oops! I'll try to do better.

A bit of a Jack update for you - nearly 3 weeks ago, he got his cast changed and is now sporting a blue cast with 2 short legs! Much cooler for the summer weather.

This week he started crawling! He's getting faster and faster,  I'm sure next week he'll be going room to room - he's starting to give William a run for his money on the toys, and William's not too sure what he thinks about that just yet!

We had to take Jack back to Christchurch on Monday for his MRI, 2 weeks after the new cast went  on - good news, all looks good, and cast off date is set for March 11. He will then go into a brace for a few weeks, but that brace goes over his clothes, and can be removed for bathing, and is much lighter than his cast. He won't know what to do with himself.

A Spica Bath

Jack doesn't get many baths at the moment, and by bath I mean sponge bath. Its not very easy when he's in his cast. I put some towels down on the kitchen bench the other day and bathed him there, then turned him over and let him have a play in the water, in the late afternoon sun. He loved it!

Nappies

I've always used MCN's with William, since he was just under a month old anyway, he's 2 today. I use them with Jack when I can, his first 12 weeks he was in double nappies for his DDH, so he got a MCN over the top of a disposable, while he was in the pavlik harness for 14 weeks he was in MCN's, he was in MCN's during his 4 week "break", and he is currently in disposables - which I hate paying for, while he is in his spica cast - we're at the half way point! Cast change on Monday!!!

So knowing that Jack will be back in MCN's very soon, and a bit sick of the ones I've got, I started building up a new stash for him. Then I decided I really wanted some pretty ones with cotton prints for him, but they're so expensive (often) to buy.  I've been told often how easy they are to make, but I didn't believe anyone.

I finally started making them...and you know what? They are that easy!

William's 2nd Birthday Nappy

Nappy for Jack's stash

First nappy I made - a gift