Today marked several milestones for my little girl, Emma. She's 2 years, 5 months -- almost. Perhaps if I record these events here I'll be able to look back some years from now. Who knows. Lately each Sunday morning, we head off to the swimming pool for an hour or so. Nat swims for a while and I splash about with the kids. Emma has quickly developed a love of the pool and is quite fearless most of the time. Normally we don't worry with swimming aids for Emma beyond goggles, but today she was kitted out with blow-up floaties on her arms and a strap-on, polystyrene bubble on her back. And she swam :-) All on her own, she lifted her legs and floated and slowly waggled arms and legs and swam 10 metres or more at a time. Little people are so funny when they do things, and watching her happily paddling along, declining assistance, was just priceless. Toilet training has been a little bit of an issue with Emma. She's actually quite in control of her bodily functions, but using the potty or toilet seems to be a power struggle of some sort whereby she doesn't want to let go in the way we ask her. She'll hang on for hours without a nappy (diaper for US readers), then either have an accident or desperately request a nappy. She's piddled and pooed on the carpet, kitchen chairs, couch, table, you name it. But today, 3 times in all, she ASKED to sit on the toilet. Yay! Yeah, we still had a few nappies too, but this is a big step, the one that means we're more there than not. And finally, Emma pedalled her tricycle instead of scooting with her feet. Way to go little girl.
10:18:52 PM 
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