All about Luca

Luca is about 1.5 months from turning 2 and we are well on our way to her being potty trained.  I would love to have her completely trained by the time she turns 2 but I’m not sure if it’s realistic.  We didn’t initiate this in the first place so we are encouraging her but not being overly annoying about it.  She has been going on the toilet since 18 months and she keeps her diaper dry a lot, even after nap and overnight.  One problem is that she is still in her crib, so she can’t get out and go if she needs to.  She will sometimes wake up before we do and play quietly in her crib (so quietly we can’t hear her on the monitor) and since she can’t get out she has to go in her diaper.  I’m just not sure I’m ready to let her be ‘free’ in the house yet at night, and I would even have to leave her door open since she can’t open a door yet!   But I might have to if she keeps this up...It’s just hard to gauge because Lola wasn’t at this point until she was 2.5. 

Last week Luca had a reaction to Pistachios.  She was trying to open the nuts in the shell, and less than an hour later her hands were swollen up.  She didn’t seem to have a reaction in her throat but it’s difficult to tell…she might have had a little reaction and we just didn’t know it.  I am taking her to my allergy doctor in the morning for tree nut and peanut testing.  It should be an interesting appointment because they have to do the prick test on her back for the 7 tree nuts plus peanuts.  They did say that she can sit up after (adults have to lay on their stomach’s and stay still for 15 minutes) and they will just monitor her.  I am seriously crossing my fingers and hoping that it was just a random isolated incident! 

Not the best picture, but you can kind of see how swollen her hand is.
It was really shiny and red which you can't see very well in the picture.  

Luca is really starting to talk and her (stubborn) personality is starting to show!  She says “no” more than any other word and she wants to do everything herself.  If you try to help her she yells “no” and gets really angry.  But when she can’t do something herself she gets really frustrated and has a meltdown.  She is pretty active and very coordinated…both girls are!  She can walk down the stairs really well, without holding on, which scares me!  We have never had a gate at the top of the stairs, so both girls got really good on the stairs really quickly!  She sleeps with her lovey, ‘Bunny’, which is a little bunny attached to a little blanket.  It is disgusting, even though we wash it once per week!  I think the problem is that we waited too long to wash it initially so it seems to be permanently stained and smelly.  She chews on it just like it is a binky which is why it is so gross.  She leaves it at home when she goes to school and she is really good about it.  She just puts Bunny “night night” on the way out the door!