{"id":1177,"date":"2011-03-02T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2011-03-05T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T20:25:48","slug":"third-week-of-february-aldergrove-family-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"Third Week of February » Aldergrove Family Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Post #37 of personal project 52 weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Aldergrove<\/p>\n

* He sure loves his techno gear.<\/p>\n

* Art\u2019s hand-therapy contraptions: splints, tensor bandages, finger socks, laces, finger straightener-outer. I\u2019m missing the fluorescent pink therapy play dough in the photo. Early this month, Art was released from the doctor\u2019s care for his hand injury. His hand therapist suggested that he get a second opinion and we are glad that we did. Art will be going into surgery mid-March and the new hand specialist<\/a> is confident that he will regain much of his mobility. Likely, there will be multiple surgeries. The first one to remove all the pins from his hand and rebreak his finger and possibly a second surgery to do some bone grafting. The therapy will be intense. The day after the surgery Art is to undergo a massive therapy session to ensure that the scar tissue doesn\u2019t grow and \u2018lock\u2019 up the mobility.<\/p>\n

* Noah taking a much hated shower.<\/p>\n

* Because he had an \u2018accident\u2019 of the poopy variety.<\/p>\n

* He looks so much older with glasses.<\/p>\n

* I\u2019m not sure what to say about the potty training. He is nearly 4 years old. We officially started in August<\/a>, exactly half a year ago. When we went to Osoyoos in September, Noah hopped out of the car after a 5 hour drive, went straight to the toilet and proceeded to have NO accidents the entire week while we were on vacation. We were hopeful. We drove home, and first thing he did when he arrived home: a BM in his underwear. Then for 4 months, not a single poop in the toilet. I cleaned many soiled underwears. It was frustrating and gross. During all this time he was fairly good with pees on the toilet. Not accident free but tolerable. We tried the two categories of tactics: rewards (treats, toys), punishment (we took away the TV, we even took away Lego at one point, a shower after every accident \u2014 which is necessary but Noah considered a punishment). Ultimately, he was unwilling. No amount of talking, explaining or convincing would change his mind. Then about one month ago, we had a break through. Art caught him in the act and plopped him on the toilet and there it was: in the toilet. He was so proud of himself. Then every week \/ every other week. Then he would go on his own. We are now at a 50% success rate. I\u2019ll take it. With thankfulness.<\/p>\n

* Counting on the stairs for Hide \u2018n Seek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Post #37 of personal project 52 weeks. * He sure loves his techno gear. * Art\u2019s hand-therapy contraptions: splints, tensor bandages, finger socks, laces, finger straightener-outer. I\u2019m missing the fluorescent pink therapy play dough in the photo. Early this month, Art was released from the doctor\u2019s care for his hand injury. His hand therapist suggested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.karinlouwerse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}