The 5 Love Languages

Posted by Lora | General | Tuesday 24 November 2009 7:45 pm

We had another session of our Growing Kids God’s Way class this past Saturday and it was mainly about the 5 Love Languages.  Have you heard of them?  Everyone needs all five of these to feel loved, but one or two are most important to each person.

  1. Words of Encouragement
  2. Acts of Service
  3. Gift-Giving
  4. Quality Time
  5. Physical Touch and Closeness

The lesson stressed that it’s important to realize that children under age 7 do not have a preference for any of these love languages and need all five equally.  But after that age, one or two will stand out as something that really makes them feel loved more than any of the other ones.

Chad and I realized that his is Words of Encouragement and mine is Acts of Service (I would totally love it if someone would come and do an act of service and use this shrink tube to mail out a package that has to go out! LOL).  What is yours?

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The Potty-Training Roller Coaster

Posted by Lora | General | Tuesday 24 November 2009 7:33 pm

When I planned out my posts for this week, a potty-training post was on my list because Ava has been doing so much better.  She got over her issues with pooping on the potty and has been pooping on her own first thing in the morning every day!  She’s also been having very few other accidents in her panties.

But today she had to prove me wrong once again.  She’s still been pooping on the potty, but she peed in her panties three times today!!  The only reason I can think of is because we’re getting ready to go on a trip to Wisconsin (nope, not for ski vacations, just for Thanksgiving!) and it’s throwing off her routine.

I honestly have no idea what she’ll be doing in this area when we’re gone.  I’m bringing some extra diapers, two packages of Pull-ups and all of her panties, so we’re prepared for anything.  Hopefully she’ll do great and will keep going in the potty, though!

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