Our family is visiting with some very dear friends of ours this weekend. I apologize that I have not had time to blog or post pictures in a while. I have some cute pictures that I need to post of the kids hanging out in the backyard this summer. And soon I'll have pictures of Oo and T playing with their friends who we're spending time with this weekend.
Oh... and I need to remember to tell you the band-aid story too. Good stuff.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Craving M&Ms
WARNING: If you're not a parent, you may want to skip this post. It's all about potty training. Need I say more?
Well, since our two celebrations on Monday, we have not earned any more M&Ms. It's not for a lack of trying, as T asks (yes, asks!) several times a day to sit on the potty. AND he usually asks to sit just before he has to go — a dry diaper and nasty gas serving as indicators that he has something brewing.
But the poor, little guy is in a quandary. He really, really wants to use the potty, but his body still finds it unnatural and now goes into "lockdown" when his diaper is off. The situation is causing him a great deal of stress (and a lot of tummy aches). This morning, for example, he woke up with a dry diaper but started yelling and throwing things as soon as I suggested using the potty. So I dropped the subject.
T, however, continued to battle. He walked over to his potty and draped his distraught body across the top of it. Then he ran into the living room, threw himself on the floor, and started sobbing, "I can't do it. I can't do it." I told him to use his diaper if he needed to. That idea did not sit well with him and caused him to kick and scream.
I used breakfast as an opportunity to distract him. An hour-long leisurely breakfast and two cups of orange juice later, his diaper was still dry. This time, rather than drape his body across the potty, he was willing to sit and give it a try. We read the book "No More Diapers for Ducky" (a favorite of his) three times. We listened to kids' music. We were very patient. But once his bottom was sore from sitting, he decided to throw in the towel so he could go dance to the music.
He has now been awake for over three-and-a-half hours and is still wearing last night's dry diaper. I foresee a difficult day (and a lot of tummy aches) for us today.
Well, since our two celebrations on Monday, we have not earned any more M&Ms. It's not for a lack of trying, as T asks (yes, asks!) several times a day to sit on the potty. AND he usually asks to sit just before he has to go — a dry diaper and nasty gas serving as indicators that he has something brewing.
But the poor, little guy is in a quandary. He really, really wants to use the potty, but his body still finds it unnatural and now goes into "lockdown" when his diaper is off. The situation is causing him a great deal of stress (and a lot of tummy aches). This morning, for example, he woke up with a dry diaper but started yelling and throwing things as soon as I suggested using the potty. So I dropped the subject.
T, however, continued to battle. He walked over to his potty and draped his distraught body across the top of it. Then he ran into the living room, threw himself on the floor, and started sobbing, "I can't do it. I can't do it." I told him to use his diaper if he needed to. That idea did not sit well with him and caused him to kick and scream.
I used breakfast as an opportunity to distract him. An hour-long leisurely breakfast and two cups of orange juice later, his diaper was still dry. This time, rather than drape his body across the potty, he was willing to sit and give it a try. We read the book "No More Diapers for Ducky" (a favorite of his) three times. We listened to kids' music. We were very patient. But once his bottom was sore from sitting, he decided to throw in the towel so he could go dance to the music.
He has now been awake for over three-and-a-half hours and is still wearing last night's dry diaper. I foresee a difficult day (and a lot of tummy aches) for us today.
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