Potty training is the pits
Posted by Amy on September 3, 2008
Especially when your thirty-four and a half month old is extremely strong-willed and independent. Seriously. This potty training thing is just getting old. Our conversations go something like this:
Me: “Are you ready for a change?”
Hailey: “Nope”
Me: (Looking her straight in the eyes) “Are you sure you don’t want mommy to put a brand new, clean diaper on you?”
Hailey: (As she pats her backside, very matter-of-factly) “Nope. It stays in my diapee.”
Me: (Shrugging) “Alright, sister. It’s all you.”
and like this:
Me: “Uh oh! This is your LAST diaper! We’re all out of diapers”
Hailey: “We are?” (concerned)
Me: “Yep. No more diapers.” (thrilled)
Hailey: “But there’s some in that basket over there.”
Me: “Nope. I just used the LAST one.”
Hailey: “But there’s some downstairs.”
Me: “Nope. There isn’t.”
Hailey: “But there’s more at the store. We can get some after Traci’s house.” (Traci is the sitter)
I bribe her all of the time. Currently, I’m using the “You can’t take a ballerina class unless you’re wearing big girl pants.” That makes her stop and think but then, nothing happens. Eric has even resorted to writing “special” potty songs and only singing them if she sits on the potty. They’re generally only played once. Maybe we could bribe her with this:
Or will that just give her the wrong idea, that she should play with her pee and poo? Oh well. They’re cute anyway. You can get them HERE at the Pee and Poo Shop. Does it gross you out? Not me. I’m a mom.
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Mascotopia Team Puzzle
Posted by Eric on October 7, 2007
Dads, take notice. The awesome folks over at Mascotopia offer puzzles like this one as well as blocks, crib mobiles, and plush toys for just about every MLB, NFL, and NCAA team imaginable. It couldn’t be easier to immerse your little ones in the teams you love. Now if you could only teach ‘em your alma mater’s fight song.
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Dado Cubes
Posted by Eric on July 31, 2007
We got some of these Dado Cubes in the mail last week and I might have actually spent more time playing with them than my daughter did. They are cool new twist on classic building blocks. The stackable, interlocking, nesting blocks are made by the peeps over at Fat Brain Toys and will help your child learn about proportion, balance, structure and color through their combination of sculpture and construction.
