So, I believe this is the beginning of many blogs to come on the saga of training my now 3 year old little guy! My hope in actually blogging about this is that one day, when Drew is completely potty trained, I will look back and laugh hysterically at how stressed I was about this! :) I really had a lot of high hopes for this...."oh, watching his cousin go potty will make him want to do it", "showering him with promises of rewards like M&Ms and race cars will do it", but alas, amid all of our trying, the child still exhibits ZERO signs of readiness for potty training!
Enter an article in this month's Parenting magazine entitled "Extreme Potty Training". I'm skeptical, but open it up to read it anyway. In a nut shell, it pretty much takes on potty training the way I have suspected I may have to with Drew. JUST DO IT! Lock yourself in the house for a couple of days, pump the child full of water, and usher him to the potty every 20-30 minutes. Sounds simple enough, but I know that trying it is going to be challenging on so many levels. So now, I must prepare myself for this venture...whenever it is I get brave enough to try it! =)
To be continued...
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Starting out...
The boys are in bed earlier than usual and the house is relatively cleaned up from the day, so what to do, what to do....?
Oh I know! I'll start a blog!
This is the conversation I just had with myself while checking on all of my friend blogs this evening.
So, here I am blogging world...I'm not promising anything spectacularly awesome, but I do plan to use this as a place to keep track of all the memories, stories, fun and funny things that happen and the good, the bad, and the ugly of my life as a wife and mother!
You see, I used to classify myself as a scrapbooker, but now I have fallen into the frustrated scrapbooker category, (as in I haven't scrapbooked much of anything since 2007...awesome, I know). So, I figure at least if I blog about things that I would normally scrapbook, I'll have a record of them somewhere! And maybe someday, when my kids are all grown and have families of their own, I'll catch up on my scrapbooks by using my blog! Here's to hoping anyway... :)
I will TRY to be good about posting often, and I hope that this blog has a two-fold purpose...1. to keep my memories logged somewhere other than my forgetful brain and 2. to possibly encourage, bless, or just put a smile on someone's face every once in awhile!
Oh I know! I'll start a blog!
This is the conversation I just had with myself while checking on all of my friend blogs this evening.
So, here I am blogging world...I'm not promising anything spectacularly awesome, but I do plan to use this as a place to keep track of all the memories, stories, fun and funny things that happen and the good, the bad, and the ugly of my life as a wife and mother!
You see, I used to classify myself as a scrapbooker, but now I have fallen into the frustrated scrapbooker category, (as in I haven't scrapbooked much of anything since 2007...awesome, I know). So, I figure at least if I blog about things that I would normally scrapbook, I'll have a record of them somewhere! And maybe someday, when my kids are all grown and have families of their own, I'll catch up on my scrapbooks by using my blog! Here's to hoping anyway... :)
I will TRY to be good about posting often, and I hope that this blog has a two-fold purpose...1. to keep my memories logged somewhere other than my forgetful brain and 2. to possibly encourage, bless, or just put a smile on someone's face every once in awhile!
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