Day 6

Well.


It certainly has been quite the weekend.


If you would have asked me if I had any hope at the end of the third day, I would have said a definite N.O. It was probably mostly our fault, as we left to the cabin for the weekend. Though he stayed dry the entire ride (boy was I nervous for that!) he didn't go potty on the toilet once we got there. He was not too keen on the toilet (oops, we left his potty chair accidently!) and it went downhill from there. He would not even tell us that he was going (as he had been doing up until then). He would just go and once even played in it! Yucky! I was not a happy camper. Those three days of hard work down the drain.


Day 4. Russell ran to town and picked up another potty chair, which Easton loved right away. Whew! He pretty much picked up where he left off. He started tell us again and running to the potty chair. We had many many times that he was able to pee (and even number 2 once!) without getting his underwear wet. Of course, we had times that he got them a little wet and a few times still that he left a puddle. Nonetheless, life was looking up! He was telling us again and was happy with his new potty chair.


Day 5.Again, did very well for the most part. He know what is expected and what the signs are. We know he understands this as he says "Good Boooooooy!" just before he pees on the potty. He makes us so proud. We are still having accidents but I find we are doing way less laundry and changing his underwear at a drastically slower pace. 


Day 6. We are back home now and he told us he had to "Go Go GO" and somehow we were too distracted to jump right away. He rewarded us with a little puddle. :) We are finding that he holds it a lot longer when he plays, because he doesn't want to go right then. I think it has finally clicked with him and now it's a matter of getting him to do it on a consistent basis. 


It has been quite the experience. 

His ice cream treat for going number 2 on the potty!

Just another mess to clean up. Worth it!

Day 3

YYYYYYAAAAAYYYYYY! He's potty trained!!! ....right? okay so Day 3 isn't officially over yet, so I'm hoping the end of the day will have me saying that more confidently. 


Anyways last night's happenings inspired good feelings about this whole mess...er....experience I've been going through. Right as we put Easton down for bed, he started saying "Ma Ma, Pee Pee, Go Go Go Daddy, Pee Pee" Yes!! We've only been trying to get him to say that all day long...! So Russ dutifully rushes around getting him to the potty and praising him for dry underwear etc... well. other than playing trucks on Daddy's arm, he really didn't do much. So this went on about 5 times when Russ kept up with the spirit of potty training. Finally, he said enough is enough. 


Well?


"Ma Ma, Pee Pee" (this kid's no dummy)


So I went rushing in there and it was the same routine. I only last one round before I said enough is enough (hey, I had just gotten into bed and was nice and snuggled down!)  

Anyways, I wasn't sure if he recorded this new found saying of his, or if he just had the patience of a saint, but he kept up the "Go Go Pee Pee" for about 45 minutes. Hey, at least we know he connected the "Go Go Pee Pee" with running to the toilet right?

Next Day:

We hear he move around and Russ goes running in his room and runs him to the potty. I sit in bed and hold my breath....

"GOOD BOY!!!" 

*release breath*

Russ came into our room holding Easton and very proud. He had not only stayed dry all night long, but went pee pee on the potty right away! Yes! maybe this whole thing IS working! So, he got another truck. (and notice how confident we were at that moment. Yes, he is indeed laying on OUR bed with just underwear)

Notice how Reagan looks on enviously. He's thinking "hey this potty training thing ain't so bad!" :)

Easton went on again about an hour later to make my day. He gave his little sign, said "Go Go GO" and ran to the toilet for his first ever poopie in the potty! AND kept his underwear dry at the same time! Time for the big daddy of prizes to come out!

As of now Easton is down for his afternoon nap and we still have a half of day left. We're going out of town tonight, so cross your fingers (no diapers for that truck ride...!) for us and I'll let you know how the potty training has gone next week. 

Go Easton Honey! Love you, you Big Boy you!!

Day 2

Well.....how I managed to even get on here, I'm not sure. It's pretty much a miracle. Hey, you'd think so to if this is what you've been staring at all day!  :

Now granted, you're probably wondering if that's all I've been doing is staring at his little bottom with a different pair of underwear every 5 minutes. And well enough you should. The truth is, I've only been doing it 99% of the time. The other 1% he was actually going in the potty. In fact, we had a big victory today!

Easton was able to let us know that he was going to pee and so we ran him to the toilet, and, with DRY underwear he did his thing. Now, he's done it a lot of times, but NEVER with dry underwear. We were so proud of him! So he got one of the toys we bought for him. He was thrilled. (I'm not sure if he realized why he got it in fact. It was emphasized believe me! but he was so enraptured with the new trains.)

Now if this big boy got a train every time he went pee-pee in the potty, this momma would go broke. So, he gets a little treat! I mean, he has 40 ounces of candy in this bag, so I'm sure it will last the entire time. So no problem right?

Except.....he didn't want a candy bar the last couple times. He wanted a..... yogurt??? Hey I'm not going to complain! But what will I do with all those candy bars?! hm...... ;)

So you're asking. "Well? Is it working?" The answer is I THINK it might be. He is seeming to "hold" a lot more today than yesterday. Yesterday it didn't seem to occur to him that he was about to go. He would just go. Today he seems to be noticing that he has to go. (and then he goes, but hey that's beside the point right?) :) He has gone on the potty around 7 to 8 times. That's pretty good I'm thinking. So I'm VERY excited to see what tonight and tomorrow bring. I really hope it works!

3 Day Potty Training....for a 23 month old?!

You might think I'm crazy, but I'm going to potty train my 23 month old son. I'm following the Lora Jensen plan that says you will have your child potty trained in just 3 days if you follow her plan. Okay, I'm game. Sounds wonderful to me! I would love to get it over with in three days as opposed to three months or even three more years! So, I'll keep you updated.


1. Throw away Diapers 
2. Buy fun underwear (in his case, cars and trains)

3. Give him lots of liquids to drink
4. Watch him like a hawk.

Oooooooh boy....what did I get myself into?


Oh no.....! Hold on....!




Accident #1: on the train table

Winter Wonderland and Candy Canes

Think this is a little early? We just can't help it! These pajamas are just too cute to keep them a secret!

Baby Boden (NWOT)

Hanna Andersson

Wow! She Scored on this Bargain Box!

It contained:

1.Baby Gap Short Sleeve Polo 

2.Quicksilver Short Sleeve Tee 

3.Quicksilver Short Sleeve Tee 

4.Baby Gap Tank Top 

5.Europa Khaki Linen Pants 

6.Baby Gap Short Sleeve Polo 

7.Baby Gap Short Sleeve Polo 

8.Baby Gap Khaki Pants 

9.The Children's Place Shorts 

10.Carters Corduroy Pants

All of this for $15.00!

These were all size 3T boy

We posted it yesterday and it was sold today! Be sure to check in often to see if your sizes are up. 

What in it for you?

Why mothers (and wives) NEED a good night sleep!

When a marriage is happy, men sleep less. But when women sleep less, the marriage is not apt to be so happy.

That's the finding of sleep researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, who presented their work this week at SLEEP 2011, a conference concluding Wednesday in Minneapolis. It's the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.

Both husband and wife reported more negative interactions the next day after a wife had trouble sleeping, according to the abstract of the research. Interestingly, when the man had trouble sleeping, it didn't seem to have the same effect on the marriage the next day.

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The study noted that while most adults sleep with a partner, research tends to focus on an individual's sleep quality and how it affects him or her. This research looked at the effect of one's good-quality or poor sleep on each of them.

They took 35 healthy married couples, average age 32, who did not have "relevant, significant sleep, psychiatric or medical disorders," and examined the quality of their sleep over 10 nights. The marriage quality was assessed daily using electronic diaries that looked at four items considered positive marital interaction and four that were viewed as negative. The researchers examined the degree to which nightly sleep predicted the next day's marital interactions and how daily marital interactions predicted subsequent sleep quality and duration.

Their results found a stronger likelihood that sleep quality impacted next-day interactions than that interactions impacted sleep quality. "These findings have important clinical implications inasmuch as they highlight the potential interpersonal consequences of sleep disorders, such as insomnia," the researchers concluded.

WebMD, which also reported on the research, asked its reviewer what that might mean. "I don't think that's very surprising; I think we've seen it in ourselves," Lauren Hale, sleep expert and associate professor of preventive medicine at the Stony Brooke School of Medicine in New York, said. "Most of us notice it in reverse. If you're really ill rested, you can be nasty to people."

As for less sleep for men when the marriage is going well, "Shorter sleep duration itself is not necessarily meaning that you sleep poorly," study lead researcher Wendy Troxel, assistant professor of psychiatry at U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, said. "Couples that have more positive interactions during the day may be engaging in other activities in bed at night."

Find the article HERE