For real, folks. We started potty training around 2 years, 7 months. More and less success was had, until we, no joke, went on VACATION aka a POTTY ADVENTURE at 3years, 2 months, and then the damned child peed in the potty every time while we were gone. And that was that. Pooping happened about the same way, utterly by accident at 3 years 5 months, and now it is consistent as hell.
Don't beat yourself up too much, just keep trying, it'll come.
I'm not beating myself up, I know it'll happen when it happens
Our 4 year old is a full-on toilet inspector. If he knows we're going somewhere he'll often tell us that he doesn't need to go to the toilet before we leave because he just went "5 minute ago" and then when you arrive wherever you're going will announce that he's desperate for a poop.
The only thing we haven't even attempted yet is overnight without a nappy. He still has a "nighttime nappy" because every morning when we get him up it's full of pee, so he's just not there yet.
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
For real, folks. We started potty training around 2 years, 7 months. More and less success was had, until we, no joke, went on VACATION aka a POTTY ADVENTURE at 3years, 2 months, and then the damned child peed in the potty every time while we were gone. And that was that. Pooping happened about the same way, utterly by accident at 3 years 5 months, and now it is consistent as hell.
Don't beat yourself up too much, just keep trying, it'll come.
I'm not beating myself up, I know it'll happen when it happens
I just don't wanna change any more godamn diapers
Yeah or have a freaking stank ass diaper pail. Like it does the job mostly, but towards the end of a shit snake that thing can reek to high heaven.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
And here we sit waiting to see her doctor again. She keeps complaining her ear hurts and was crying last night. It's only a week or maybe two since she finished her antibiotics.
Tony's 8 months now, and we're starting to notice that he absolutely idolizes Sam. He wants to eat whatever Sam is eating, he tries desperately to crawl after him (he can crawl, but he's doing something wrong so he actually moves backwards while he's doing it, so he starts screaming "Buh buh buh buh buh!" which seems to be him trying to say brother, not bottle. He'd rather play with a toy he's seen Sam with than his own, and he hates sitting with me in the corner at the mall play area.
It's adorable now but this is going to be trouble later I think.
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And here we sit waiting to see her doctor again. She keeps complaining her ear hurts and was crying last night. It's only a week or maybe two since she finished her antibiotics.
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Before Jaina got her tubes, it was nonstop ear infections for months. Hopefully this clears up for you.
And here we sit waiting to see her doctor again. She keeps complaining her ear hurts and was crying last night. It's only a week or maybe two since she finished her antibiotics.
:bro:
Before Jaina got her tubes, it was nonstop ear infections for months. Hopefully this clears up for you.
She had a fever of 101.7 and he can't see any sign of infection. So it's Tylenol and fluids unless her fever goes over 103. Fun times ahead.
I did potty training this morning from 8am-11:30 or so. Got about 5-6 pees out of her and 4 pees in the padded underwear she wears when not on the potty. Like, that's almost 10 potties in total, which seems like a lot for only 3ish hours. Granted, most of them were small pees, but still. Is that normal or a sign I should be sitting her for longer?
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I did potty training this morning from 8am-11:30 or so. Got about 5-6 pees out of her and 4 pees in the padded underwear she wears when not on the potty. Like, that's almost 10 potties in total, which seems like a lot for only 3ish hours. Granted, most of them were small pees, but still. Is that normal or a sign I should be sitting her for longer?
Rewarded her by taking her to Wendy's for lunch! Gratuitous cute pictures below:
smart kid with good bladder control. she's optimising her rate of praise/hr
This is $0.63. You might think it’s just a random assortment of coins, but these have a deeper meaning.
As Abigail and I were leaving the grocery store, she made a quick cut through the self-checkout stands to the apples. She then deftly grabbed an apple, took a big bite out of it, and held it aloft like Link opening a dungeon item treasure chest.
Fun fact: an apple with one bite missing cost $0.37 after tax.
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My local grocery store has a bin of apples that kids can take on their way in so that you can avoid that very thing. It has saved us some trouble, oh yes.
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Of all the things she could have taken near the checkout stand, she chose an apple. I call that a victory.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
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My local grocery store has a bin of apples that kids can take on their way in so that you can avoid that very thing. It has saved us some trouble, oh yes.
Yeah one of the chains does that here. Apples, bananas and clementines*. Burpette will usually will start saying banana upon entry to any supmarket. If they have no bananas she will need to inspect the selection to make sure I'm not just wrong. Sometimes she'll accept a clementine but I think they are just fun to peel. The apples are always the last to go so it isn't just her with this fruit ranking.
The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
*Or some other small citrus fruit. There are thousands of varieties and no good generic label as far as I can tell. They tend to get sold as "small citrus" or sometimes the eternal lie of "easy peelers"
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
I solved this by giving him the responsibility of holding the list. He treats holding that pad of paper and pen like a sacred duty and I get to push him round as he "ticks off" items on the list. By which I mean he randomly crosses things out so I have to guess what we need, but hey. It's easier than chasing after him when he runs off with the trolley
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
I solved this by giving him the responsibility of holding the list. He treats holding that pad of paper and pen like a sacred duty and I get to push him round as he "ticks off" items on the list. By which I mean he randomly crosses things out so I have to guess what we need, but hey. It's easier than chasing after him when he runs off with the trolley
I'll give this a whirl, thanks
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
I solved this by giving him the responsibility of holding the list. He treats holding that pad of paper and pen like a sacred duty and I get to push him round as he "ticks off" items on the list. By which I mean he randomly crosses things out so I have to guess what we need, but hey. It's easier than chasing after him when he runs off with the trolley
I'll give this a whirl, thanks
My mum used to do this with my sister and I and it worked like a treat. I remember feeling very important for being in charge of the list.
The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
I solved this by giving him the responsibility of holding the list. He treats holding that pad of paper and pen like a sacred duty and I get to push him round as he "ticks off" items on the list. By which I mean he randomly crosses things out so I have to guess what we need, but hey. It's easier than chasing after him when he runs off with the trolley
... no, I don't believe he does. As the duck doesn't quack however, I don't think he'd be too interested. He tries to get the neighborhood ducks to quack at him which is hysterical to watch. He charges down the driveway at them quacking the whole way and gets really confused when they scatter in all directions.
I was downstairs at my computer with Abigail playing in the sun room upstairs. My parent sense went off when I stopped hearing sounds coming from up there.
I go upstairs, and sure enough, find her buck naked and sitting on this green dishes bucket that came with a play kitchen. When I got her off the bucket, she had already peed in it.
I’m guessing that she’s equating peeing with sitting on containers, so that’s sort of a win? At least it wasn’t just on the carpet.
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Got my youngest (also named Abigail) up this morning, and felt her thighs were wet, then her back. Yup. Pooped all out her diaper. Just carried her to the tub and stripped her down and started a bath. Was no hope of cleaning that up with wipes.
One attempt at potty today, but nothing came out. I think she already peed her diaper before she realized.
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Toddler ( 2 years old) friendly educational googleplay apps. Do not have to be free.
They're not educational but we like the Toca Boca games. They range from big sandboxes where you can touch and interact with everything (including putting chickens in bins and dogs on shelves) to little minigames like cleaning windows, making music and tidying up.
Their interactivity means you don't feel quite as bad leaving them with it for ten minutes or so as they're actually working things out and increasing dexterity
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
My kids have fully cemented Easter as a candy holiday in their heads. However, my daughter.. doesn't like Cadbury cream eggs since they are "too gooey".
I don't know where I went wrong... Well, more for me.
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
My kids have fully cemented Easter as a candy holiday in their heads. However, my daughter.. doesn't like Cadbury cream eggs since they are "too gooey".
I don't know where I went wrong... Well, more for me.
Creme eggs are pretty gross. Nobody needs that much sugar paste
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Creme eggs were amazing, but then they changed the chocolate or something and they aren't as good. Still good, I'll eat a bucket full over the course of the month, but it's not the same.
I think they got smaller too.
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Up until 2009, Creme Eggs in NZ (and some in America) were from the NZ Cadbury factory, which were generally considered superior to both the US and UK manufactured versions. Since then they've cheapened the chocolate, changed the recipe, and made them smaller. The UK versions we get here now are a poor shadow of what I grew up with, and I don't eat them at all anymore.
Our Easter hunt this year had about as many steps as previous years, but we're increasing the difficulty, so it took the kids just over two hours start-to-finish:
There was, as usual, a jigsaw, wrapped up into little bundles
and hidden in various spots:
which the kids had to find. Once they'd done that, they had to solve the jigsaw:
The end result is this:
which is the ends of the spines of the first dozen or so Footrot Flats collections. (NZ folks -- is it still a thing down there?). Once they'd worked that out, they had to go to the right bit of bookshelf:
and search the books, which contained a puzzle:
Once they solved that one, it took them to a video on Youtube in which we said "the next stage is where X marks the spot". The X in question was outside in the snow:
so once they'd worked that out, they went out digging:
and found a small box containing a pair of word searches:
The word searches contained some letters shared between clues, which were anagrams of TOILET PAPER, which led them to where that's stored:
which contained another riddle:
which directed them to the chairs in the basement where they watch TV, on which were their final prizes:
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The only thing we haven't even attempted yet is overnight without a nappy. He still has a "nighttime nappy" because every morning when we get him up it's full of pee, so he's just not there yet.
Yeah or have a freaking stank ass diaper pail. Like it does the job mostly, but towards the end of a shit snake that thing can reek to high heaven.
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It's adorable now but this is going to be trouble later I think.
:bro:
Before Jaina got her tubes, it was nonstop ear infections for months. Hopefully this clears up for you.
She had a fever of 101.7 and he can't see any sign of infection. So it's Tylenol and fluids unless her fever goes over 103. Fun times ahead.
Rewarded her by taking her to Wendy's for lunch! Gratuitous cute pictures below:
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This is $0.63. You might think it’s just a random assortment of coins, but these have a deeper meaning.
As Abigail and I were leaving the grocery store, she made a quick cut through the self-checkout stands to the apples. She then deftly grabbed an apple, took a big bite out of it, and held it aloft like Link opening a dungeon item treasure chest.
Fun fact: an apple with one bite missing cost $0.37 after tax.
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Yeah one of the chains does that here. Apples, bananas and clementines*. Burpette will usually will start saying banana upon entry to any supmarket. If they have no bananas she will need to inspect the selection to make sure I'm not just wrong. Sometimes she'll accept a clementine but I think they are just fun to peel. The apples are always the last to go so it isn't just her with this fruit ranking.
The bigger issue with the supermarket is that she will no longer sit in her pushchair to go there and instead wants to walk, which only gives me one free hand to carry shopping. And similarly she refuses to sit in the trolley so wants to walk around the aisles herself. Damn independence impacting my shopping efficiency
*Or some other small citrus fruit. There are thousands of varieties and no good generic label as far as I can tell. They tend to get sold as "small citrus" or sometimes the eternal lie of "easy peelers"
I solved this by giving him the responsibility of holding the list. He treats holding that pad of paper and pen like a sacred duty and I get to push him round as he "ticks off" items on the list. By which I mean he randomly crosses things out so I have to guess what we need, but hey. It's easier than chasing after him when he runs off with the trolley
I'll give this a whirl, thanks
My mum used to do this with my sister and I and it worked like a treat. I remember feeling very important for being in charge of the list.
He really likes ducks.
https://youtu.be/MtN1YnoL46Q
Tip: make a second, master list.
... no, I don't believe he does. As the duck doesn't quack however, I don't think he'd be too interested. He tries to get the neighborhood ducks to quack at him which is hysterical to watch. He charges down the driveway at them quacking the whole way and gets really confused when they scatter in all directions.
I go upstairs, and sure enough, find her buck naked and sitting on this green dishes bucket that came with a play kitchen. When I got her off the bucket, she had already peed in it.
I’m guessing that she’s equating peeing with sitting on containers, so that’s sort of a win? At least it wasn’t just on the carpet.
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One attempt at potty today, but nothing came out. I think she already peed her diaper before she realized.
Toddler ( 2 years old) friendly educational googleplay apps. Do not have to be free.
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Their interactivity means you don't feel quite as bad leaving them with it for ten minutes or so as they're actually working things out and increasing dexterity
Mallory loves the Endless ABC game. You have to put letters on their correct outlines, teaches them dexterity, letters, and spelling.
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@SyphonBlue Endless Alphabet? by Originator Inc? with little happy monsters? cause that sounds exactly like what I"m looking for
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Yup that's it. She loves it. They have other ones, too.
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My girls are very proud of their new Easter shoes.
I don't know where I went wrong... Well, more for me.
Creme eggs are pretty gross. Nobody needs that much sugar paste
I think they got smaller too.
There was, as usual, a jigsaw, wrapped up into little bundles
and hidden in various spots:
which the kids had to find. Once they'd done that, they had to solve the jigsaw:
The end result is this:
which is the ends of the spines of the first dozen or so Footrot Flats collections. (NZ folks -- is it still a thing down there?). Once they'd worked that out, they had to go to the right bit of bookshelf:
and search the books, which contained a puzzle:
Once they solved that one, it took them to a video on Youtube in which we said "the next stage is where X marks the spot". The X in question was outside in the snow:
so once they'd worked that out, they went out digging:
and found a small box containing a pair of word searches:
The word searches contained some letters shared between clues, which were anagrams of TOILET PAPER, which led them to where that's stored:
which contained another riddle:
which directed them to the chairs in the basement where they watch TV, on which were their final prizes: