Potty Training post 3000

Well that might be a tad hyperbolic...We actually had an accident-free day yesterday, and haven't had one today (it's early though).  He still hasn't pooped on the potty (he sneaked a poo in during nap time in his pull up yesterday).  We even upped the ante for pooping in the potty. He gets a monster truck and play time at McDonald's playland.  Still nothing.  I went to Home Depot today and bought new toilet seats.  I got one w/the built-in pottie seat and just 1 cheapie w/a more elongated style that might work w/a training seat I bought.  Fingers crossed Scott will get them put on and that C likes them.  C really is doing great about going # 1though. 

I have a feeling this will end badly--probably in an enema

C seems to be trying to hold everything in for fear of sitting on the potty.  Can you say issues?  I'm pretty sure if he doesn't give in or at least mess himself things will end badly.  Luckily it's only been 48 hours or so, and things could change anytime, but I see this as becoming a problem.  He only  had 2 accidents yesterday, so we seem to be making progress, but he still hasn't told me he needs to go. 

Potty Training Part 2: Day 2

As I listen to my little guy yell "weee" from his bedroom during naptime (not napping much is a normal occurence these days), I finally have a chance to decompress from the last 36 hours or so of potty training.    We are going hard core this time--no pull ups except during naptime, therefore, by 11 am this morning we were already on our 4th pair of underwear.  We've had 1 pee accident and 2 poo accidents this morning.  Luckily they were easy cleanups--but just makes for a lot of laundry.  Yesterday he had an accident and literally left a pool of pee to clean up in front of his play kitchen. I think he is sort of getting it (slowly), but I still don't have a good answer for the pooing in the toilet.  We don't have a seat that seems to work for him.  He starts to freak out as soon as he tries to sit down and push. He doesn't seem like he can do it.  This is frustrating b/c I have no idea how to help him with this.  It seems like the pee control will come after a little patience on all our parts, but I'm not so sure about the pooping.  I know he doesn't really want to poop in his underwear, but he's not sure what else to do when the mood strikes yet.    I think potty training might be a special kind of hell reserved for parents, followed closely by sleepless nights, helping kids with their homework, teenage driving, and dating (obviously all different stages of parenting--and none fun). 

I hope I have my sanity by the end of the week. Since we can't go anywhere neither C or I are in a very good mood already, well, he's doing better than me probably.  We have to go to music class tonight, so at least we have to force ourselves out for a while.  I'm thinking a pullup over his underwear for the class.

Shamrock headbands

If you don't know, some ladies and I are running in our communities St. Patty's Day 5K.  There are 4 of us running (maybe 3--but hopefully 4).  Bree and I had big plans for a crazy outfit to wear for the day of the race, but proximity of time has lead me to tone it down a bit.  I'll still look a bit silly, but cute silly.  I ditched the cape idea--but there's always next year.  So Bree and I got together today to make our decorations for our outfits.  We made some extra for our running buddies. 

We each have a sweaty band with a detachable shamrock pin and an extra shamrock pin to accessorize wherever.

green polka dot sweaty band (you know I love these things) and detachable shamrock

displaying our handiwork

cheesy models.  not sure what is going on at the top of my hair--this is what you get when you pull your hair back w/o a mirror--I didn't go anywhere with it like this--I promise.

Once I finish this race I hit my training hard for the 12 K in May.  No idea how I'm going to get to the 7.44 miles that is. I seem to be stuck at 4. I think getting outside will help.

Wordless Wednesday: Mad Scientist

C sings 1

How dairy plots world domination from my refrigerator

Today is trash day--which usually means a good purge of rotting fruit and old meats.  Today I decided to dig a little deeper.  I finally worked on cleaning out the prepackaged plastic containers of nastiness: aka creamer, sour cream, ricotta cheese, etc.  What I discovered is that I evidently hate this job.  You really won't find old leftovers in my fridge, but I can't make promises about lunchmeat and dairy products other than milk.  You know how I know this?  Here are the contents I opened/disposed of from my 2 refrigerators:

2 open cartons of Oregon Chai (both of which have been opened since November at least--1 in each fridge
3 unopened containers of light sour cream (all expiring in December or early January)--apparently any time I walked in any grocery store this fall I bought sour cream (they are all different brands)
1 opened container of sour cream (just slightly expired)
1 opened container of flavored coffee creamer (from this fall)
1 unopened container of ricotta cheese (I bought too many for our dinner party and never made good use of this extra one)

So what I learned is--

even though I use a list at the grocery store I "might" not have the best sense of what's in my refrigerator (things have a way of surprising me in my garage refrigerator). 

i just wasted over $10-$15 in dairy products that my family would have eaten had I been more responsible. 

you don't even want to see my pantry.