I've meant to post about this for some time.
If you buy your diapers through amazon, they offer a 15% discount AND they deliver them to your front door. FOR FREE ! That's right. No deliver charge.
No more running out. And no more running to the store. :)
You can get whatever brand you use and then sign up for the 15% off discount.
We get nighttimes, regular diapers and pull ups.
We calculated it and found that we were saving $0.10-$0.15 cents per diaper....even over buying them at Cost.co.
Click here for more details.
We've only done it a few months, but I know someone who's done it for a while. It's pretty sweet.
(also. I'm not making any kind of commission for advertising this. I just like to share a great deal)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Cute Cabooses
Potty Training update :
Nathan. The boy is baaasically potty trained. He pooped in the potty 3 times today, and only requested me to follow him in to watch once. He yells for me to wipe him and watch him flush. Well that is unless Ryan hasn't already flushed it all down....which pisses Nathan off to no end. someone usually gets hit and then there is crying. Flushing is a big deal at our house.
I took him out of the house 3 days in a row last week with underwear on and he didn't have any accidents. I was gone for several hours each time too. He even went poop at Barnes and Noble. He peed in almost every store we went to. (ugh) there were 8 stores if you wanted to know. 2 the first day, 3 the second and 3 the 3rd. He was super great about it. Not afraid of the big flush like the other 3 were.
He did pee in his pants today once. I'm not sure why...and I expect this is normal and he'll still move forward. Mostly he's had to be naked to be fully potty trained so this is great progress. I'm so proud of him.
Ryan. As long as I remind him to go to the bathroom every so often...he's potty trained. He is totally potty trained (- pooping) if he's naked. Put underwear on him and it's a 50/50. Today he peed, washed his hands and then 2 minutes later peed on the kitchen chair. He was in underwear.
If he would have been naked, he'd have run in and peed on the potty.
I have NEVER been a fan of the pull ups. but for this kid, I think we'll be doing pull ups. He can pull them down and go if he wants to, but I don't have to hover over him and worry about him having an accident AND it's "buzz woody mama".
Again with the....it'll happen when he's ready so why stress about it now.
Any ways.....if we are home, he usually doesn't have anything on below the waist. But going out he's doing the pull up thing. I suppose one good thing about this freezing cold weather. It keeps us inside.
Neither one is wearing underwear at night. I won't even PUSH that issue for a while.... at least until they start showing me signs that they are ready. (we have them in nighttime diapers they pee so much. they pee out in those darn things all of the time too)
Sooooo, the boys and I made honey wheat bread tuesday.
I used yeast that had expired. I had it in my freezer (mostly forgotten about) and figured, hey what the heck. When I talked to my mom I asked her if we would die if we ate it. She said that she would be surprised if it would even rise but it wouldn't hurt us.
She was right. After it barely puffed up (after sitting for 1 1/2 hrs) ....I kneaded it and put it in bread pans to see if it would again "puff up" The boys were so excited that I couldn't stand to just throw it away. and then. I had the most wonderful idea to make scones out of it for dinner.
OH MY GOOTNESS MARSHA THEY WERE SO GOOD !
Grocery list :
milk
eggs
cinnamon
wheat thins
lunch meat
egg noodles
yeast
more honey butter
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| Nathan puts his own underwear on. (he likes to see the majority of the characters on his...can't really see that from the back now can ya ? And other than Woody and Buzz, Ryan calls all other character underwear Elmo :) No wait, he picked them out, so he calls them...MY Elmo ! |
I took him out of the house 3 days in a row last week with underwear on and he didn't have any accidents. I was gone for several hours each time too. He even went poop at Barnes and Noble. He peed in almost every store we went to. (ugh) there were 8 stores if you wanted to know. 2 the first day, 3 the second and 3 the 3rd. He was super great about it. Not afraid of the big flush like the other 3 were.
He did pee in his pants today once. I'm not sure why...and I expect this is normal and he'll still move forward. Mostly he's had to be naked to be fully potty trained so this is great progress. I'm so proud of him.
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| Yip ! Cute caboose ! |
If he would have been naked, he'd have run in and peed on the potty.
I have NEVER been a fan of the pull ups. but for this kid, I think we'll be doing pull ups. He can pull them down and go if he wants to, but I don't have to hover over him and worry about him having an accident AND it's "buzz woody mama".
Again with the....it'll happen when he's ready so why stress about it now.
Any ways.....if we are home, he usually doesn't have anything on below the waist. But going out he's doing the pull up thing. I suppose one good thing about this freezing cold weather. It keeps us inside.
Neither one is wearing underwear at night. I won't even PUSH that issue for a while.... at least until they start showing me signs that they are ready. (we have them in nighttime diapers they pee so much. they pee out in those darn things all of the time too)
Sooooo, the boys and I made honey wheat bread tuesday.
I used yeast that had expired. I had it in my freezer (mostly forgotten about) and figured, hey what the heck. When I talked to my mom I asked her if we would die if we ate it. She said that she would be surprised if it would even rise but it wouldn't hurt us.
She was right. After it barely puffed up (after sitting for 1 1/2 hrs) ....I kneaded it and put it in bread pans to see if it would again "puff up" The boys were so excited that I couldn't stand to just throw it away. and then. I had the most wonderful idea to make scones out of it for dinner.
OH MY GOOTNESS MARSHA THEY WERE SO GOOD !
milk
eggs
cinnamon
wheat thins
lunch meat
egg noodles
yeast
more honey butter
Monday, January 31, 2011
Today is full of hope
Today I've run to the bathroom with both babies several times to go potty in the potty.
Today I plan on baking bread.
Today I hope is better than the last 3 days.
Today I'm a single mom.
Today I will shower.
Today I will not scream at my children.
Today I will go to bed before 11 pm.
Today I will survive.
Right at the beginning Spencer says, "Push hard and be brave."
Today I plan on baking bread.
Today I hope is better than the last 3 days.
Today I'm a single mom.
Today I will shower.
Today I will not scream at my children.
Today I will go to bed before 11 pm.
Today I will survive.
Right at the beginning Spencer says, "Push hard and be brave."
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Backstage Access
WHY. do little people. without diapers on. have to stick their fingers in their tooshka's ?
Seriously. It grosses me out. I can't really do anything about it either...because they are naked and potty training. There should be no backstage access. Their arms should have come shorter.
Ryan pooped on the potty yesterday. Well, he started to poop on my bathroom floor and I swept him up and held him whimpering on the potty while he finished. Or so I thought.
(later at the Blanchard household)
Nathan comes running in to me with poop all over his leg. The front of his leg. It covered the lower shin to just above his knee. This was not his poop. and by the look on his face he was upset and wanted no part of it.
I found what looked like a smooshed poop on the floor in the playroom and walked Nathan upstairs to put him in the tub. FOR THE 2ND TIME. before steam cleaning the carpet. As I was washing him I realized that he had poop all over his foot too. WHICH MEANS, that he was tracking poop all over my house while getting to the bathroom. UUUUUUUUUHHHHHH.
After I cleaned him off I went to find Ryan. He was brandishing a plastic screw driver.
You guessed it. Covered in poop.
You see, what had happened was.
Ryan pooped on the floor. Nathan stepped in it, lost his balance probably trying to see what he stepped in and then fell in it.
Ryan, after getting just the right tool for the job, came over and stuck his screw driver in the poop. Carried it over to the playhouse and began painting with it. After the large chunk of poop fell off of the screw driver to the floor he walked over to the train table (with a castle instead of a train on it) to what I'm guessing get the rest of the poop off of the screw driver. He had wiped it all down the table, stuck it in the hole in the top of the table which leads to a drawer full of blocks and also stuck it in several areas of the castle.
Guess what didn't happen ? It didn't get the screw driver all the way clean. But it sure got everything else plastered with poop.
Sadie ate the big chunk of poop in front of the playhouse. I steam cleaned and wiped everything else down.
he's alive. After that he put lotion all over his legs (caught him in the act) spilled his brothers milk all over the table, left a popsicle on his bed in my room where it melted for a few minutes before his older brother found it and finished it off and then he got the soap from the bathroom and covered his hair with it. (we keep it locked under the sink, but his older brother went to the bathroom and washed his hands with it and left it out.
Ryan had 3 baths yesterday.
sooooo, we had a bad day...I'm taking one down....I sang a sad song just to turn it around....I say I don't know...I tell you it's not a lie....I work at a smile then I go for a ride....we had a bad day.
(slightly different...but you know the song)
.
Seriously. It grosses me out. I can't really do anything about it either...because they are naked and potty training. There should be no backstage access. Their arms should have come shorter.
Ryan pooped on the potty yesterday. Well, he started to poop on my bathroom floor and I swept him up and held him whimpering on the potty while he finished. Or so I thought.
(later at the Blanchard household)
Nathan comes running in to me with poop all over his leg. The front of his leg. It covered the lower shin to just above his knee. This was not his poop. and by the look on his face he was upset and wanted no part of it.
I found what looked like a smooshed poop on the floor in the playroom and walked Nathan upstairs to put him in the tub. FOR THE 2ND TIME. before steam cleaning the carpet. As I was washing him I realized that he had poop all over his foot too. WHICH MEANS, that he was tracking poop all over my house while getting to the bathroom. UUUUUUUUUHHHHHH.
After I cleaned him off I went to find Ryan. He was brandishing a plastic screw driver.
You guessed it. Covered in poop.
You see, what had happened was.
Ryan pooped on the floor. Nathan stepped in it, lost his balance probably trying to see what he stepped in and then fell in it.
Ryan, after getting just the right tool for the job, came over and stuck his screw driver in the poop. Carried it over to the playhouse and began painting with it. After the large chunk of poop fell off of the screw driver to the floor he walked over to the train table (with a castle instead of a train on it) to what I'm guessing get the rest of the poop off of the screw driver. He had wiped it all down the table, stuck it in the hole in the top of the table which leads to a drawer full of blocks and also stuck it in several areas of the castle.
Guess what didn't happen ? It didn't get the screw driver all the way clean. But it sure got everything else plastered with poop.
Sadie ate the big chunk of poop in front of the playhouse. I steam cleaned and wiped everything else down.
he's alive. After that he put lotion all over his legs (caught him in the act) spilled his brothers milk all over the table, left a popsicle on his bed in my room where it melted for a few minutes before his older brother found it and finished it off and then he got the soap from the bathroom and covered his hair with it. (we keep it locked under the sink, but his older brother went to the bathroom and washed his hands with it and left it out.
Ryan had 3 baths yesterday.
sooooo, we had a bad day...I'm taking one down....I sang a sad song just to turn it around....I say I don't know...I tell you it's not a lie....I work at a smile then I go for a ride....we had a bad day.
(slightly different...but you know the song)
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| Titled, Book and Boots |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Life Savers
My kids are still sick. We haven't been well since before Christmas and it's all wearing on me.
Sydney is home from school for her 2nd day today. I was certain that even without a voice she should still go. She started to cry when I asked her to get ready and when I brushed the hair off of her forehead I then realized she was fevered.
Yesterday I called to tell the super nice neighbor lady who has been picking Syd up for school and driving her that 1/2 block to help get her there on time to tell her not to come by. She offered to drive back when Syd hated school and was late everyday. She and her girls would walk and on her way home passed Sydney clunking along, late.
It's also saved Syd walking in these freezing temperatures.
Around 9am yesterday morning my doorbell rang. It was the super nice lady.....she had a ziplock baggie and told me that, "when my girls are home sick they like to just sit around and play with playdough and relax" The bag consisted of 5 little playdoughs, the book, When you give a Pig a Party, a yoplait smoothie packet (just add milk) and bubbles. She said that having even one extra kid stay home throws the whole dynamics off and that she hoped this would help. (TOTALLY gets it)
That small gesture made my WHOLE DAY. What an amazing thing for someone to do. Something so incredibly thoughtful at a time in my life when locking myself in the garage seemed like the only answer. :)
I want to be that person. I want to help make people feel better when they are feeling terrible.
It's now on my New Years resolution list. I'm still working on the shower part of that resolution. I have to admit that there are people on facebook who change their profile pictures more often than I change my underwear. but I'm working on it.
In other news.
The babies continue to have no accidents while naked. getting them to wear underwear and clothes seems to be a whole other challenge. Also not calling them panties is something else we need to work on :)
Nathan will be wearing a diaper and go take it off to go pee in the potty....but when in underwear or pants...he pee's almost immediately. He did one time run in underwear after leaving a silver dollar mark. Not bad.
Ryan hasn't pooped in the potty other than a little hershey squirt. I'm not pushing it. He has even gotten out of the tub to pee.
They are doing SO GREAT !
They still occassionally ask for a life savers after going. For the most part they are just proud to do it.
Love them !
I needed life savers this week. Lots were given. I am thankful.
Sydney is home from school for her 2nd day today. I was certain that even without a voice she should still go. She started to cry when I asked her to get ready and when I brushed the hair off of her forehead I then realized she was fevered.
Yesterday I called to tell the super nice neighbor lady who has been picking Syd up for school and driving her that 1/2 block to help get her there on time to tell her not to come by. She offered to drive back when Syd hated school and was late everyday. She and her girls would walk and on her way home passed Sydney clunking along, late.
It's also saved Syd walking in these freezing temperatures.
Around 9am yesterday morning my doorbell rang. It was the super nice lady.....she had a ziplock baggie and told me that, "when my girls are home sick they like to just sit around and play with playdough and relax" The bag consisted of 5 little playdoughs, the book, When you give a Pig a Party, a yoplait smoothie packet (just add milk) and bubbles. She said that having even one extra kid stay home throws the whole dynamics off and that she hoped this would help. (TOTALLY gets it)
That small gesture made my WHOLE DAY. What an amazing thing for someone to do. Something so incredibly thoughtful at a time in my life when locking myself in the garage seemed like the only answer. :)
I want to be that person. I want to help make people feel better when they are feeling terrible.
It's now on my New Years resolution list. I'm still working on the shower part of that resolution. I have to admit that there are people on facebook who change their profile pictures more often than I change my underwear. but I'm working on it.
In other news.
The babies continue to have no accidents while naked. getting them to wear underwear and clothes seems to be a whole other challenge. Also not calling them panties is something else we need to work on :)
Nathan will be wearing a diaper and go take it off to go pee in the potty....but when in underwear or pants...he pee's almost immediately. He did one time run in underwear after leaving a silver dollar mark. Not bad.
Ryan hasn't pooped in the potty other than a little hershey squirt. I'm not pushing it. He has even gotten out of the tub to pee.
They are doing SO GREAT !
They still occassionally ask for a life savers after going. For the most part they are just proud to do it.
Love them !
I needed life savers this week. Lots were given. I am thankful.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
This Moment Friday
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember
Monday, January 17, 2011
2 down - none to go ?
***updated***AGAIN !!!***
The babies have been removing their diapers for some time now. I will pick them up sometimes and feel the non bulky cute little baby toosh in my hands. They take their diapers off and put their pants back on :)
Sometimes I find out that they've done this too late...and they come to me with a tip toe straddle walk with wet pants.
They sit on the toilet all of the time. THEY LOVE THE TOILET. mostly they love flushing it. over and over AND OVER again. (ugh)
Today I took their diapers off. Told them they could run naked (Ryan wanted a diaper (?)WTH ) and if they needed to go potty, to go in the bathroom.
I left the bathroom door not only unlocked but wide open.
Nathan came calling to me from the hallway....."mama, hurry, hurry, come on, hurry"
He was doing a bit of a dance...pinching his penis. I jumped up and followed him. Ready to stand him at the potty, listen to him give me some excuse why he didn't go and then want to flush the toilet.
He decided to sit this time. And sure enough HE PEED !
1st time EVER. (he has peed in the bathroom, on the floor, in the tub but never on the potty)
We did the happiest potty dance. The whole family joined in (- mommy J who is at work today)
Ryan felt left out and said...."mon mama, mon, mon mama" I followed him back to the bathroom....he sat down...HE PEED !!
Another potty dance. We gave both babies a lifesaver...because that's what I had in my cupboard left over from the kids Christmas lifesaver books....and I started randomly calling relatives and friends to share the good news.
Since then they've both run to the potty with the same urgency, and have sat grunting (Ryan making fart sounds with his mouth and laughing) and then announcing, "all done". Luckily I've managed to stop them from flushing each time :)
Maybe it was a fluke. but maybe. just maybe. it's the beginning of a whole new world for us.
***update***
Ryan has gone 3 times, Nathan twice...once Nate went in all on his own and went. No accidents.
***update II***
NATHAN WENT POO POO IN THE POTTY !!!! He got up, didn't say a word, went in, sat down and pooped. I'm in shock and disbelief right now.
The babies have been removing their diapers for some time now. I will pick them up sometimes and feel the non bulky cute little baby toosh in my hands. They take their diapers off and put their pants back on :)
Sometimes I find out that they've done this too late...and they come to me with a tip toe straddle walk with wet pants.
They sit on the toilet all of the time. THEY LOVE THE TOILET. mostly they love flushing it. over and over AND OVER again. (ugh)
Today I took their diapers off. Told them they could run naked (Ryan wanted a diaper (?)WTH ) and if they needed to go potty, to go in the bathroom.
I left the bathroom door not only unlocked but wide open.
Nathan came calling to me from the hallway....."mama, hurry, hurry, come on, hurry"
He was doing a bit of a dance...pinching his penis. I jumped up and followed him. Ready to stand him at the potty, listen to him give me some excuse why he didn't go and then want to flush the toilet.
He decided to sit this time. And sure enough HE PEED !
1st time EVER. (he has peed in the bathroom, on the floor, in the tub but never on the potty)
We did the happiest potty dance. The whole family joined in (- mommy J who is at work today)
Ryan felt left out and said...."mon mama, mon, mon mama" I followed him back to the bathroom....he sat down...HE PEED !!
Another potty dance. We gave both babies a lifesaver...because that's what I had in my cupboard left over from the kids Christmas lifesaver books....and I started randomly calling relatives and friends to share the good news.
Since then they've both run to the potty with the same urgency, and have sat grunting (Ryan making fart sounds with his mouth and laughing) and then announcing, "all done". Luckily I've managed to stop them from flushing each time :)
Maybe it was a fluke. but maybe. just maybe. it's the beginning of a whole new world for us.
Ryan has gone 3 times, Nathan twice...once Nate went in all on his own and went. No accidents.
***update II***
NATHAN WENT POO POO IN THE POTTY !!!! He got up, didn't say a word, went in, sat down and pooped. I'm in shock and disbelief right now.
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