The shower was really fun. Good food (I only did cookies and punch and outsourced the rest - now, that's the way to host a party!), good friends, good presents for the mama-to-be. The rest of Saturday we hung out at home and played with the boys. Ben also did some painting. Our kitchen is currently 3 different colors. Two walls are the original tan color; one wall is the grey color of the primer, and one wall is the final green. Noah kindly offered, "Daddy, I will talk to you while you paint," and spend quite awhile doing just that.
Sunday night we hosted a going-away party for some friends of ours. We had tons of people over, which I love. It was so much fun, although we are going to miss our friends Natalee and Lowell. In the middle of the party Noah emerged from his room wearing a turtle that he found at the back of his closet.
So now we're back to another week and so far it can best be summed up as Potty Training Hell. I think potty training is some bizarre form of mommy torture. (CIA officials, take note: forcing terrorists to potty train stubborn toddlers would be much more effective than water boarding). Or maybe it's nature's way of limiting the population. Or maybe it has to do with global warming. I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud here. My child is 3 years and 4 months old and yet he does not seem to be getting this. Please note that I am asking for no suggestions because I have heard them all and done them all and nothing is working. I am especially not looking for, "I don't know what to tell you, my kid just potty trained himself!" That would not be received well in my current fragile state of mind (although I'm happy for you and if you've told me that in the past, there are no hard feelings). Am I a bad mom if I just wash my hands of it and put him back in pull-ups? My only reservation with that plan is that I really don't want to have to home-school him when he turns 5 and can't go to public kindergarten because he still won't tell me before he needs to pee.
5 comments:
Yeah, you pretty much hit on one of my major fears. James is only 20 months old, but is already in size 6 diapers. Yep, size 6. So, if he waits til he's 3 to show interest in the whole thing, do I put him in depends or what? He's a cutie, but a humungous one!
I should not be laughing!! Poor, poor Amy! I'm still in binky hell and it's been since Halloween! Call me, we can complain to one another!
Ahh, I just love that picture of Noah sitting on Ben and "helping" him paint - adorable!
Big potty training hugs for you! xoxo
PS - If it helps at all, I haven't heard of a single little boy who just taught himself and was easy, not a one.
amy-
we went through a craze of trying to train josh ( he went in it three times in a row and then never again.. that was 3 mths ago) and now we are back to size 6's that we have to change all the time and a little potty that is now my step stool in my closet...
can i join in the pity party??
p.s. josh only like crap food and won't even eat the fries that are bendy... one mother told me it was b/c i work.. you can imagine how well that was recieved!!! :) can you send me your addrses???
I know it's not funny, especially coming from the one without the kid. Bad karma for me. Hang in there! I'm sure that when he's ready he'll just do it. And hopefully that will be before the age of 5. :)
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