1. I cannot truly function without the garage door opener. This is especially a problem because my car is parked in the garage. There is something really annoying about opening the garage, getting in the car, backing it out, running into the garage to close it and having to go out the front door and lock it before getting in the car again. The same issue arises when I return back home, except in reverse order. Mental note: Do not leave the garage door opener in Ryan's car, ever again.
2. I almost threw up in my mouth, watching a gentleman on "The Dr.'s" show on NBC today. He literally bit chicken RAW off the bone and stood there advocating how much more healthy it was to eat foods raw. I eat my bananas raw. I will eat some veggies raw. I will never, ever, ever eat my meats raw. Considering what a bacteria-phobe I am, I'd probably die of stress before actually participating in the act of eating raw meat.
3. Yo Gabba Gabba can put me into some serious moods. After one episode, I'm pretty much spent. Ronan, on the other hand, could watch it all day long. Thank goodness for the word "no" in my vocabulary. Granted, I don't use it all the time, but for Yo Gabba Gabba requests, I'm happy to bring it out.
4. I am so sick of the letters I get from Verizon FIOS, asking us to switch. I get them literally 5 times a week, it's not even funny. I don't want to freaking switch, okay? Stop sending me the letters.
5. I have an intense fear of potty training Ronan. I'll be honest, I want nothing to do with it. Do I want to change diapers for the rest of his life? Not really...but the whole prospect of trying to get him to pee in the toilet is daunting. For Riley, not an issue. She was easy. Potty trained withing a matter of weeks. But, I think it's easier for girls. Naturally, they sit to pee. Not the case for boys. So what did I do? I bought a little potty and then a little seat for the adult potty. Problem? Well, the little "shield" they have in the front to protect innocent bystanders from being sprayed with pee pee isn't quite tall enough to protect us from anything. And I'll be darned if I have to tell the little dude to point it downward. I don't know what to do and I am afraid it'll be forever before he'll be potty trained. I know you momma's of boys out there will have some advice for me. Please help!
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Buy a stool and teach him how to pee standing up. That's how we did it. A little trick...shut the water off on the toilet and then flush it so all the water leaves the toilet. Get a colored nail polish and put a dot inside the bowl for him to "aim" at...make it a game. Let the nail polish dry before letting the water flow again in the toilet. When he is good and trained, let the water out again and use nail polish remover to get the polish off. It takes a while, but it worked for Connor. Of course, boys always take longer. Just keep at it. Have Ryan help with teaching him the aiming thing. By the way...when they don't have anything to aim at, the mind will wonder and so will the peepee. I suggest blue polish in the shape of a smiley face...Connor loved to hit that face!!
I swore I'd NEVER do it, but we did (or my hubs did): let him run around naked. Brody pee-ed on himself once in the kitchen and was MOR-TI-FIED. It took us three days, and three accidents, and potty training was, for the most part, successful.
We're still working on naps/nighttime (holding it while sleeping) but it was a smooth process for us. I told Dan I wouldn't clean up pee on the carpet, but he was willing. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Good luck. Brody is SO proud of his Diego underpants. He'll show anyone!
Don't have a boy, but I think these are GREAT ideas and I am passing them on to my friends. Good luck (I think potty training is more traumatic for me than it is for my child).
I don't have a boy (except dogs) but Rosie O'Donnell said she put Cheerios in the toilet for her son to aim at and that worked.
For David we used Cheerios/fruit loops...and had him sit backwards on the potty..that way if it did spray out it hit the back of the lid instead of us!! =)
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