Thursday, May 21, 2009
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 6 Day 2
Making progress. The morning was a bit rough, but we have made progress...although I am going to have to figure out a way to make the bathroom accessible to her, she went to the door, but it was shut, so she peed in front of the door. Only problem I have with her having unsupervised access to the bathroom is she loves to play in the toilet... hmmm...
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 5 Day 2
She has been out of bed for 1.5 hours...
There has been 2 messes for me to clean up, three successful tries on the toilet, and one diaper wet right off the bat, but that's also her usual wake-up cue...the wet diaper.
We shall see what the rest of the day holds out for us....
There has been 2 messes for me to clean up, three successful tries on the toilet, and one diaper wet right off the bat, but that's also her usual wake-up cue...the wet diaper.
We shall see what the rest of the day holds out for us....
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 4 Day 1
Well, it is the close of Day 1 of Potty Training Boot Camp. I am going to count it as a GREAT day! She successfully went to bed with a day of no dirty diapers and no puddles in the house, only one puddle out in the yard...she had a few close calls, but those were finished up on the toilet!
She did come to me TWICE to go potty and promptly went after being put on the toilet!
We will be continuing first thing in the morning.!
She did come to me TWICE to go potty and promptly went after being put on the toilet!
We will be continuing first thing in the morning.!
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 3 Day 1
It is now 6:30 pm, she did not take a nap afterall, and was not too pleased over me putting a diaper on her for nap, but then again, going to take a nap without a diaper didn't produce a different result, so, no nap today. This usually means that she'll go to bed at a decent hour...I'm hoping so!
Anyways. We started the day off with 6 pairs of dry, clean panties...at this time this evening we still have two pairs dry & clean, one pair drenched in juice (she stuffed it in my glass), and three not quite complete accidents.
She did most recently come to me to ask to go potty!!! That was roughly an hour ago, and all went smoothly well that time!!
I'm hoping that the rest of the evening continues to go as well if not better, and then we start again tomorrow!!!
Anyways. We started the day off with 6 pairs of dry, clean panties...at this time this evening we still have two pairs dry & clean, one pair drenched in juice (she stuffed it in my glass), and three not quite complete accidents.
She did most recently come to me to ask to go potty!!! That was roughly an hour ago, and all went smoothly well that time!!
I'm hoping that the rest of the evening continues to go as well if not better, and then we start again tomorrow!!!
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 2 Day 1
Well, it is 3:30 and she's laying down for a nap.
There has only been three *half* accidents...two while we were outside playing, running in and finishing up on the potty, the other time was right after she'd thrown a fit about sitting on the toilet, I put her down, and she started going..got her back on the toilet just in time for the poo to start...at least it was more in the toilet than the floor or her panties. I'm calling the first 6 hours of boot camp great!!!
The last two times I've sat her on the potty it has seemed like she's more willing to sit there and go if I let her have a sippy of water there for her to blow out her mouth in raspberries while she goes....You know what, I think I'm going to keep one in there, fill it up with water, strip her down, and let her basically spit water all over herself until she gets the hang of it.
I have great expectations that this will keep up!!!
There has only been three *half* accidents...two while we were outside playing, running in and finishing up on the potty, the other time was right after she'd thrown a fit about sitting on the toilet, I put her down, and she started going..got her back on the toilet just in time for the poo to start...at least it was more in the toilet than the floor or her panties. I'm calling the first 6 hours of boot camp great!!!
The last two times I've sat her on the potty it has seemed like she's more willing to sit there and go if I let her have a sippy of water there for her to blow out her mouth in raspberries while she goes....You know what, I think I'm going to keep one in there, fill it up with water, strip her down, and let her basically spit water all over herself until she gets the hang of it.
I have great expectations that this will keep up!!!
Potty Training Boot Camp pt 1 Day 1
We started at 10:30am Today.
Successful potty on the toilet was at 11:16
It is noon...no accident!
Mikaila is 17 months old...and according to *everyone* who's gone the potty training route, she's too young for me to start. I highly disagree. Supposedly girls are easier than boys. My son was very well potty trained by around this time in his childhood, there was a period of severe regression, but after being able to work with him again he was back to completely potty trained in two weeks, he was two years old. So Mikaila being 17 months old is not a factor in my decision to or not to potty train. Secondly, my mother never had more than one child in diapers at a time...the first three of us are only 15 months apart, so we were between 14 & 16 months old when we were potty trained.
I look for clues as to their "readiness"...pulling their diaper off after they've gone, shows to me that they do not like sitting in the mess, also shows that they are learning to undress so that they can go outside the diaper. Other signs could be more subtle. Mikaila will "hold" herself and cry a minute occasionally when she has to pee, before going in her diaper, she also pulls at the back of her diaper when she is getting ready to go poop. So she is aware of what her body is doing or is getting ready to do. She has also started "helping" with getting herself both undressed & dressed, so another indicator that she's able to grasp the concept of taking them off to go to the bathroom.
I also don't personally believe in "bribing" a child to use the potty...with candies, toys, or anything really. But I do get SUPER excited, clapping, cheering, and the like when they do go on the potty, that way they associate going potty with something positive, not just as a means to get some candy or toy, but again, I can see where this incentive can work better for an older child who has a concept of wanting these things, just not something I have done for any child I've either potty trained myself or assisted in potty training. I just can't see it being any more successful than having an attentive parent or care provider there to keep after them about going potty. Also, accidents, no big deal, clean-up & move on. Trying to reinforce the positive means making a bigger deal out of the positive than the negative.!
Well, it's now 12:45 and still no accident!!! We've also made a few trips to sit on the toilet....nothing yet...
Successful potty on the toilet was at 11:16
It is noon...no accident!
Mikaila is 17 months old...and according to *everyone* who's gone the potty training route, she's too young for me to start. I highly disagree. Supposedly girls are easier than boys. My son was very well potty trained by around this time in his childhood, there was a period of severe regression, but after being able to work with him again he was back to completely potty trained in two weeks, he was two years old. So Mikaila being 17 months old is not a factor in my decision to or not to potty train. Secondly, my mother never had more than one child in diapers at a time...the first three of us are only 15 months apart, so we were between 14 & 16 months old when we were potty trained.
I look for clues as to their "readiness"...pulling their diaper off after they've gone, shows to me that they do not like sitting in the mess, also shows that they are learning to undress so that they can go outside the diaper. Other signs could be more subtle. Mikaila will "hold" herself and cry a minute occasionally when she has to pee, before going in her diaper, she also pulls at the back of her diaper when she is getting ready to go poop. So she is aware of what her body is doing or is getting ready to do. She has also started "helping" with getting herself both undressed & dressed, so another indicator that she's able to grasp the concept of taking them off to go to the bathroom.
I also don't personally believe in "bribing" a child to use the potty...with candies, toys, or anything really. But I do get SUPER excited, clapping, cheering, and the like when they do go on the potty, that way they associate going potty with something positive, not just as a means to get some candy or toy, but again, I can see where this incentive can work better for an older child who has a concept of wanting these things, just not something I have done for any child I've either potty trained myself or assisted in potty training. I just can't see it being any more successful than having an attentive parent or care provider there to keep after them about going potty. Also, accidents, no big deal, clean-up & move on. Trying to reinforce the positive means making a bigger deal out of the positive than the negative.!
Well, it's now 12:45 and still no accident!!! We've also made a few trips to sit on the toilet....nothing yet...
Monday, May 18, 2009
Mother's Day Morning
Yes, I know I'm a bit late with this news, but it's been hectic here, and I actually have time, at this time....
Saturday, May 9th, I spent the day at my mom's place, doing laundry, nothing new there, it's the story of 99% of my Saturdays. We returned home around 10/11 pm, brought the laundry inside, got the kids into their beds, and Brian and I settled down to watch a little bit of TV and shortly go to bed...such was not to be the case, at least for me.
Piston went into labor. I noticed a small twinge of "thick" blood on her vulva area, and knew that the time was upon us. I pulled out the TV shelf so that in case she had any issues I could get to her easily, good thing I did.
She started trying to push the first one out not long after I laid down in the floor close to her. After a little while it was quite apparent that she wasn't able to push it out on her own, his face had been showing for a little while, but there was no progress for about 30 minutes. I did a mini mental panic, collected myself, and then started "massaging" the baby out. He was born around 1 am, a pretty orange & white tiger stripe, Piston worked to get him cleaned up and cut the umbilical cord, like maybe she'd done it a hundred times before...this is her first/last litter! Not but moments later a second baby was born, a dark gray tiger stripe, who has tiny patches of orange on her face, almost like blush...given the fact she had them so close together gives me reason to suspect that maybe they were fighting to be the first one out.
About 1:45am a third baby was born, a patchy calico.
Then again a fourth was born at roughly 2:30am. She had a few problems getting him all the way out again, so again, I helped her out by massaging out the baby...Another orange & white tiger stripe baby.
The four of them :
And the four of them today, eight days later, the little piglets!
Saturday, May 9th, I spent the day at my mom's place, doing laundry, nothing new there, it's the story of 99% of my Saturdays. We returned home around 10/11 pm, brought the laundry inside, got the kids into their beds, and Brian and I settled down to watch a little bit of TV and shortly go to bed...such was not to be the case, at least for me.
Piston went into labor. I noticed a small twinge of "thick" blood on her vulva area, and knew that the time was upon us. I pulled out the TV shelf so that in case she had any issues I could get to her easily, good thing I did.
She started trying to push the first one out not long after I laid down in the floor close to her. After a little while it was quite apparent that she wasn't able to push it out on her own, his face had been showing for a little while, but there was no progress for about 30 minutes. I did a mini mental panic, collected myself, and then started "massaging" the baby out. He was born around 1 am, a pretty orange & white tiger stripe, Piston worked to get him cleaned up and cut the umbilical cord, like maybe she'd done it a hundred times before...this is her first/last litter! Not but moments later a second baby was born, a dark gray tiger stripe, who has tiny patches of orange on her face, almost like blush...given the fact she had them so close together gives me reason to suspect that maybe they were fighting to be the first one out.
About 1:45am a third baby was born, a patchy calico.
Then again a fourth was born at roughly 2:30am. She had a few problems getting him all the way out again, so again, I helped her out by massaging out the baby...Another orange & white tiger stripe baby.
The four of them :
And the four of them today, eight days later, the little piglets!
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