Today my husband and I went on the boat with our daughter and my dad. We love boating but I'll admit with the last 3 yrs. having flown by since having children we haven't made time for it much. There is always some reason we put it off. Today we made time for it and had a great time. My mom watched our 14 month old and we cruised to disappearing island for a short swim and then had a leisurely stroll back, we saw a huge school of bait fish so my husband stopped and threw the net in, our daugher thought seeing the huge mullet he caught was the neatest thing ever. What a nice day, sometimes we have to stop and smell the roses.
Month: July 2011
When to switch to big girls panties
O.k. let me start this entry by saying do not do what I did and start training too early:) Although I so appreciate all of you sweet people who said maybe she's ready and she's so smart give it a try if she's interested. Fast forward 8 months later and it feels we've been cleaning up pee for years!!! Although that is an exaggeration she is only 2 1/2. I am here to tell you the basics if your child expresses interest in their potty, can hold his/her pee or knows to give signals when ready to go #2 then he/she MAY be ready. I again say MAY because although there are a few lucky souls who trained their kids in 3 days (I still say yeah right-with no accidents-I know your lying!!) it has not been that way for us. Now that we have entered the big girl panty stage we realized pull ups were a waste of money and time except at night, I wish I would have thought of a few things sooner so here goes:
1.Put a waterproof pad under the high chair or booster because most of our accidents have been while she was focused on eating or involved in creative play of some sort-i.e. painting, playdough, puzzles etc. she gets so focused she forgets.
2. Buy a portable potty for the car because with another baby it is not easy to pull over and take her into the convenience store
3. Do NOT make your child feel bad for accidents although my husband and I are human and we did loose our cool a few times after we knew she could hold it but failed to try, they are kids and this is a new concept just as any new skill it takes lots of times, positive praise and persistence.
4. Do NOT give super sugary treats they backfire, our best treats were fruit snacks -1 individual snack (NOT a whole PACK)per pee or pop. They are healthy our goal is to transition when she has no accidents for a week to giving her the whole pack with lunch so this is a sign of being a big girl
5. BE PATIENT and talk to friends I know some people whose 4 yr. olds still have accidents it's progress NOT perfection
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One of those days
Yesterday I woke up on the wrong side of the bed and although I took many measures to change my mood it didn't happen. By 8am I had already cleaned up pee twice and changed my daughter's clothes 2x. Can I just say I HATE potty training there I said it…I have taken all of the advice and although she's 85% there we'll have 1 week of 0 zero accidents and then bam-3 in one day. O.k. so I tried to improve things by getting us out of the house and to the Y for yoga, yeah mom needs an outlet and the kids could play at the daycare. Another accident!!! I caught myself irritable and ansy all day, I guess I was just off. So a friend asked if I wanted to go to Zumba last night and I hesitantly said yes but we had so much fun blowing off steam and laughing at eachothers goofy moves. It allowed me to get out alot of stress from the day…even though its just little stuff it adds up over time. So if your willing to try something new give Zumba a chance, its latin influence music was so fun to dance to although I won't go every week its a nice change from my slow paced yoga & circuit training.
Change to Happy Meal helping kids eat better
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NSB Shrimp & Seafod Festival 4th Annual Thursday August 18th 5pm-9pm, Flagler Avenue
Flagler Avenue BBQ Festival/Grill MAster Classic Thursday September 15th
11th Annual Jazz Festival September 23-25
Chili, Chaps, & Craft Beer Walk Saturday October 15th
New Smyrna Beach Creepy Crawl Monday October 31st 9pm costume contests etc.
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Kids craft
We get our diapers ordered from diapers.com and they always come in these giant boxes so yesterday I let my daughter make a playhouse out of it and she used it to pretend nap with her stuffed animals. Then we colored on it and saved the environment by recycling it when we were done playing! Another idea for bigger kids is a puppet theater using the box as a stage, the flaps can open like curtains.
Spontaneity at its best
So today my husband had to work a long day and when it rolled around to bathtime I thought gosh I want to do something different tonight. So the wheels started turning it was fairly early and I remembered the girls baby pool outside from earlier today so I brought them out to bathe "alfresco". The sun had warmed the water to the perfect temp and I added bubbles and toys how fun! The neighbors got a big kick out of seeing our bubble fun. Its not the big stuff in life that makes my heart jump its taking the time to make memories in my young childrens minds that will last a lifetime.