B+C+B+C+B+C: What NOT to do

Monday, March 8, 2010

What NOT to do

Occasionally I'm asked advice about various topics that I should have some knowledge about - Public Health, distance running, baby & toddler issues... but most of the time, I can only feel comfortable telling what I've learned does not work.
Example:
Brianna has been pretty solid with potty training for the last few months - especially the last few weeks. She only has a diaper at night because she's still in a crib (and I refuse to change that - but that's another topic for another post). But I could never tell anyone else how to do it, because we had no real method or system or anything resembling normalcy. I could tell someone NOT to do this:

The mini-potty. Ugh. It's such a mess to clean up and gross to empty out. It gets smelly if I don't Lysol it regularly. Just one more unpleasant chore I could've saved myself from by planning better. I should've bought an attachment for the regular toilet and a step stool so she could climb up solo. But now she likes her little potty and only wants to use it when we're at home. I have no idea how long this will continue, but I'm tempted to resort to using treats to get her to ditch the mini-potty, as I also resorted to with potty training several months ago. I always promised myself I wouldn't use food rewards for anything. Now she expects it everytime. Add that to my list of what not to do.
Maybe I'll do better with our second (and third) chance. Just 19 weeks left! (I hope!)

6 comments:

Jules AF said...: The idea of emptying out a mini-potty makes me kind of sick.; March 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Jordan and Crystal said...: ya I told Jordan I would never do a mini potty...they are cute but no way would I like to clean it.

I got your message. Jordan and I have only one phone...what phone plan are you on? And when is a good time to call?; March 11, 2010 at 7:40 AM
Me and Lily said...: If "one day" the mini-potty just up and disappeared...well, you would have to look and look and look for it. But if you could not find it, Brianna would just have to step up to the next option.; March 11, 2010 at 7:43 AM
Ashley said...: Hey....Alli will only go on the mini potty, she thinks that our big potty has bugs in it and so we use the small one. I bought the attachment, the stool, and everything and it didn't work. I just think it awesome that she is so well potty trained. That is amazing. We are still struggling with #2.; March 11, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Crystyne said...: You just might want to get one of those seats that fits on the regular toilet. That is how we got Mason to transition to the regular toilet. I think kids are just afraid they will fall in, so they stick with what they feel safe with.; March 12, 2010 at 9:03 AM
blm_mckell said...: I would just get rid of the mini toilet and get her a stool. No use in trying to potty train her twice. Let her pick out the stool or let her decorate one.

I would also start getting her to sleep in a bed. It will be very hard on her and you if you try taking her out of it when the babies arrive.

Good luck. I hope things go smoothly for you.; March 13, 2010 at 1:33 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Monday, March 8, 2010

What NOT to do

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