POOP

I HAVE HAD TWO KIDS. THEY BOTH HAVE SOMETHING UNCOMMON WITH EACH OTHER THAT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS THEIR POOP LEAKING OUT OF THEIR DIAPERS.



WITH MY DAUGHTER AFTER SHE TURNED A YEAR I DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM ANY MORE. AFTER SHE WAS BORN AND STOPPED POOPING THE STICKY BLACK POOP, EVERY SINGLE DIAPER SHE HAD FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS LEAKED ALL OVER. IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT BRAND OF DIAPERS I USED EITHER. HER PEE NEVER LEAKED JUST POOP. USUALLY OUT THE BACK AND ON OCCASION THE SIDES WHERE HER LEGS WOULD GO. IT REALLY HAPPENED ALMOST EVERY TIME. IT HAPPENED EVERY TIME FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS POOP EVERYWHERE.



THEN I HAD MY SON A LITTLE OVER FOUR MONTHS AGO AND HE LEAKS THROUGH HIS DIAPERS TOO. NOT NEAR AS MUCH AS MY DAUGHTER DID AND MUCH LESS SINCE WE PUT HIM ON FORMULA. WE HAVE TRIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIAPERS, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP.



I'M AT A TOTAL LOSS AS TO WHAT TO DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. ABOUT ONCE A WEEK I HAVE TO GIVE MY BABY TWO BATHS IN ONE DAY BECAUSE HE GOT POOP EVERY WHERE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH MY DAUGHTER.



I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS ABOUT IT AND TAKEN THEIR ADVISE AND THAT DOESN'T WORK EITHER. SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE ME NOT WANT ANY MORE KIDS. THEN I REMEMBER IT COULD BE WORSE THEY COULD EAT IT WHEN IT LEAKS. SO I ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE WHEN I'M SURROUNDED BY POOP.

SOME THOUGHTS

SOME TIMES I GET TO THINKING ABOUT HOW KIDS DEVELOP SO DIFFERENTLY FROM EACH AND I START WONDERING IF THERE IS ONLY ONE REASON FOR IT OR MULTIPLE.



MY DAUGHTER WILL BE THREE THIS DECEMBER. I KNOW THIS GIRL WHO HAS A DAUGHTER THAT TURNED THREE IN AUGUST. SHE WORKS OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND CURRENTLY I DO NOT. SHE ISN'T WITH HER DAUGHTERS DAD,I'M WITH MINE.



HER THREE YEAR OLD STILL WEARS DIAPERS, DOESN'T TALK, SHE WON'T DO ANYTHING BY HERSELF IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO AND HER MOM ALONG WITH MOST PEOPLE AROUND HER DO IT FOR HER. SHE THREE AND PEOPLE STILL TREAT HER LIKE SHE IS A BABY, NOT A LITTLE GIRL.



MY DAUGHTER IS POTTIE TRAINING FOR NIGHT TIME, SHE DOES GREAT DURING THE DAY. SHE LOVES TO TRY AND DO THINGS ON HER OWN, JUST TO SEE IF SHE CAN DO IT. SHE HAS A LARGE VOCABULARY AND SPEAKS CLEARLY.



I HAVE BEEN TOLD MORE THAN ONCE BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW BOTH OF USE, THAT I'M ACTING LIKE THE DAUGHTER IS DUMB. THEY HAVE TOLD ME SHE IS REALLY SMART TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS THEM TO.



I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANY PARENT WOULD WANT TO NURTURE THAT IN THEIR CHILD. TO ME IT'S NOT TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE INDEPENDENT BUT DEPENDENT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEBODY WOULD WANT THAT FOR THEIR CHILD.



THEN I WONDER IF THE MOM IS DOING SOMETHING OR IF SHE WAS TO CHANGE WHAT SHE'S DOING WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ARE KIDS REALLY TAUGHT TO BE MEAN, SELFISH, AND MANIPULATIVE, OR ARE THE BORN THAT WAY. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT ONE I WOULD PREFER.

LEASONED LEARNED

LATE THIS SUMMER WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE ROY AQUATIC CENTER. IT'S A REAL NEAT PLACE FOR KIDS AND EVEN ADULTS TO SWIM AND HAS LOTS OF TOYS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES TO PLAY WITH. MY KIDS REALLY LIKE IT.

ONE OF THE TIMES WE WENT WAS FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY AND I HAD JUST HAD A BABY SO I DIDN'T HAVE A SWIMMING SUIT ON, I HAD NO INTENTIONS OF GETTING IN THE WATER. THE FRIEND I WENT WITH SAID SHE WOULD HELP ME KEEP AN EYE ON MY KIDS.

WHEN NEED TO GO BACK TO THE CAR TO GET THE REST OF THE STUFF. ARE KIDS DIDN'T WANT TO COME WITH US, THEY WANTED TO START SWIMMING. MY FRIEND HAD NO PROBLEM LETTING HER FOUR YEAR OLD GO OFF ON HER OWN. ME, I ASKED ME 12 YEAR OLD TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER. HE AGREES AND OFF THEY GO.

WE GET BACK FROM THE CAR WITH THE REST OF ARE STUFF AND WE CAN SEE MY FRIENDS DAUGHTER, BUT CAN'T FIND MY KIDS. SO I ASKED THE FOUR YEARS OLD AND SHE TELLS ME MY OLDEST WENT ON THE BIG SLIDE. I'M FREAKING OUT BECAUSE HE ISN'T THE BEST SWIMMER AND HE HAS TAKEN MY TWO YEAR OLD DOWN THIS HUGE SLIDE.

SO I WAIT AT THE SIDE FOR HIM TO COME DOWN THE SLIDE. HE COMES DOWN THEIR IS NO LITTLE GIRL WITH HIM. NOW I'M PISSED. JUST YELLING AT HIM AND NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR THERE IS IS A GIRL AT THE FRONT HOW IS LOST. SHE HAS BLOND HAIR, IS WEARING A PURPLISH LIFE JACKET, AND HAS A TATTOO ON HER RIGHT UPPER ARM.

THERE IS MY DAUGHTER. I GO AND GET HER AND I'M STILL YELLING AT MY OLDEST. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING LEAVING A TWO YEAR OLD ALL BY HERSELF SOMEBODY COULD HAVE SNATCHED HER OR SHE COULD HAVE DROWNED. I'M ALMOST CRYING. HE LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS IT'S NOT MY FAULT I ASKED THE FOUR YEAR OLD TO WATCH HER FOR ME.

SO WHAT HAPPENED IS THE MINUTE MY OLDEST SAW USE WALK OUT OF THE GATES. HE TURNED TO THE FOUR YEAR OLD AND LEFT MY TWO YEAR OLD IN HER CARE. I WAS NOT HAPPY BECAUSE IN MY HOUSE IF I ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU CAN SAY NO. LIKE I ASKED HIM WOULD YOU MIND KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR SISTER? HE COULD HAVE SAID NO BUT HE DIDN'T HE JUST PAWNED HER OFF.

I HOPE HE DOESN'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN. I DON'T THINK HE WILL BECAUSE AFTER THAT THE ONLY TIME HE WAS PLAYING WAS WITH HIS SISTER. THIS TIME HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE AT ALL, AND I WILL NEVER GO TO A SWIMMING PARK AGAIN RIGHT AFTER HAVING A BABY. IT'S TO HARD TO WATCH A TWO YEAR OLD WHO ISN'T AFRAID OF MUCH WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO GET WET.

ATHENA AND BLUE

WE RECENTLY RECEIVED A CAT FROM MY MOM THAT ADOPTED ATHENA. THE CAT WAS ALWAYS AT MY MOMS HOUSE WHEN ATHENA WAS THERE. MY MOM WAS FEEDING IT, BUT WHEN IT STARTED GETTING COLD OTHER CATS STARTED EATING HIS FOOD. SO AS A FAVOR WE TOOK THE CAT.



ATHENA DECIDED SHE WANTED TO NAME THE BLUE. WE TOOK THE CAT HOME AND NOW HE DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH ATHENA. SHE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY BLUE DOESN'T LIKE HER ANY MORE.



I HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT PULLING THE CATS TAIL AND WRINGING IT LIKE A WASHCLOTH HURTS THE CAT, JUST LIKE SOMEBODY PULLING HER HAIR.



I HAVE ALSO TOLD HER BLUE DOESN'T WANT TO BE PUT IN HER BIKINI. SHE ASKS ME WHY AND THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD THINK TO TELL HER THAT SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND IS BLUE IS A BOY AND BOY'S DON'T LIKE TO HEAR GIRL CLOTHES.



SHE LIKES TO WRAP HIM UP IN BLANKETS AND TRY TO CARRY HIM AROUND AND SHE ENDS UP DROPPING HIM. SHE LIKES TO HIDE HIS FOOD AND WATER FROM HIM. SHE SAYS HE'S IN TROUBLE AND SO THAT'S WHY HE CAN'T HAVE IT.



I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TWO GET A TWO YEAR OLD TO UNDERSTAND THAT CATS ARE NOT LIKE DOGS AND THEY JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE MOST OF THE TIME. SOME TIMES I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE POOR LITTLE CAT.



MY HUSBAND LIKES TO PICK ON HIM. HE THINKS IT'S HIS RIGHT TO SLEEP IN MY SPOT ON THE BED, AND MY DAUGHTER IS ALWAYS TREATING HIM LIKE ONE OF HER BABY DOLLS.

THE EXERSAUCER

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THING THEY MAKE FOR KIDS. MY TWO YOUNGEST KIDS LOVE IT. ATHENA LOVED IT WHEN SHE COULD STILL SIT IN IT AND PLAY AND SHE LOVES PLAYING WITH THE TOYS ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.

MY BABY LOVES THAT IT GIVES HIM SOME WHERE TO STAND AND DIFFERENT TOYS TO PLAY WITH OR CHEW ON. THE SET ALSO SPINS SO HE CAN MOVE HIMSELF TO SEE OTHER PARTS OF THE LIVING ROOM OR OTHER PEOPLE. IT KIND OF BOUNCES AS WELL, WHICH IS SOMETHING HE REALLY LIKES.

IT ALSO HELPED MY 2 YEAR LEARN HOW TO WALK WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE. SHE WOULD CRAWL UP TO IT AND PULL HERSELF UP ( WHEN SOMEBODIES FOOT WAS HOLDING IT SO IT DIDN'T FLIP) THEN SHE WOULD WALK AROUND IN CIRCLES GOING FROM ONE TOY TO THE OTHER.

THEY ARE EASY TO WASH. THE LITTLE THING THEY SIT ON IS CLOTH AND COMES OUT. ALMOST OF THE TOYS COULD BE PUT IN WATER OR YOU COULD JUST USE A WET WASH CLOTH. SOME MODELS EVEN OFFER NEW TOYS YOU CAN BUY. SO THAT YOU CNA SWITCH THEM OUT SO THE KIDS NEVER GET TRIED OF IT.

MY 12 YEAR OLD LIKES TO HELP THE BABY GET THE TOY'S SO EVEN HE PLAYS WITH IT. IT'S ALSO WHERE I FEED THEM BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A HIGHCHAIR AND I DO EVERYTHING ON THE FLOOR ANY WAYS.

THE TOYS ON MY EXERSAUCER HAS TO THAT SPIN AND MAKE NISE.ONE YOU CAN SEE THE STUFF MOVING IN IT. THERE IS THREE FOR CHEWING ON. ONE THAT YOU PUSH A BUTTON AND IT MAKES NOISE AND ONE WITH A MIRROR. EVERYBODY I KNOW WHO HAS AN EXERSUACER LOVES IT ALONG WITH THIER KIDS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITH OUT MINE!

Evenflo ExerSaucer 3-in-1 Pond

THANK GOD I LOVE MY KIDS

FOR ME ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THINGS FOR ME IS THE FACT THAT MY 12 YEAR OLD SON DOESN'T LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TELL HIM SOMETHING. HE HEARS ME TALKING BUT HE DOESN'T LISTEN AND THEN HE GET UPSET THAT HE GETS IN TROUBLE.

IT'S NOT THAT HE DOESN'T JUST NOT LISTEN WHEN I SPEAK BUT HE WILL ANSWER AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE IS ANSWERING ME. WHICH I JUST TOTALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. IF I DON'T LISTEN I DON'T ANSWER BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS JUST SAID, BUT NOT HIM. NOPE THAT WOULD JUST BE WAY TO EASY.

THEN WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE IS HIS TWO YEAR OLD SISTER FOLLOWS HIS LEAD. IT A LITTLE BETTER WITH HER BECAUSE OF HER AGE. BUT ZACK HIS 10 YEARS OLDER AND HE KNOWS BETTER.

I HAVE FRIENDS TELL ME ALL THE TIME WAIT UNTIL ATHENA GETS OLDER, THEN IT MAKES YOU EVEN MADDER WHEN SHE DOESN'T LISTEN TO YOU BECAUSE SHE KNOWS BETTER. I JUST WANT TO TELL THEM YOU THINK IT BAD NOW JUST GIVE IT 10 MORE YEARS.

A LOT OF MY FRIENDS WILL TALK ABOUT HOW FRUSTRATING THEIR KIDS ARE BECAUSE THE CHEW WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN, OR THEY LIE, THEY DON'T LISTEN, THEY ARGUE, AND I'LL I CAN THINK IS YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHATS IN STORE FOR YOU.

THEN IT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO GET HIM TO DO THINGS THEY WAY I WANT HIM TO BECAUSE HE GOES TO HIS MOMS AND SHE LETS HIM DO ALL THE THINGS THAT I DON'T LET HIM DO AND IT' LIKE I HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN EACH TIME HE GETS BACK FROM THERE.

I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES A DAY THAT HE IS A GOOD KID AND HE'S GETTING BETTER JUST GIVE HIM A BREAK. SO EACH NIGHT BEFORE I GO TO BED I THANK GOD THAT I LOVE MY KIDS SO VERY MUCH AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE THEM FOR THE WORLD.

POTTIE TRAINING

MY THREE YEAR OLD IS POTTIE TRAINING AND IT'S GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATING. SHE STARTED POTTIE TRAINING WHEN SHE WAS 17 MONTHS BUT GOT YELLED AT AND JUST STOPPED GOING.

SHE WOULD LOOK AT YOU AND TELL YOU THAT SHE WAS POOPING OR PEEING AND I KNEW THAT SHE KNEW WHEN SHE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO.

SO ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO A DECIDED THAT SHE WASN'T WEARING PULL-UPS ANY MORE AND SHE WAS JUST GOING TO WEAR PANTIES AND THE FIRST WEEK SHE HAD TWO ACCIDENTS EVERY DAY. THE SECOND WEEK IT WAS ONE OR TWO. THE THIRD WEEK SHE HAD NO ACCIDENTS EVEN AT NIGHT.

THEN TODAY THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH WEEK SHE HAS TWO ACCIDENTS.I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE WAS DOING SO GOOD AND THEN JUST DECIDED SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ON THE TOILET ANY MORE.

I HAVE WATCHED DVD'S, READ, AND ASKED ADVISE FROM FRIENDS WHO HAVE POTTIE TRAINED THEIR KIDS AND NOTHING THEY HAVE TOLD ME TO DO WORKS. SO MY NEW THING IS IF SHE CAN GO ALL DAY WITH OUT AN ACCIDENT THEN WHEN IT'S BED TIME SHE CAN WATCH A MOVIE AND THEN NEXT WEEK IF SHE CAN HAVE NO ACCIDENTS AT NIGHT SHE CAN WATCH A MOVIE. I'M HOPPING THIS WILL WORK, BECAUSE I HAVE TRIED CANDY, STICKERS, TATTOOS, AND GETTING HER A NEW TWO FROM ALL-A-DOLLAR AND THOSE WORK FOR MAYBE TWO DAYS. HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS BETTER.

Thomas and Friends - Bed and Bath - Folding Potty Seat