Ravebaby is 28 months old. I want her to learn to use the potty. I have to be honest, I've pushed her. I've tried and tried to get her to use the potty. About a month ago she started wanting to use the potty. The catalyst? The Potty Dance from Pull-ups. Ravebaby sings it all of the time but if it helps motivate her then I'll be singing it.
I want this girl using the potty. I don't want to buy any more diapers or trainers. I also don't want to have a 3 year old that isn't using the potty at least trying to use the potty.
I like the term potty learning. I saw another blogger using the term and I really like it. It sounds like a more gentle approach. I don't want to push her beyond her limits. I want her to feel like she is making the decisions because she's making the decisions. I want her to feel empowered.
So how am I doing this? It ain't easy. I'm giving her naked time. She enjoys the freedom of naked time and asks for it. She gets more naked time after using the potty or if she's just wet a diaper then I give her naked time. I don't want her to have accidents so I try to set her up for success. I try to encourage her to sit on the potty. She doesn't always use it but even just playing the area is a success I think.
Is it working? Well today I get a poop and a pee in the potty. She started with naked time first thing this morning. It was a risk but I have to let her try. She did start to poop on the quilt but I stopped her and she finished on the potty! Success. I can wash the quilt. She was so proud of herself. Later on she was still enjoying naked time and and started a pee. I caught her and ran her to the potty and she finished there. Success. I want to her learn the feeling of her needs to poop and pee. Maybe I'm taking the long way there but I think she's learning. We'll see.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
More Boob! (Warning: Picture included)
I feel like I need to change my name to More Boob. That seems to be Ravebaby's number one thing to say. She has a pretty big vocabulary but when it comes to me, she says More Boob. Sometimes she sings it to the tune of Shave and a haircut. Most time its just a demand, More Boob!
There are times that I think I want to wean her. I do tell her no. I don't really want to wean her. I want her to finish nursing when she is done with nursing but there are days when I'm touched out. I want her to leave me alone. I want to keep my bra in its place for longer than an hour. I don't want to nurse her at 6 am and 9 am and on and on.
Most days are not that bad. She's busy and barely remembers to nurse. Most evenings are okay too. It's just when I have a supply dip that she seems to be on me all day. This last week has been hard. My period started unexpected on Saturday. I guess I should have see it coming since Ravebaby had been in my lap all week. Seriously, this kid just knows.
I just tend to get touched out. I love DD and nursing her is a great way to stay connected. But when she's on me like white on rice, I just want to explode. There really are days that she seem to forget to nurse at all. She might nurse at lunch and then at bedtime. That is part of the problem, I get use to not nursing. When she gets into nurse all the time mode, it's a hard transition for me.
We won't wean yet. Even if she just nurses a couple of times a day, they are sessions that keep us connected and ultimately when she does wean I'll wish I had those times back. God willing my daughter will live to be 100 and in the grand scheme of things, 2+ years of nursing will be a tiny speck of time.
I've even started to let her nurse in public again. I keep going back to nursing in public because so many people seem to be against it. If you read Twitter, so many people get brave and diss us nursing mommas. Really most people are too chicken-shit to say anything to you in public. Really, I don't use a cover, I'm nursing a 2 year old and never ever have I had anyone say anything. I guess I feel like I have to put my money where my mouth is. If I want to be an advocate then I have to walk to the walk or in my case nurse the baby. I mean people are really scared to nurse in public. They are afraid someone will say something to them but if they see someone else doing it then they tend to feel more comfortable. Really, the public in general would rather you nurse your baby than hear your baby scream and cry. It's just a little boob. We all have nipples. There are men with huge man-boobs that walk around shirtless all the time so why should I care if you get a view of some boob. My boobs are pretty fab. At least DD thinks so :)
There are times that I think I want to wean her. I do tell her no. I don't really want to wean her. I want her to finish nursing when she is done with nursing but there are days when I'm touched out. I want her to leave me alone. I want to keep my bra in its place for longer than an hour. I don't want to nurse her at 6 am and 9 am and on and on.
Most days are not that bad. She's busy and barely remembers to nurse. Most evenings are okay too. It's just when I have a supply dip that she seems to be on me all day. This last week has been hard. My period started unexpected on Saturday. I guess I should have see it coming since Ravebaby had been in my lap all week. Seriously, this kid just knows.
I just tend to get touched out. I love DD and nursing her is a great way to stay connected. But when she's on me like white on rice, I just want to explode. There really are days that she seem to forget to nurse at all. She might nurse at lunch and then at bedtime. That is part of the problem, I get use to not nursing. When she gets into nurse all the time mode, it's a hard transition for me.
We won't wean yet. Even if she just nurses a couple of times a day, they are sessions that keep us connected and ultimately when she does wean I'll wish I had those times back. God willing my daughter will live to be 100 and in the grand scheme of things, 2+ years of nursing will be a tiny speck of time.
I've even started to let her nurse in public again. I keep going back to nursing in public because so many people seem to be against it. If you read Twitter, so many people get brave and diss us nursing mommas. Really most people are too chicken-shit to say anything to you in public. Really, I don't use a cover, I'm nursing a 2 year old and never ever have I had anyone say anything. I guess I feel like I have to put my money where my mouth is. If I want to be an advocate then I have to walk to the walk or in my case nurse the baby. I mean people are really scared to nurse in public. They are afraid someone will say something to them but if they see someone else doing it then they tend to feel more comfortable. Really, the public in general would rather you nurse your baby than hear your baby scream and cry. It's just a little boob. We all have nipples. There are men with huge man-boobs that walk around shirtless all the time so why should I care if you get a view of some boob. My boobs are pretty fab. At least DD thinks so :)
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