Wednesday, November 7, 2007

late night delirium

So i haven't written in a couple of days and I felt I should. My boys are doing well. Miguel is a very picky eater which is making me nuts and Jorge is taking his diaper off every time he has a "stinky." Even when I am not in the room. I have cleaned the bed twice and had to clean a chair cushion..all in a days work. I am going to suck it up and attempt potty training.. next week. No I am not procrastinating, I just need to mentally prepare myself for the messes and to stay at home..indefinately. ha!

I just hate this whole concept of potty training. I never had a puppy to train with this.. and I certainly don't remember my own training with this. I mean really.. humans are very bizarre in this area. We have to be taught to poop. Well in certain places. I mean shouldn't he figure it out, eventually? he won't be five and wearing diapers, will he? I know, I know.. i just need to be disciplined enough for the both of us and that is very hard for me to do right now. Well, honestly, im not very disciplined to begin with so its not just "right now." Which is exaclty why I never had a dog.. or that those chinese plants above my kitchen window are dying, i forget to water them. And they ARE IN MY KITCHEN WINDOW!!! I stand in front of that sink thrity times a day. I see them and then I say, "oh, you guys need water." Then I walk into the other room and don't water them. Uggh.

Its late and I need to go to bed or this post will get to introspective and everyone will think Im a looser. A looser who wants for my son to poop in the potty on his own without needing to be reminded that he has to actually stop and poop.

okay off to bed. I've said poop in my post.

6 comments:

Marsha said...

Poor Rachel. It sounds like you went to bed pooped!

Jaci Spain said...

I hope you have a better day today and that Jorge' doesn't make any more poopy messes:) I definitely think he's ready for potty training. Good luck!

Dollar General said...

I love that you stand at your SINK and don't water the plants! You're too funny!

Missy said...

My sister sent me a Chinese Good Luck Bamboo. She actually went to the trouble of ordering it from Africa and have it sent to me for my Bday last year.
OK...this thing is GUARENTEED not to die. You can't kill it. HA!
I proved those people wrong. That is one dead bamboo!

As for potty training, it won't be as bad as you think! M & M's make a very good reward one at a time!

JenB said...

The key to potty training...PATIENCE! He will get it when he's ready. You will have accidents, and then one day, it will be like a light comes on and VOILA! He's a pee pee and a poooper man! I suggests rewards as incentives. I hung a small clothes line on my shower curtain, and had small snack sized baggies with a couple of goodies in them (a few M&M's, or goldfish, or a few Smarties candies...doesn't have to be food...try stickers and small treasures). The whole point is...he has to EARN them by going to the potty. I feel like a pro after potty training kids when I was 20 years old (daycare worker), and having 2 of my own, and now currently teaching a class full of kids who are potty training....
Let me know if you need more tips...

Kim said...

I am DREADING potty-training Felix because Silas was so hard to train. Gotta do it sooner or later! I'm good with later...