Potty Training Tips

I have been trying to potty train Bubba. Here are my insights on the subject.
~ Boys ARE more difficult than girls...I've had both.
~ Little boys don't really care if they wet their pants, it is in fact funny to them.
~ Food is a good reward, I am not trying to say that you should feed him a whole burger or a dish of ice cream every time he pees, but I give one chocolate chip for each success and that seems to be a good reward, I did stickers with Addy, but Bubba could care less.
~ We have a great "Bubba went potty dance" that we do... don't do this in public, but at home it's cool.
~ It's not a big deal to carry the little potty seat around with you. I don't love it, but people know what's you're doing and most people have been there too.

There is nothing easy or fun about this process I can tell you that, but by being positive and upbeat you may see that your little one will give potty training a lot more effort.

Parenting at Its Best

So tonight I became my mother. We all vow that we "will never do THAT to our kids"... but I did it. I made my little boy sit at the dinner table until he ate his carrots. This took just a little over an hour. I remember sitting for hours (or what seemed like it) staring at a bowl of cold oatmeal. I used to hate oatmeal. I blame this staring experience on me not eating oatmeal or any hot cereal for that matter until I was well over 20. I didn't ever want to be the mom who made her kids eat certain foods, but the bottom line is this: not eating a couple of carrots is silly and making them eat it is sort of fun! Not that I enjoyed the crying and yelling that ensued, but I was content to sit with him and read a book while just kept asking for a popsicle instead...as if I am going to let him have a treat in exchange for some now soggy carrots. Who does he think I am? But in the end I won and he got his popsicle when the carrots vanished. I don't remember ever getting anything after I ate my oatmeal though.