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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Hello everyone! I am having issues with my computer today. Anyway, as to the ring vs potty chair debate, we bought a potty chair when we were first training Emma, and I don't think either of them have ever used it. The chair we bought came with a removable ring, and we just used that on the big toilet and that has worked really well. Less clean up, and cheaper to buy. Timothy just turned 3 last week and is doing great on the peeing part, but so far has wanted nothing to do with pooping in the potty. Today I asked him about it, and he said he's afraid his poop will be stuck and it will hurt. Emma has had some occasional trouble with constipation, and I think he's afraid that will happen if he uses the potty. He has never had a problem though, so I reminded him of that. He sounded excited then, so we'll see what happens. But I think the most important thing is not to stress out over it. "I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Yes, I remember those days very well. It wasn't terribly long ago for Timothy. In fact, he still wants to be in the bathroom with me to talk to me sometimes. That usually lasts about 30 seconds before he decides to go do something fun. I think what worked well for me with the shower thing was to give them some of the bathtub crayons to decorate the shower door, or a damp washcloth to "clean" the outside of the tub and shower door. That and talking and playing peek-a-boo seemed to work pretty well. But it really does get better. Now Emma is definitely in the "private" stage and Timothy is getting there. Just know that it will come to an end, and enjoy the fact that they enjoy being with you. "I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago I can definitely relate! Our daughter never used a pacifier or sucked her thumb. As long as she had her two blankies, she was fine. Timothy was a paci boy from the beginning. And I can totally relate to the nighttime paci search. We ended up getting some of the paci clips (the ones with the slider, not just a regular clip) to attatch to his pajamas. That made it easier to find at night. We also tried to find the extras before we went to bed, and kept them on our nightstand so it made things quicker and easier at night. I can't tell you exactly how old he was when we quit, right off the top of my head. I would have to go look it up. But I think it was somewhere around the 15-18 months. We also had limited it to naptime and bedtime, but he started looking and asking for it during the day. So we decided it was just time to call it quits. We went cold turkey with it. I completely expected it to be an absolute nightmare, since we are talking about a boy who was born with a triple dose of stubborn and screaming. But we just told him at bedtime that his paci was all gone and it really wasn't an issue. I was truly amazed! I know our neighbors' youngest daughter also used a paci and is also VERY stubborn. But shortly after she turned 1, they told her that it was time to be done with the paci. They told her that it needed to go in the garbage, and she knew that you don't take things back out of the garbage. They had her throw them in, and that was it. I hope this helps you out a little. I think you just need to watch for the right timing and do what you think will work best for your child. You know them better than anyone else. "I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Like everyone has said, they do develop at their own rate, and it is really not useful to compare your child with anyone else. There will always be children who are farther ahead and others who are behind your child in everything. Also, keep in mind that when your child is focused on learning a new thing (potty training, physical accomplishments, etc) they tend to put other things on the back burner, so to speak. Timothy is doing pretty well with speaking clearly at this point, but there are still things that he mispronounces and words or phrases that he uses incorrectly like "I gonna to" instead of "I'm going to" or "droop" instead of "drip". Likewise, Emma has a couple of things that she doesn't quite pronounce correctly, but her teachers and ped. do not seem concerned at this point. As long as they hear you saying things correctly, they will pick it up. I think the worst things we can do are to belittle their attempts at speaking or to use incorrect words with them. "I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago To get on WIC, you need to talk to your local Public Health department. They will get some information from you to see if you qualify based on your income and family size. We started when I was pregnant with Emma. If you are on WIC when you're pregnant, the baby is automatically added when they're born. As long as you continue to meet the income guidelines, they can stay on until age 5, so Emma just got kicked off 2 months ago, but Timothy is still on. It has REALLy helped us with the grocery budget for things like milk, cheese and cereal. And it DEFINITELY helped with the formula for both of these two. Both had to be on a special hypoallergenic formula, which was REALLY expensive. But with a note from the doctor, they were able to get it through WIC and that made a HUGE difference for us. I know that different states have a little bit different rules about things, but I know here in Minnesota, you can get special formula or lactose free or soy milk with a dr's note. I would definitely say to check into it. It has been a lifesaver for us.
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago It can be really scary when they have a fever like that. It seemed like whenever Emma gets sick she gets a high fever like that. We always call the dr and they always tell us to keep an eye on it, but that their behavior tells a lot more about the seriousness than the actual number. We have always tried the Tylenol and Motrin and sometimes the tepid bath. But she went through a REALLY tough phase where we couldn't get her to take anything. I called the dr and they said that as long as she was still taking in fluids and doing some playing, it wasn't a big concern. They said that if she seemed relatively comfortable, not to force the issue. I know that fevers are our bodies first defense in fighting a virus or infection, and it seems like her body is really good at that. Usually within a day or so she is back to her regular self again. Bottom line, if you are concerned it never hurts to call and ask the dr. Usually things will be fine, but it's always nice to have that reassurance.
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago I actually have a similar story. I was taking a shower one morning several months ago. I think it must have been last spring when Emma was in preschool, because I don't think she was home. I had turned on a movie for Timothy and he had been in and out of the bathroom checking on me. I was just rinsing the soap off when I heard him start crying. It sounded more like a frustrated cry than an emergency cry. So I quick finished up and dried off and came into the living room (just on the other side of the bathroom wall. Timothy REALLY loves keys and had continually tried to get ahold of our keys, so we had to keep moving them higher. At the time, we had put them on top of our tall file cabinet, which has a shorter one next to it. I found Timothy hanging off of the small file cabinet. He had moved a little step stool next to it to try to climb onto that to reach the keys on the tall cabinet. But, he couldn't quite make it on, and he couldn't reach the step stool again. It was rather funny, really. I know, some of you may be saying that I am also a bad mom, but I'm telling you...they are smart and they are fast! And they have a REALLY high learning curve and it's really hard to keep up!
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Emma used to completely freak out about having her hair rinsed. I tried the wash cloths, my hands, the 123, a watering can, swim goggles...I was going to try to find a visor, but then I read an article that had ideas about this. It seemed to go ok if I could get her to tip her head up, but that was always a challenge to get cooperation. So, I ended up playing a little game with her. I would tell her to tip her head up so we could see what kinds of animals were hiding in her hair. Each time I would rinse, we would find a new imaginary animal that got rinsed out. She thought it was hilarious to try help decide what animals were in there, and she would have me hand them to her as we went. Pretty soon she was past that phase and now I use the shower head to rinse her hair and we have no problems.
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Yes, I almost forgot about the suppositories. I didn't even know there was such a thing until Emma had a fever of about 104.5 and REFUSED to take anything (she was around 3 at the time). We tried putting some Motrin in her juice without telling her, but she refused to drink it because there might be something in it. (Yes, she is a smart cookie and definitely got an extra dose of stubborn). We ended up taking her to the ER in the middle of the night because we couldn't get her fever down at all. They said that if she was fiesty enough to be fighting us like that it probably wasn't anything too serious, but they said we could try that and gave us some to take home. We told her that if she didn't take either the liquid or chewable medicine, we would have to use the "butt medicine". She still refused, so we ended up using that. It was not a pleasant experience, but it got the job done. It actually took several times of having to use the "butt medicine" before she decided that it wasn't so bad taking the chewable stuff. Thankfully we haven't had that problem with Timothy. He actually LOVES the watermelon flavored chewable Tylenol and would frequently say that his teeth hurt and he needed some medicine to try to get some. But yeah, that is another option, and I'm glad that we had that available, and equally glad that we haven't had to use that for a long time. 
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago I just have to share a really quality story with all of you. When Emma was just about 3 years old, she was in Timothy's bedroom with me when I went to change his diaper. I saw her looking at him with a somewhat puzzled expression. She said "Timothy has a wacky butt." I said "Timothy has a boy butt, just like Daddy. And Mommy and Emma have girl butts." She thought about that for a minute and said, "Oh...Daddy and Timothy have curly butts and we have folding butts." She was perfectly satisfied with her assessment of how things work, and still stands by that. I just thank the Lord for children and their unique perspectives on how the world works! I hope this makes you smile like it did for me! Have a great day and God bless!
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 12 months ago Welcome to MommyTalk! It looks like we have something in common...we also have a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. Timothy, our 3-year-old, was a screamer from birth. Once he hit around a year, he did the throwing himself to the floor and banging his head on the floor. Then things really improved around 18 months when he could communicate a little more. Now, like yours, he is very charming and very verbal, but back to the screaming phase. It seems to happen the most when he's tired and he gets frustrated with whatever he's trying to do. We usually get his attention and tell him that if he needs to scream, he can go in his room and do it there away from us. (We also do this with Emma when she gets whiny or starts stomping.) Sometimes that's all it takes, and sometimes he will go in his room and scream for a minutes. When he realizes that it isn't very effective without an audience, he stops and comes back out to join us. I hope this helps a little. I definitely know that what works for one child doesn't always for another, and what works one minutes doesn't always the next. Hang in there and know that it will pass. God bless!
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 11 months ago I had been on the pill on and off for about 6 years when we got married. I had been on it for several months in a stretch, and the month after we got married we decided that I would go off the pill, since it can take up to a year for things to happen. However, that's not always the case! The next month we found out we were expecting, so that went pretty fast. I did not go back on the pill after Emma, choosing natural methods instead. It also happened pretty fast with Timothy. However, after having Timothy, my hormones have been really messed up. I talked with my OB who said it's probably PCOS. We would like another baby, but at this time I do not feel led by the Lord to look into infertility stuff. So, we are just leaving things in God's more than capable hands. Believe me, it has sometimes been a daily, moment-by-moment struggle to leave things there, but I know that His ways are perfect. Also, there is really nothing I can do to make things happen. So, it has been a very good learning and growing process for me, and I have found peace in trusting in His will for our family, whatever that may be. God bless, and I pray He will make your dreams come true.
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 11 months ago I know exactly what you're talking about! Actually, for us the first two were really fast and easy. However, after having Timothy, my hormones went completely haywire. For the past 3 years, more often than not my body will start to act pregnant, and my cycle is very irregular, which makes things tougher. So, many times I have believed that this just might be the month...a lot of times I have taken a test and had it come out negative, but still believing that maybe it was just to early to tell...but then it would start and I knew that it didn't happen. It has been such an emotional rollercoaster. I talked to my OB and he said that it is likely PCOS and that I am not always ovulating regularly. After a lot of tears and frustration, I have given this over to the Lord. I know people who have used Clomid, but I just don't feel God leading me in that direction right now. So I am just waiting on Him, and knowing that whether or not we have any more, I want His will more than anything. It has been a HUGE struggle, but I know that is has really helped me to grow too. Hang in there and know I will be praying for you, and I would love to listen if you ever need to talk. Take care and God bless!
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 11 months ago My husband and I just celebrated our 6th anniversary last weekend. I also have not seen the movie, but I can guess how things were portrayed. It was meant to poke fun at marriage and parenting and overdramatize things. If I can give you one piece of advice, it would be to make divorce a "four-letter word" in your home, starting before you walk down the aisle. As with any kind of relationship, there will be tough times to work through, but if you both know that leaving is not an option, it removes so much stress and anxiety. Then all that's left is working together to find a solution. Also, keep the lines of communication open at all times. My in-laws are in the middle of a nasty divorce after 34 years of marriage, and the only real cause is a breakdown of communication. Even when things get hard, I cannot begin to imagine my life without my husband and my children. The blessings of my family by far outweigh the trials that arise. So, although I didn't see the movie, I can tell you that it doesn't have to be like that.
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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Lisa JoyJoined: 8/28/07 Posts: 913 | Posted: 11 months ago We have been signed up fo this for a couple months now. It is really nice! You can choose what types of catagories you want to be notified about, and they automatically email you with all of the pertinent information whenever there is a recall. Great idea to post that info here to share with other moms!
"I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth." -Psalm 57:9-11.
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