Adventures in parenting and in life!
Posted in city living, family life, green living, keilani and malia on Jul 18th, 2008
When you are a family of four with two children under the age of two! (OK, my eldest is almost 2.5, but was just potty-trained recently (if you’re interested in those sordid details you can click here for the previous posts on that!).
My husband and I (OK, particularly my husband, but I am learning [...]
Posted in family life, keilani and malia on Jul 17th, 2008
I have a mini-me, and her name is Keilani! It starts at 5:45AM when I am awakened by my mini-me wanting to “sleep in Mommy’s bed, yes?”. (My mini-me is also working on some Jedi-mind tricks that she must have learned from her Star Wars-loving Daddy — she phrases each of her questions [...]
Posted in keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 17th, 2008
Today Keilani had one accident late in the evening over at a friend’s house for dinner (she pooped in her pants). I think she was just so excited and having so much fun that she didn’t quite make it! Also, there was another toddler there, her new friend Boobaby, and Boobaby was naturally [...]
Posted in keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 15th, 2008
Day 11 marked our second day in a row of NO ACCIDENTS! Hip hip, HOORAY! Keilani peed successfully many times at home and out-and-about and it was a very busy day with lots of new toilets to conquer. Could we really be on the way to having her potty-trained?
Posted in keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 15th, 2008
Day 7
In short, no, Keilani did not pee for our nanny on Day 7 of potty-training. She sat on the potty with our nanny at the playground three times before leaving to come home but didn’t go…until she went in her pants while standing on the back of the stroller on the way home. [...]
Posted in city living, family life, keilani and malia, working mama on Jul 15th, 2008
…your two-year-old’s most favorite game to play is “Let’s find parking!”.
It’s true…Keilani has recently discovered the magic of pretend-play, thanks I’m sure to her new friend Boobaby, and her most favorite game (aside from pretend calling her favorite people on the phone, which is adorable) is “Let’s find parking!”.
To play “Let’s find parking!”, Keilani pushes [...]
Posted in keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 10th, 2008
Keilani pooped in the potty today!
For all of you non-parents out there reading this, if you haven’t already done so you can safely and blissfully skip all of these “potty” posts! I certainly would have before I had kids of my own! Believe me, I never thought I would ever have this much [...]
Posted in keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 9th, 2008
Today is Day Five of “Just One Day” potty-training. I am cautiously optimistic about this potty-training process now and think (hope) that Keilani may actually be “getting it”! She initiates going pee in the potty almost every time (except for the random accident or two) although she has yet to successfully poop on [...]
Posted in family life, keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 8th, 2008
…the saga continues!
Day Four of potty-training again met with mixed success. On the previous evening Keilani watched a DVD that we had purchased called “Potty Power” and lo and behold, she LOVES this DVD! This is a girl who has shown absolutely no interest in television or videos whatsoever her entire life, but [...]
Posted in family life, keilani and malia, potty training on Jul 7th, 2008
OK, I admit it… like many Americans these days in search of “better faster cheaper” I fell prey to a book (supported by Dr. Phil, though!) that proclaims to “Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day!”. Yes, my first name is Susan, spelled S-U-C-K-E-R.
Honestly, though, reading about this approach it [...]
