Showing posts with label mothering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mothering. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Potty training might just kill me!

I love this boy

He has had a very special place in my heart since the day he was born...

But potty training him might just kill me.

He's a LATE bloomer, he's not interested, he just really doesn't give a bleep about it. Preston turned 3 in June making him almost 3 1/2 and he still isn't potty trained. We have exhausted every idea, read every book or blog, we've sung songs, we've cried, yelled :(, begged, pleaded, and bribed, now were exhausted and he still isn't any closer to going on the potty. Oh yes, he knows how to go pee pee and poo poo on the potty thats not the issue. Honestly I just think he doesn't want to grow up.

Any moms out there with stubborn kidsboys please give your advise in the comment area.

Thursday, November 1, 2012


What’s your greatest fear?
I remember before I was a mom I had fears about who I was going to be or what I was doing with my life. Looking back I had no idea, A fear is so much more when its fear for someone else.
As a mom my greatest fear whole-heartedly surrounds my children. I worry so much about the life I am giving them, am I doing enough, are they happy enough, and what is enough.
My oldest was born smart. She has always learned and thrived. So we push her, I worry sometime we push too much. I worry we focus on things that don’t really matter and she’ll grow up sad and missing something.
My middle child is hardheaded and stubborn. We do a lot of things his way.
I hate to say it but the youngest or as I so lovingly refer to him, as “the baby” is just that my baby. I know children are supposed to be different so we treat them as such but are we doing enough.
Being a parent is hard. I don’t think it’s the act of being a parent that makes it hard it’s the not knowing how you are doing. The hardest part about being a parent is you don’t know if you’ve done a good job until its too late until they are grown and on their own to make decisions.