Since Wil worked so hard getting Ari to use the potty yesterday, I decided to let him sleep in and work with Ari myself.This morning I took his diaper off and instead of letting him roam around naked, I put him in Thomas underwear. He promptly peed on himself and all over the kitchen floor.Grandma [...]
After much nakedness, Wil put Ari in Thomas underwear. Ari ran up to Wil frantically and said:"Daddy underwear, Daddy underwear!Wil rushed him to the toilet, and...he pooped!So Ari got a special prize:
Since I'm bored and depressed, I decided that the next logical step to combat my SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) was to start a project: potty training Ari.This morning, I informed him that I was going to change him."I don't want to change!" He said, a familiar saying of his."What if I told you, you didn't [...]
I don't know whether it's the cold weather or the fact that I am 174 lbs and 33 weeks pregnant or potentially both, but I'm feeling depressed. It also doesn't help that when I woke up this morning the first thing that greeted me was a giant pile of cat vomit.It's hard to move around, [...]
I've never much liked the cold weather. I grew up here, in New York City, and my childhood winters were full of brutally cold weather and of course snow. Though global warming has changed the climate here slightly, winters in New York are still intense. What's worse about them is that these days is that [...]
Today was my 32 week ultrasound. Mint came with me to the appointment and witnessed firsthand that my baby girl is currently measuring 4lbs, stuck her tongue out, and literally put her foot in her mouth multiple times. Clearly she is genetically related to me.At the end of the ultrasound, Mint commented that she was [...]
When you have two people telling you what to do all the time, as Ari does, life can be confusing. In addition to having different personalities, Wil and I also have different parenting styles.I try to be consistent with discipline, particularly time-outs. Yesterday, Ari decided that he didn't want to clean up his toy cars. [...]
Wil and I took Ari on a last minute camping trip this weekend. Okay, to be fair, it wasn't true camping, it was more like staying in a cabin in the woods. This trip was important to me because I'm 32 weeks pregnant, and this would be the last trip that would include just the [...]
