Potty 101: Just Say No to Pull-Ups

I did not listen. Three years ago, when I potty trained by oldest daughter, I vowed never again to use Pull Ups. I have nothing against them personally. My experience is that they just don't work. When we were young, we all learned in training pants and there was a reason we did. In my mind, Pull Ups just prolong the agony. Oh, I tried the learning designs and cool sensations varieties this go round, and in the beginning they were a novelty and Miss A thought of them as underpants, so she actively started participating in the whole process. At some point though, she must have realized that they work just as well as diapers, so why bother with the toilet.

A few weeks ago, I casually discussed potty training with my daughter's day care teacher. Imagine my horror to discover that every child in the class was trained except my daughter, and some of the kids were younger! I went home that Thursday night in a sweat and put her immediately in training underpants. The next night started a weekend of Potty Boot Camp. We stayed at home the whole weekend and put her on the toilet every 20 minutes. She did rather well with only a few accidents. The next Monday she wore underpants to school and she has ever since. She has had a few of the nasty accidents (if you know what I mean), but she has now seemed to master that bodily function as well. This coming weekend, we are going to the mall to pick up the potty prize that she picked out for herself - - beautiful silver glittery dress up shoes from the Cinderella collection at the Disney store.

Three Chickadees

If you're reading this blog, you'll hear mention of Three Chickadees. What is it you ask? It's a company that 2 friends and I started two years ago. Since we're all from Fairfield County, the headquarters of preppydom, it seemed natural that we do something that we all enjoyed ourselves and fun, preppy ribbon accessories was the answer. We knew that they'd at least sell around here, as preppy styling never went out of vogue in the 70's like it did in most of the rest of the county. As luck would have it, to cooincide with the launch of our website (www.threechickadees.com), preppy ribbon watches and belts came back in fashion. Don't they say that if you keep something long enough if will eventually come back in style?

Why a Blog?

I honestly have no reason, other than the fact that I know that my husband does not listen when I relay stories. Oh, he pretends to be paying attention, but then I'll mention something a couple of days later, and it's like I told him something for the first time. I joked that I would get a blog so that he won't have to pretend that he's listening any more. He can just read my blog when and if he wants.