Thursday, September 12, 2013

Mostly kiddo, aka life with a 2-year-old (Project 365 Writing/Photography Challenge; Post #18)

Okay I didn't quit blogging, it just looked like I quit. I have now returned, with a photo from today to show you how my week has been...Our two-year-old was trying to share Papa's chocolate milkshake, and laid on Papa's computer. Yes, the whole orientation was changed with just a touch of his little knee, but it took us adults more time than we care to admit to figure out how to fix it; it did not just change the orientation of web pages, I just took a picture of that to show you. No, the whole thing was changed, desktop and all. Of course the mousepad continued to operate as though the screen wasn't changed though, so let me tell you it was quite a brain-twister trying to use the mouse--up was right, down was left, right was up, and left was down!

I have had a lousy stomach bug of some sort, and to top it off, I had a working interview also. Which actually went very well, they called me back to do a second one next week. I am now sitting here on the couch, apron still on, because I am only taking a slight break from dishwashing. It seemed like every time I had a chance to wash dishes this week, I ended up with something more pressing to do. Well okay, today that thing was a nap. But yesterday that thing was running out and buying diapers. Not only does boy have eczema on his face, arms, and legs, he has now become allergic to almost every diaper out there. I tried the last holdout this week---Toys'R'Us brand; he got the worst rash where the waistband of his diaper contacts his back. So despite the fact that Costco carries Huggies at a very reasonable price, and he has used them for the last year and a half, and we have tried LITERALLY every other brand that isn't "organic, natural and incredibly expensive", we are back to the brand we used when he was tiny--Pampers. They are probably the most expensive non-organic diapers out there, but until he becomes allergic to them, that is what we are using. Yes I'm praying he doesn't become allergic to them too, because the price only goes up from there, at which point I may be tempted to potty-train, which I did not intend to do until he turns three. Sooo many people say it works best to wait until then, especially with boys, and being as I have a boy who is only barely two and still learning to ask for "nilk", I really want to wait...at least until he learns to express himself in two or three words at a time...

Anyway, I gotta get back to work. Those dirty pots I hid in the oven yesterday are not going to wash themselves...



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6 comments:

  1. I guess some boys potty-train early, but (weeping sound) mine didn't. I tried...once at 3 yrs. with the youngest. It was such a terrible 5 days that I gave up and let him take the lead. He basically potty-trained himself at about 3yr 8 mnths. I think it was well worth the wait since it happened at his lead in about 2 days :)

    Good luck with the Pampers :)

    stopping in from P.Y.H.O.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! And thanks for the encouragement, now I definitely won't worry about the potty training for a while...maybe a year :) Pampers are working good so far! (Fingers crossed and knocking on wood...)

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  2. I wouldn't have a clue how to change my computer back from that!

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    1. In case you ever need to :) It was a setting in Nvidia, simple once I found it! :p

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  3. My son will be 3 in November and I haven't had any luck with potty training. He will occasionally use the potty but for the most part he's just not that into it.

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    1. I always remember my youngest brother wouldn't potty train till he was 3--Mom tried EVERYTHING unsuccessfully; then when he had his 3rd birthday she put big boy underwear on him and told him he was too big for diapers. He peed once on himself and it freaked him out so bad that he never did it again! Although I imagine it only worked because he was the kid who fussed like crazy if he got his fingers dirty...it probably wouldn't have made a difference with my other brother who liked to play in the mud :)

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