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Potty Training My 2yr. Old

February 26th, 2013 . Posted in bySarrahbaby | No Comments »
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So before I get into day one of potty training Elizabeth, let me just state that she is the most stubborn child I have ever met.

Anyways, we decided to enroll Elizabeth in the school that Amber is going to; she cannot start until August. When they are 3 years old they have to be somewhat if not completely potty trained. The school does make some exceptions and will help out with it a bit. So with that being said, we went and bought a potty seat that is attached to your toilet seat. As of this morning I decided to put panties on her so when she has an “accident” she will feel the wet panties on herself and maybe she wont like it. I did this with Amber and it worked great.

I had sat the girls down to draw self portraits and about 5 minutes later Elizabeth said she had to go potty. When I sat her on the potty she was fine for about 6 or 7 minutes and then she started to get upset. Needless to say she did not go pee in the potty. So I took her off the potty but made her keep her panties on. I put the girls in the living room and put a leapfrog show on the television. It had probably been about 10-15 minutes when I heard Elizabeth start freaking out. I went into the living room to see what was going on and she was grabbing at her private area and screaming that she was wet. I can tell all ready she does not like the feeling of the wet panties; hopefully this will work.

I had Elizabeth go into her bedroom with me to change her panties and clothes. When we got in there I told her that she had to be a big girl now if she wanted to go to school. I explained to her that she had to let me or daddy know when she had to go pee or poo so we could put her on the potty.

Now it is nap time so I have her in a diaper but when she wakes up she has to go back in panties. Let’s hope this works out. Hopefully I have time to update later tonight on how the rest of day went.

Life as a married mommy

February 18th, 2013 . Posted in bySarrahbaby, relationships/marriage/dating, vent/rant, women | No Comments »
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So as you all know I am married to David. Now, for some people when you have children that is what you are; a mom. Some people forget that they are wives, or significant others as well. So I have decided to write about how I feel as a wife and how I feel things have changed. I have been married to David for 3 years as of April 10th. When we first met in 2008 he was so affectionate. He wanted to sit next to me and cuddle. I would get compliments on my eyes or how nice I looked. I could lay down with him and watch a movie. Nowadays I have to go up and hug and kiss him; I have to ask if I can lay on the couch with him and then I have to hear him complain (he says its a joke) and be uncomfortable; if I dress up or do my hair and make up just to do it I get asked why I did it not get told how nice I look; I never hear how nice my eyes are or any type of compliments. What I am trying to say is that I miss the new relationship feeling and everything that comes with it. I do not know what to do about this. I keep telling David he is not very affectionate. I keep asking David to be nicer and/or more affectionate. I get none of this. I do not think he understands that I am serious. I just do not know how to tell him I want the new relationship feeling when we are not in a new relationship. I do not want him to think that I want to be in a new different relationship. I just feel so lost and alone right now. I never thought I would feel so alone being married. What to do? I am writing this to reach out to other married mothers or mothers in serious relationships. How do you balance your relationship and children? How do you keep the romance alive with children? It is like ever since we had children it is no big deal to be affectionate. It makes me sad.

A Day In The Life..

December 22nd, 2012 . Posted in bySarrahbaby, day-to-day life | No Comments »
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This is my first post about a day in my life as a mom of three girls, a wife, and someone who stays at home. I don’t know how this will go because, in my opinion, my life is boring but I am hoping someone will get something out of it. Anyways, let me begin..

I woke up this morning after getting up twice in the middle of the night for my youngest to eat (8 months old) actually feeling like I got a good night sleep. I thought to myself, hey this might actually be a good day. I was wrong. Terribly wrong lol. My middle child, Elizabeth, woke up first. She woke up in a horrible mood. She was so mean and cranky. As soon as I brought Elizabeth out into the living room my middle child, Amber, woke up as well. So here I have two little girls who fight all the time cranky. Next thing I know I have a fight on my hands. Amber sits down to read a book and Elizabeth decides she wants the book.

Right now, my husband, David, and I, have been trying hard to find the right form of discipline to get through to our children because they have been out of whack lately.

So this time we tried just sitting them on opposite couches to calm down and wake up a little bit more. Well, this did not work. Anyone have any other ideas other than timeout, spanking, yelling, or taking things away??

So anyways the morning goes on and I keep trying to get the girls to calm down and be nicer and get along and listen so on and so forth. Lunch time comes around and the girls are still acting insane. Of course I can’t eat lunch until they get laid down for a nap because I will never get to finish it lol. So I sit the girls down and give them some Chicken Noodle Soup. Elizabeth throws it on the floor and Amber only eats two bites. So lately I am trying to get it across to them that they have to eat what I give them when I give it to them. They think they should be able to eat whatever, whenever, and wherever they want. So I put them down for their nap about 30 minutes early. Elizabeth goes right to sleep and Amber never takes her nap.

Luckily, and unluckily, David is laid off at the moment so he could stay home while they were napping (Chloe too) and I could go to the grocery store to get food for Christmas Dinner and my grandfather’s birthday dinner tomorrow night. THE GROCERY STORE IS JAMMMMMM PACKED!! I couldn’t even get to all of the things I needed because the store is so packed. Luckily when I come home the girls are still napping so I can grab a quick lunch and spend some time with David. That is what I wish happened anyways.

When I came home David was organizing things in the house and I got to work washing dishes and the counter tops. After about 30 minutes of that all three of my girls wake up. At that point I thought I would never get anything done. LUCKILY, my mom stopped by and I let her watch the girls in the living room while I got some laundry put in the washer/dryer and I finished up in the kitchen. NOW I can sit down.

Chloe is playing nicely in her jumper, Elizabeth and Amber are getting in trouble every few minutes. I cannot get these children to quit acting like this. And talk about RUDE. My oldest daughter out of nowhere has obtained the rudest nastiest attitude ever. It is horrible. Anyone else dealing or has dealt with this?? Please give me some advice lol. So we make the girls sit on opposite couches again and put a movie on for them. At that point it was time for me to start dinner. Holy geez non stop work lol. I have to keep leaving the kitchen to get onto the girls to leave Chloe and her jumper alone and to stop fighting because my Mom is playing on her cell phone lol. So dinner was suppose to be Italian Sausage. I had 6 links of it and 3 out of the 6 ended up burnt. Bleh.

What a day. Finally though we got to all sit down for Italian sausage, buttery pasta, and steamed green beans. It was a good dinner. Then the girls went off to play and I started dishes. David kept on organizing things this whole time by the way lol. Finally it is bed time (mommy relaxation time haha).

I sit down and play Call of Duty Modern Warfare with David for a little while and now as I write this he is watching How I Met Your Mother. I am going to sign off for now because I am exhausted from the kids behavior, shopping, and cleaning. Hopefully someone can give me some advice about the kids or hopefully someone got something from this. Like, life is exhausting being a mom but totally worth it. Good night all 🙂

Life With Two Girls

November 10th, 2010 . Posted in bySarrahbaby | No Comments »

So as of August 26th I am a mommy of two girls and Amber is a big sister! I was worried about how Amber would react to not being the only child anymore. She has always had all of the attention from EVERYONE! Not only that but she rarely is around other kids so she is not used to having to share her toys. So when Elizabeth finally got to come home Amber was so confused. She loves Elizabeth to death. She will walk up and give Elizabeth kisses and hugs but she does NOT like it when other people are holding her. If someone is holding Elizabeth, Amber will get upset and either whine or cry until they pick her up to or put Elizabeth down. Although she is jealous, Amber also does not like to hear Elizabeth cry. Whenever Elizabeth cries it really upsets Amber. So I do not know what the normal interaction is for a toddler having a new baby in the house but I think she is doing pretty good.

I love being a mommy and I love both of my girls with all of my heart…BUT….I feel like I am losing my mind. I spend some of the time at night and some time during the day crying because I just get so frustrated. I do not know how to take care of both of their needs at one time. I always feel bad when I am feeding Elizabeth and Amber needs something because I cannot help her right at that moment….BLAH Hopefully it will get better soon.

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