potty training Archives - Stories of Our Boys

Exciting News, Dirt Angels, and Checking on Daniel

2016-05-30 aprilmomoffour big family life, parenting, pictures, potty training, summer, toddlers

I’m sitting by the bathroom, making sure JD does not splash while he takes his bath. I can hear some other children of mine downstairs, voicing their disapproval of what I’ve cooked for dinner, and well….I’m thinking perhaps some of my summer vacation plans should be alone….maybe Alan can come, but that’s it. So here’s my EXCITING NEWS. JD suddenly up and decided to start pooping on the potty this week. I’ve died and gone to Heaven, but first, there was […]

DAY ONE OF POTTY TRAINING JD TA-DA!!!

2015-11-21 aprilmomoffour potty training, toddlers

Alan and I agreed that this would be the perfect weekend to begin JD’s potty training. Why? Well, it was because yesterday, while JD was playing quietly in his room, he took off a poopy diaper all by himself, and let’s just say the Lightning McQueen blanket may never be the same… Of course, that was completely forgotten by this morning. I was standing at my sink putting on my face, when JD walked over to the toilet and said, […]

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Dirt boy does not wish to go to the potty.

2015-07-22 aprilmomoffour funny stories, John David, parenting, potty training, toddlers

JD is the definition of “all boy”. He requires 2 baths and 3 sponge-downs/day. He plays in dirt, sand, mud, and water. He’s the easiest toddler in the world because you will hardly hear a grunt out of him all day. He wakes up, and he says, “Dirt?” “You want to go play in the dirt?” “Yeth.” “Sure,” and we open the door to our mini-fence. It is literally a mini-fence. It is the size of a bedroom, and since […]

A Potty Training Pep Talk

2015-07-08 aprilmomoffour parenting, potty training, toddlers

I am not new at this. John David is my fourth boy, my fourth go-round. This is nothing new for me. I should not be intimidated by this at all. Right????? Wrong. There are some things in life that you dread more with experience. As a first-time mom, I had no idea the things that can happen during potty training. How could anyone know these things? I was just stumped as to where to even begin. Now that I’ve had […]

New Year’s Check Up

2014-01-05 aprilmomoffour being frugal, books, exercise, potty training, toddlers

Goal: Be anywhere near as happy as Dan…That’d be great! As I wrote in a previous post, my goal for 2014 is to chill. I want to calm down, enjoy my children, and not get all worked up about a bunch of stuff that doesn’t even matter all that much! I was doing pretty great on day one, but then January 2nd hit, and Alan went back to work. I don’t think ‘calm’ or ‘happy’ would be the […]

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The World of my 2 Year Old

2014-01-03 aprilmomoffour potty training, toddlers

This was SO EXCITING, ya’ll. Now that JD can sit and play with toys, Daniel is beginning to view him as a buddy. : ) They played in Dan’s room together (as in close by, simultaneously playing) for 30 minutes today. Daniel was having a ball putting Lightning McQueen in and out of the Mac trucks while JD LOVED the shape sorter. He kept grabbing it, shaking it, and throwing it. Dan has three months left of being […]

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What a week we have had: Toddler mom Stories

2013-11-03 aprilmomoffour little boys, pictures, potty training, toddlers

This past week was a seriously crazy one. Monday: We drove into the city for Daniel’s “My ears hurt” doc appointment. It turned out his ears were totally fine. If only I knew how to check for ear infections! I could spare myself so many doc appointments! Then we came home, picked up Joshua from half day school, and stayed home until Monday night Yoga class. I squeezed in laundry and household chores where I could. […]

I Have Four Small Children and a little trouble getting to Solla Sollew!!!!!!!!

2013-09-19 aprilmomoffour books, hard times, little boys, parenting, potty training

I guess toddlers are kind of like cats. Put a box down, and in they go. Today little John David turns 3 months old. I have no adorable new photo to post. Check out Tuesday’s post for that. He still looks the same. ; ) I have no exciting new milestone news to share, and I have no energy. I DO have a horrible case of hay fever. Do you know what’s harder than taking care of […]

Potty Training (guest post by Daniel, age 2)

2013-04-05 aprilmomoffour Daniel, potty training

This has been a most exciting week at our house. It all started Sunday, church day, when we found baskets of toys and candy just sitting on the kitchen table!!! It had the most delicious food I have ever tasted in these little plastic eggs. We all went to church, just like every Sunday. I cried when Daddy dropped me off, but as soon as he couldn’t see me I started to play. They have really cool […]