have gone potty here!
So, you’ve decided to go and give the early potty training a try. Don’t do it blindly... Get more then one potty!
Your 'Little Pooper' or 'Betsy Wetsy' may not like one particular brand of potty, or prefer another. They may even prefer to use Mommy and Daddy’s potty - or you could get the 'precious' potty trainee who likes to switch between different potties.
Our little 'Lord Poopenmeister' preferred one that had a cushy seat, which also happens to act a seat that can be added to the big toilet. It’s a combo.
The bonus up-shot of having extra potties is that you can keep them in various rooms and even have ones for 'the go' when you're 'on the go.'
Yes, I did say 'on the go.' As an adult, there's nothing more relaxing then going to a public restroom where we are most comfortable going about our business. If we enjoy 'the go' while 'on the go' then so will the little ones. Don’t sabotage yourself with laziness or fear of public toilets.
Putting diapers back on your child after you have started potty training is smart for traveling and nighttime, but if you insist they use a diaper while out and about, simply because you're going to the mall or a restaurant and 'going potty' will only complicate things, you're sabotaging all your potty training progress - and lead to confusion and frustration for your little one.
I mean, think about how you'd feel if you'd mastered 'pooping' and 'peeing' in a potty, but whenever you were out and about, Mommy or Daddy insisted you 'go' in your diaper, contradicting everything they'd tried to teach you.
So travel potties and toilet seat liners, as well as wet wipes, are a must for 'traveling poopers.'
Hey, like I said, I'm not a nut - you don’t have to go completely diaper free. Just don’t insist your child use the diaper when they say "I want Potty."
And there's an upshot to carrying around potty supplies, like a package of Luvs brand wipes. Both my husband and I think going about our own 'potty business' while out and about is much more pleasant when we have baby supplies to use ourselves! Luvs wipes make a much more sanitary experience when using public restrooms!
Not to mention, public restrooms generally don't have that comfy 2-ply paper we love to use at home. So think about your potty adventures from your child's point of view. If you wouldn't be comfy in a particular 'potty predicament,' your kid most likely won't be either!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Poop Talk: Why I started the Potty Diaries
Let's face it, once you have kids, poop is almost a part of every conversation.
It ranges in topics from the color, size, and frequency of your infant's poop to the smell. I once freaked my husband out by comparing our newborn's poop smell to buttery popcorn! He wasn't so much as grossed out as freaked that I was right.
It got so bad that it became the running joke: That when we smelt popcorn baking, it was time to change the baby.
(And just for the record, the stage of those 'pleasant' smelling Number Twos doesn't last long!)
Urine generally doesn't have a smell in infants; their diaper just gets puffy or you can tell they need a change when they pee through everything (although by then, it's a little late!)
When our son was first born, he kept peeing through every kind of diaper we tried. It was his unique baby superpower. It made me wonder why I used diapers at all.
In fact, we almost considered not using them. I'd once seen this TV program about something called 'Elimination Communication' or 'EC.' It's real and you can Wiki it.
Apparently, right from birth some women potty train their infants. Stranger yet, they all say it works - and they think their infants prefer it.
I originally dismissed this idea as coming from a crazy mother with too much time on her hands. I now regret having not tried it.
You may think; "how can you know if an infant prefers using the potty instead of a diaper?"
Well, I'm not going to ask if you ever peed your pants recently, but whether you did or not, you can probably imagine how uncomfortable it is! Apparently, infants inherently feel the same about soiled clothes - hence why cloth diapered babies tend to get potty trained sooner than disposable diapered babies.
So, now that my baby is just now over one year old, I am tired of spending loads on diapers - so we're going 'potty' about the toilet, loo, throne or what ever you wish to call it.
It ranges in topics from the color, size, and frequency of your infant's poop to the smell. I once freaked my husband out by comparing our newborn's poop smell to buttery popcorn! He wasn't so much as grossed out as freaked that I was right.
It got so bad that it became the running joke: That when we smelt popcorn baking, it was time to change the baby.
(And just for the record, the stage of those 'pleasant' smelling Number Twos doesn't last long!)
Urine generally doesn't have a smell in infants; their diaper just gets puffy or you can tell they need a change when they pee through everything (although by then, it's a little late!)
When our son was first born, he kept peeing through every kind of diaper we tried. It was his unique baby superpower. It made me wonder why I used diapers at all.
In fact, we almost considered not using them. I'd once seen this TV program about something called 'Elimination Communication' or 'EC.' It's real and you can Wiki it.
Apparently, right from birth some women potty train their infants. Stranger yet, they all say it works - and they think their infants prefer it.
I originally dismissed this idea as coming from a crazy mother with too much time on her hands. I now regret having not tried it.
You may think; "how can you know if an infant prefers using the potty instead of a diaper?"
Well, I'm not going to ask if you ever peed your pants recently, but whether you did or not, you can probably imagine how uncomfortable it is! Apparently, infants inherently feel the same about soiled clothes - hence why cloth diapered babies tend to get potty trained sooner than disposable diapered babies.
So, now that my baby is just now over one year old, I am tired of spending loads on diapers - so we're going 'potty' about the toilet, loo, throne or what ever you wish to call it.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Locks will be lopped to help Meg’s charity
Locks will be lopped to help Meg’s charity
Winchester/Head shave set to raise £5,000 for Brainstrust
First published January 25th 2007
A RECEPTIONIST is going to hair raising lengths to support a charity which helps people with brain diseases.
Tina Hulme has promised to shave her head completely bald if she can raise £5,000 for King’s Somborne-based charity, Brainstrust.
The 28-year-old, who also plans to auction her luxurious black locks after they have been shorn, was inspired to take the big step after hearing about Meg Jones.
Meg’s mother Helen Bulbeck set up Brainstrust after the 21-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 18. Mrs Bulbeck set out to raise £50,000 to send her daughter stateside for pioneering surgery.
In October last year, the charity reached its goal and is now fund-raising to help others with brain tumours and ultimately, set up a centre to carry out the pioneering surgery in the UK.
Mrs Hulme, whose hair will be auctioned to make a wig or extensions for a cancer victim, said she immediately felt like she wanted to help when she read Meg’s story.
Mrs Hulme, who is originally from New York, and works for the Hampshire Chronicle Group, said: “My heart went out to Meg because she has to travel to another country to have life saving surgery when the operation should be more readily available closer to home.
“So here we are raising money to bring it to the UK.” Mrs Hulme, whose friend died of multiple brain tumours when she was in her teens, added that she was not precious about her hair or how she would look after the shave. She added: “I’m a bit nervous about how I’ll look afterwards, but the truth of the
matter is that so many cancer survivors go through some degree of hair loss after treatment. “A lot of the time theirs doesn’t grow back. For me, not having hair for a short while is worth what it will bring in
return.”
If she does not manage to raise £5,000 she will shave her hair into a short pixie cut but will not go completely bald.
Mrs Bulbeck, who was diagnosed with cancer just weeks after finding out she had raised enough money for her daughter’s surgery, has recently lost some of her own hair due to her radiotherapy treatment.
The mum-of-two said: “I’m absolutely amazed by the length people are going to to support the charity and Meg. “For women, their hair is actually a part of their personality, and I’m just delighted that Tina’s doing this.”
Mrs Bulbeck finished her radiotherapy treatment last Friday, and said she is beginning to feel better.
She has also suffered weight loss as well as problems with her mouth and ear, but is now on the road to recovery.
To sponsor Mrs Hulme visit www.justgiving.com/tinahair or visit www.brainstrust.org.uk.
- Laure Downton
Winchester/Head shave set to raise £5,000 for Brainstrust
First published January 25th 2007
A RECEPTIONIST is going to hair raising lengths to support a charity which helps people with brain diseases.Tina Hulme has promised to shave her head completely bald if she can raise £5,000 for King’s Somborne-based charity, Brainstrust.
The 28-year-old, who also plans to auction her luxurious black locks after they have been shorn, was inspired to take the big step after hearing about Meg Jones.
Meg’s mother Helen Bulbeck set up Brainstrust after the 21-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 18. Mrs Bulbeck set out to raise £50,000 to send her daughter stateside for pioneering surgery.
In October last year, the charity reached its goal and is now fund-raising to help others with brain tumours and ultimately, set up a centre to carry out the pioneering surgery in the UK.
Mrs Hulme, whose hair will be auctioned to make a wig or extensions for a cancer victim, said she immediately felt like she wanted to help when she read Meg’s story.
Mrs Hulme, who is originally from New York, and works for the Hampshire Chronicle Group, said: “My heart went out to Meg because she has to travel to another country to have life saving surgery when the operation should be more readily available closer to home.
“So here we are raising money to bring it to the UK.” Mrs Hulme, whose friend died of multiple brain tumours when she was in her teens, added that she was not precious about her hair or how she would look after the shave. She added: “I’m a bit nervous about how I’ll look afterwards, but the truth of the
matter is that so many cancer survivors go through some degree of hair loss after treatment. “A lot of the time theirs doesn’t grow back. For me, not having hair for a short while is worth what it will bring in
return.”
If she does not manage to raise £5,000 she will shave her hair into a short pixie cut but will not go completely bald.
Mrs Bulbeck, who was diagnosed with cancer just weeks after finding out she had raised enough money for her daughter’s surgery, has recently lost some of her own hair due to her radiotherapy treatment.
The mum-of-two said: “I’m absolutely amazed by the length people are going to to support the charity and Meg. “For women, their hair is actually a part of their personality, and I’m just delighted that Tina’s doing this.”
Mrs Bulbeck finished her radiotherapy treatment last Friday, and said she is beginning to feel better.
She has also suffered weight loss as well as problems with her mouth and ear, but is now on the road to recovery.
To sponsor Mrs Hulme visit www.justgiving.com/tinahair or visit www.brainstrust.org.uk.
- Laure Downton
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Los Amigos; Restaurant Review
Restaurant Review
First published Hampshire Chronicle 25th July 2006
Los Amigos, 72 St George’s Street, Winchester, 01962 869966
Two foodie friends have become a palatable pair – at Los Amigos restaurant, St George’s Street, Winchester.
City diners are used to the sight of a restaurant on the corner – until recently Lillos – and the two friends, Vincenzo and Carlos, are two former employees who decided to strike out on their own.
Los Amigos is Spanish for “friends”, and reflects Vincenzo and Carlos’ own relationship. Taking the best from their years in the business, they’ve created a unique Mediterranean menu which adopts the créme of both Spanish and Italian cuisine.
Vincenzo found us a table on opening night, when he was fully booked and barely prepared. Nevertheless, the personal attention was impressive. He delivered olives and garlic bread, freshly prepared and designed to tease the taste buds.We followed that with a shared starter, the mozzarella en carroza, pan-friend mozzarella cheese served with delicious marinara sauce and fresh salad.
My husband and I followed with sardinas a la plancha, an odd choice for both of us, as we are not really fish fans. But it was a real test of the food – if something you know you don’t like turns out good, the restaurant must have something going for it. Los Amigos passed the test. The beautifully cooked and tasty fish was veritably devoured.
As an American Italian by birth, my standards were too impossibly high to try one of the pasta dishes, but I sampled my husband’s Vitello de la Milanese and was pleasantly surprised. Main course for me was pato a la campera, duck breast, served with baked black cherries. I was especially impressed by the vegetables, full of flavour and cooked ‘al dente’ – a culinary technique so often missed in England.
From the perspective of a former New York waitress, I know that one can never judge a restaurant from a single experience. So a week later we returned to give Vincenzo and Carlos another run for their money.
On that occasion we ordered the calamari to start, which was a little salty, but still delicious when combined with the marinara dip from the fried mozzarella tapas. This was followed by Carlos' trademark seafood paella for me. My husband, being a little more conservative this time, tried the solomillo de lomo, pork steaks cooked with melted cheese and spinach. It tasted delicious.We washed this down with a bottle of Tempranillo from the inexpensive, but appealing, wine list.
The overall impression of Los Amigos is overwhelmingly good. Vincenzo and Carlos both put their hearts and souls into their restaurant, and the personal attention along with the delicious, inexpensive food, suggest that they are going to be here to stay, offering high standards of cooking without the gourmet price tag.
The friends are usually on hand, and invite suggestions to improve their menu. But my suggestion is to make your reservations now, before the restaurant becomes too popular.
First published Hampshire Chronicle 25th July 2006
Los Amigos, 72 St George’s Street, Winchester, 01962 869966
Two foodie friends have become a palatable pair – at Los Amigos restaurant, St George’s Street, Winchester.
City diners are used to the sight of a restaurant on the corner – until recently Lillos – and the two friends, Vincenzo and Carlos, are two former employees who decided to strike out on their own.
Los Amigos is Spanish for “friends”, and reflects Vincenzo and Carlos’ own relationship. Taking the best from their years in the business, they’ve created a unique Mediterranean menu which adopts the créme of both Spanish and Italian cuisine.
Vincenzo found us a table on opening night, when he was fully booked and barely prepared. Nevertheless, the personal attention was impressive. He delivered olives and garlic bread, freshly prepared and designed to tease the taste buds.We followed that with a shared starter, the mozzarella en carroza, pan-friend mozzarella cheese served with delicious marinara sauce and fresh salad.
My husband and I followed with sardinas a la plancha, an odd choice for both of us, as we are not really fish fans. But it was a real test of the food – if something you know you don’t like turns out good, the restaurant must have something going for it. Los Amigos passed the test. The beautifully cooked and tasty fish was veritably devoured.
As an American Italian by birth, my standards were too impossibly high to try one of the pasta dishes, but I sampled my husband’s Vitello de la Milanese and was pleasantly surprised. Main course for me was pato a la campera, duck breast, served with baked black cherries. I was especially impressed by the vegetables, full of flavour and cooked ‘al dente’ – a culinary technique so often missed in England.
From the perspective of a former New York waitress, I know that one can never judge a restaurant from a single experience. So a week later we returned to give Vincenzo and Carlos another run for their money.
On that occasion we ordered the calamari to start, which was a little salty, but still delicious when combined with the marinara dip from the fried mozzarella tapas. This was followed by Carlos' trademark seafood paella for me. My husband, being a little more conservative this time, tried the solomillo de lomo, pork steaks cooked with melted cheese and spinach. It tasted delicious.We washed this down with a bottle of Tempranillo from the inexpensive, but appealing, wine list.
The overall impression of Los Amigos is overwhelmingly good. Vincenzo and Carlos both put their hearts and souls into their restaurant, and the personal attention along with the delicious, inexpensive food, suggest that they are going to be here to stay, offering high standards of cooking without the gourmet price tag.
The friends are usually on hand, and invite suggestions to improve their menu. But my suggestion is to make your reservations now, before the restaurant becomes too popular.
–Tina Hulme
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