June 1, 2012

TGIF: g*funk*ified Edition

It's time for a guest post....


And it's coming to you today from a super sweet and awesome gal named Greta Funk who calls her blog g*funk*ified!

Greta recently put her sassy pants on and revamped her blog. She has an awesome weekly meme, Great Expectations, which I have written for. Not only is Greta a terrific blogger, but she's also the mom of 4  and getting there hasn't been easy. She lost her first husband and had to pick up the pieces with two little kids. She did, and her life is full and beautiful and happy!

Speaking of HAPPY, here's Greta's....

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I have a lot to be thankful for. A LOT to be happy about. So, why am I writing about potty training??


We started potty training child #3 this week. She’ll be 3 in July. She’s our little celiac, so even if we had wanted to potty train her earlier (and I didn’t. I’m a lazy potty trainer, yo.), we couldn’t have until we had her celiac disease (and bowels) under control.


I’m also a card-carrying member of the potty-train-in-a-weekend-with-a-nekkid-kid-and-a-potty-chair-close-by-at-all-times school. I’ve done this twice before. I’m practically valedictorian.


But day one of potty training the 2 year old? AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. It was the worst potty training experience I’ve had in over four years of potty training. I feel like I should’ve flunked out. FAILED. From the minute she woke up and I took her diaper off, she cried and cried and cried. “But I don’t want to be naked!” (imagine the whiniest voice you’ve heard in your life). All day long, nothing but accidents, crying, whining. The only time she was quiet was when she fell asleep in living room chair, naked from the waist down.
She’s almost three….shouldn’t this be easy?


So, by now you’re asking, where the heck does the HAPPY come into this post? Am I right??


Well, today we got up, came downstairs and I put her on the toilet. She cried. “But I don’t want to be NAKED!” I wasn’t backing down, of course not. Not unless I want to be potty training her until kindergarten.


So, what did I do? I asked her 4 (almost 5) year old sister, who she looks up to, loves with all her little might, and wants to be exactly like, if she would get naked, too. And she was. In 0.2 seconds (because she LOVES to be naked). And the 2yo was happy again. And still naked.


I know this is going to be a long process, but we’re making progress. And maybe we’ll get some pee in the potty today.


Happy TGIF, y’all!
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Oh, the glamorous life of a Mommy! Potty training is F-U-N fun! (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!)

You know what makes ME happy? That both my kids are fully potty trained!

Greta, you tell Essie she'll never regret learning how to go on the toilet. Truth.

Let's see, here are all the places I stalk follow Greta, and so should you....

(You can also look her up on Instagram as gfunkified.)

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PS: Next Tuesday (6/5) is Did You Know? day here and at motherhood: TRUTH! You can share something completely and seriously true, or try to convince us of some BS. Either way, we'd love to see ya!

17 comments:

  1. Oh Greta! I couldn't help but laugh while I read your TGIF post about potty training. I went through it three times and each time had it's moments. My first refused to let go of her bowels unless it was in a diaper. Ahhh!!

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    1. Bruna, it took a LONG time to get my oldest to poop in the toilet. There was MAJOR bribery involved! It's always a new challenge, isn't it?

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  2. You're livin' the dream Greta. LOL Have a great weekend.

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    1. Haha! The dream of Hello Kitty big girl underpants. Yes, yes I am.

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  3. Ah Greta, this is going to be a long weekend for ya! I did the same thing with Little Miss but the boy . . . well he is going to be a harder nut to crack when it comes to potty training.
    Jenn

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    1. Oh Jenn. Long weekend, indeed. She's doing a great job now (so far)!

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  4. Oh how glad I am to be away from that. My youngest gave me a run for my money too. She would pee just fine, but when it came to pooping! Oh boy, you better be prepared to sit for over an hour with her in tears on the potty, not wanting to go in the potty, not wanting to get down and go in her diaper, just stuck in fear of the poop, all sad and pathetic... SO glad that's all done with and she can go all on her own!

    Good luck this weekend!

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    1. Sigh. Thanks. :) My oldest was like that with the poop. After several weeks we finally had to bribe him with a new Thomas the train toy every time he pooped in the toilet. Thankfully after a few times, he got over it. :D

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    1. Oh, thank you, Alison. She's doing better (hallalujah)!

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  6. Ok miss valedictorian, come potty train my kid then. I suck at it. Sooooo lazy.

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    1. Snort. Like I said....wait until they can practically do it on their own, and you're golden. ;)

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  7. Thanks for having me today, Jen! It's easy to see the humor in the process after a while. :D

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    1. Thank you so much for being here, Greta! I <3 U!

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  8. Love the strategically placed stuffed elephant in the naked sleeping child photo :) We had to promise a trip to Disney World to get our youngest to poop in the toilet so I could put her in preschool. We are going in September. Go Greta!

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  9. Girl it is all about the bribery.
    2 words.
    Ice Cream :)
    Trust me.

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  10. Potty training is HARD. It was hardest with my boy, my first born. He was almost 4 by the time he finally had it down. Middle was a little easier but not by much... she did have her fair share of accidents. My youngest on the other hand was a champ. I think, we had maybe three accidents total and that was it. She even gets up in the middle of the night, by herself, to go pee. Good luck. It'll come... which you probably know having potty trained two kids before her. :)

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