Greatest Mother's Gift!

I know it is not a very pleasant gift for anyone who doesn't know the true meaning of it but it means a lot to me. On the 10th May, 2011 my son finally poop on his own using the toilet bowl. Hurrrrayyyyy!!! no more diapers....

Now whenever he wants to pee or poo, he just calls me and I will lead him to the toilet. He is still not big enough to climb the giant bowl. So, he will do with a little help.

I was planning to train him right after we moved (last year, November) but I was so busy tidying the house to make it feel more like home that I put behind his potty training until recently. Off and on I do read with him a book about potty training to make him understand.

I know the quickest way to train him is to let him wear pants and let him have a few accidents. I wasn't prepared to let him poop or pee on the floor because I don't want the house to smell like toilet and it will be more work for me. I have enough cracked and rough fingers from doing all the washing, I just want to let them rest. So, finally when I read the book "Potty Train Your Child In Just One Day:Proven Secrets Of The Potty Pro" by Terri Crane, I brave myself up to let him put on the pants. But before that, I followed some of Terri Crane's method and that is to keep on repeating and telling him about how to use the toilet and when to go. I even have him follow me to the toilet to do my pee thing. But later we had an opportunity to go to a friend's house and their son showed us how he did his pee.

From then on, I just keep on telling him the same things and praise him when he pee in his potty. Finally, I think he gave in. I use "gave in" because I think he knew all along where to go for his pee or poo but because of the convenience of a diaper, he just took advantage of it.

So, to get a toddler to potty train himself fast you need:

1) Give him the knowledge. read to him books about potty training, seeing other toddlers do it. They are more willing to follow toddlers who go to toilet by themselves.

2) Once you feel you have feed him/ her enough knowledge. Then go ahead let him use pants. Good Luck!




Tags: mother's gift, toddler potty training, potty, diaper

Sick Month of April

That is right. All three of us, my husband, me and my baby all down with flu. And who gets the worst sickness? Me. I was so dissappointed because I thought I have a better immune system.

I have never thought that being a stay-at-home mum could be this tough when one is sick. I was so sick that I just want to curl up on the bed and sleep the whole day. But that cannot happen because I have to cook, clean and take care of the family. For that few days I only get to do minimal things like cook for my baby, clean up my baby's mess, cook dinner and pop VCDs for my baby to watch. I know he must be very bored and angry as to why his mum didn't play with him for that few days. Poor darling!

I thought I have a better immune system that I restrict myself from going to the clinic and rely solely on Manuka honey. It come to a point where my throat worsen that it feels too tight to shove down any food. Then later I shed pus at the corner of my eyes and I can't sleep because of the sickness and because I scared my two year old will be as worst as me. Turn out he has a very mild flu whereas later I had to see the doctor and was told I had a fever. I feel so defeated when I have to visit the doctor over some flu, a serious one and it also prove that my experiment on manuka honey fails. Well, I should think that manuka honey is still great. Maybe its because I ran out of it fast that I tend to take less teaspoon.

So, after two weeks recovering, I am down with a cold. But this time I recover fast enough taking more frequent manuka honey and bought a new one. This time with a stronger UMF 30+.