In my days pre-motherhood I used to say “I love a challenge” but I wish sometimes I hadn’t uttered such words. With Little Bean it was (and still is) her picky eating which drives us crazy, with Beanie Boy we struggled for the longest time to wean him from breast to bottle and then we … Read more
New research from Andrex has revealed that 63% of parents don’t think their little ones are fully ready to clean themselves properly after the toilet, without parental supervision before they go to school for the first time and 40% admitted to still wiping their child’s bottom well past their first year at primary school – … Read more
A few weeks ago I blogged that we had attempted to potty train Beanie Boy over the summer holidays but we hadn’t felt he was clicking with it so we were putting it on the back-burner for a while. From reading the “How to Potty Train” book I implemented the changes as it suggested; We … Read more
There are two parts to motherhood that I have to admit I’m not a big fan of; weaning and potty training! Weaning I suppose is a pretty obvious one given the fun and games I’ve had with Little Bean but when it comes to potty training I shouldn’t really be bothered about it at all … Read more
It is almost one year since we began Potty training with Little Bean and she did amazingly well, within 2-3 weeks she had got it sorted in the daytime and within 2 months was also out of nappies at night. We were so proud of her and she was extremely proud of herself. All has … Read more
My Carry Potty has definitely made potty training much easier, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to parents.
I’ve had quite an up and down week this week, but let’s celebrate the good things that have happened so here goes with this week’s Reasons to be cheerful:
The Easter break seemed like the perfect opportunity to start potty training Little Bean, how easy would it be to get her to do wees on the potty?
Oh yes, you may well laugh at my little story, but let me tell you I certainly didn’t! I guess I should have seen it coming – about a week ago Little Bean started a new ritual, one that I wasn’t overly happy about. Each morning when she wakes, she goes downstairs with Daddy to … Read more