Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Day 2 of potty training

It's amazing what one full day of potty training and being consistent can do. When Braydon got up this morning I put big boy underpants on him and took him to the potty.We went to the potty every half hor and he did excellent. Only a few accidents during the day and those were just poopy diapers. Now I need to get him comfortable with doing that in the toilet!

Giveaway

So I belong to several sites online that offer giveaways. While I normally do not enter because I never believe I'll win anything, I've changed my mind. As most of you know I'm really into photography and love Nikon products. So when I came across a giveaway for a new camera I jumped. In order to gain more entries I was asked to post about it to my blog. So that is the reason for this post. And now back to really scheduled blogs!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Day 1 Potty Training

 

Today we really started potty training Braydon. We had tried before and took all the steps, but he just didn't want to do it, he fought us tooth and nail. But after hearing about the 3 day potty training method I decided to really try hard and not give in. It was about time no more excuses. If we want to get him into preschool in the fall then he needs to be out of diapers and using the toilet. 

When Braydon is awake we keep him in underwear, but when he goes down for naps or bed time it's back to the diaper. We want to make sure he stays dry for most of the day and tackle the naps and night time later. 

He did good most of the day he sat on the toilet every thirty minutes, had four accidents and six successes. The major accident was when he pooped in his underpants! Overall I think he did good. The one thing I noticed was that when the timer went off and he refused to sit on the toilet, that's when we had a problem. Hopefully each day we continue it will get better!


Monday, June 11, 2012

Sprinkler toy fun

Braydon loves summer. He loves to be outside and playing. Last summer he had a water table that he loved to play with. We choose to not move with it and give it to our friend who's son absolutely loved it. This summer we had a water table in our cart and ready to buy when we spotted this toy. Braydon was given a choice and choose these toy sprinkler. He absolutely loves it and couldn't wait to play with it. We have only had this toy since Saturday and he has played with it every day. So glad we bought it and he enjoys it!


Monday, June 4, 2012

Future posts

I know I have been horrible about updating this blog since we have moved back to the states. I just got stuck in a rut and didn't know if I should continue this blog or not. It seems like nobody really ever reads it anymore, and also like all my photos I'm uploading are to facebook and not on here. For now I'll keep updating this blog. I'll try to be better at it but can't guarantee. 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Easter

Happy Easter! Well okay Easter was a few days ago but I didn't have time to post until now. We had a quiet Easter here. We colored Easter eggs on Friday and then had the circus on Saturday and Easter on Sunday. We woke up had Braydon wanting to get downstairs to see if the bunny came. He went to the front window and peeked out to see if he could catch the bunny. When he didn't see he bunny and I was able to persuade him into the living room, he found eggs and a basket from the bunny. We spent the rest of the day making phone calls and wishing everyone a Happy Easter. Then we had a nice meal and just spent the evening chilling. Maybe next year we can be at home celebrating with everyone. Who knows maybe Braydon will actually sit on the bunny's lap!
 




Circus

I really can't believe we just celebrated Easter, it seems like just yesterday we celebrated Valentines Day. Time is surely passing quickly. Braydon has never been a fan of people in costumes. Because of that we chose not to take him to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap. Then one day he told us he wanted to sit on the bunny's lap. Okay we thought then we will take him. We went to the mall and when we got near the bunny he said he didn't want to sit on his lap. So we just waved at the bunny and that really excited Braydon. Days went by and he continued to talk about the bunny. He again said he wanted to sit on his lap. So we went to the mall one more time and got in line to sit on his lap. Then he said no again. So we decided to ride the train that was in the mall instead and he was thrilled about that.


After that we headed to lunch and then to the circus. Braydon had never been to a circus and we were very excited to take him. He had a blast! I would say his favorite was seeing the Elephants. Suddenly he has become a big fan of the Elephant.