Good habits start young =D

I fully believe that each mother has to parent according to her personality. When I first became a mother I felt like I was drowning in a pit of opinions and no one really had a clue how to parent my baby well, not even me. I was wrong, I came to realise that I am made for this, I was designed to be Karaline and Audrey's mother and therefore through faith and growth I know how to parent them well . So, I have learned a lot.... from no cry sleep solutions to cry it out, from cloth diapers to disposable diapers, from college funds to nutritional needs, from time out to communication, there are times when I still feel like I'm drowning in it all. However, chin up this is my gig and I will do it well. All that to say, when I look at the grand scheme of things I think potty training is truly not that big a part of it, but that's what being a mom is all about. All the little things add up to the large sum of being responsible for another persons life, training and development. To me that makes all the little things important.

So what began with a rash has turned into a blog, Kevin gets a kick out of the fact that I'm blogging about potty time. He walked in the bathroom the other day while I was washing Audrey's little hands and hadn't flushed the toilet yet and sees her little poop in there. He said "what are you waiting for are you going to take a picture of it or something" I say "ew no" he says, "well you blog about it". Ha ha, point taken. So, I've been reminded by several people how weird I am for this, that's okay =) we're enjoying our potty breaks.

Audrey is using the potty regularly, she is not telling me when she needs to use it and still has plenty of diaper use, but she uses the potty about 50% of the time I put her on it. Her rash is almost all gone, but comes back if she sits in a wet diaper at all so I am changing her the second I notice she's wet and therefore checking her diaper a lot. I've read for an adult it takes 27 days to develop a habit, I wonder if that is the same for a baby. We'll see, so far I've been diligent and intend to continue this routine. No, I don't have a lot of extra time on my hands, actually on an average day the only time I stop moving from the time my kids get up til they go to bed is when I sit to eat meals, read to Karaline or nurse Audrey. I have no clue where all the little minutes in life go, but I'm not by any means sitting around looking for something to do.

So, I'm going to keep this up, so far so good. We'll see what happens.