We completed two days of the dreaded potty-training and why you ask am I doing it when Gia is sick? Because it the only time we are home in any sort of consecutive days. I’m not going to say whether it is going well or not because well…I have pretty much just put underwear on her and said, “No more diapers. Don’t pee in your pants.” I know…stellar parenting going on here. What’s even funnier is that she said, “Okay.” So, the best part of potty-training (and yes, this is me being positive in a situation that I really am not enjoying) is that I get to hear things and say things that I never thought I ever would. Humor me while I jot these down so I never forget them:
Gia was afraid to sit on the toilet because she didn’t want to “fall in the big hole” which is not that uncommon.
She is a camel and will not come to me to pee so I had to set the timer. After two times of it going off and nothing happening, when it went off the third time, she muttered and I swear it was a mutter: “I hate that thing.”
While sitting on the potty and nothing happening, she said, “I know why the pee pee won’t come out. It will be lonely because it won’t have anyone to play with.” Seeing an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, I replied, “Well, the poo poo can come out and then the pee pee will have someone to play with (NEVER thought that would be something I’d say).” She looked at me with total disgust and said, “Mommy, that is gross.” Because apparently, I was the gross one.
She had a very small accident and said, “Sorry, Mommy. I peed a widdle bit.” We ran to the potty with me saying, “Tell the pee pee to stay in until you get to the potty.” While sitting there with nothing happening, she yelled, “I am so mad at you, Pee Pee! Why do you come out in my pants and not in the potty?!”
Yesterday was even more successful. She made it all day, even with a trip to the doctor’s office without having an accident. Then she had a major one after dinner and while she was in the bath and I asked her why she didn’t go in the potty, she said, “Because my poo poo doesn’t know what it is doing.” Neither does her mother so I guess it’s an equal playing ground.
TV Talk (warning, spoilers):
I am having a really hard time getting into American Idol with the two women judges. I’m hoping it changes after the auditions when it can be more about the singers and less about the personalities.
I realized after watching how horrible Abby is being this season that I watch Dance Moms for the girls. I’m invested in them. I care about them. Let them do what they do best and that’s dance. I want to see more of them interacting outside of dance. I think the moms are over the top this season because Abby is over the top. I think some of what she says in the name of “teaching” is horrible. I still root for her when she goes up against Candy Apples and the most horrible Cathy but other than that, she has become really hard to watch. I want to see the moms get back to how they were the first season. They were intense but weren’t reduced to yelling “Fatty” at Abby. No one, or at least not me, wants to see grown women reduced to first grade playground behavior.
Project Runway: I don’t like that they have to work in teams this season. I think they are making it so it is more about the drama and less about the fashion and I watched for the fashion.
Chicago Fire: I was one of the viewers yelling at the TV when Kelly told Matt that he was moving to Madrid with that woman he was having a whirlwind romance with. I love the show but the main reason I watch is for Kelly Severide (I’m pretty good at ignoring the fact that he is Lady Gaga’s boyfriend). I love the twist with the new doctor so we can see Kelly back to fighting fires. I have no idea if it is realistic or not but hey, if you haven’t noticed, I don’t really watch TV for the realism. Once again, TV has a character that is so flawed that even so, you find yourself rooting for him (*ahem* Tim Riggins). I wish that Shay wasn’t a lesbian because I think she and Kelly have great chemistry. Am I the only one that’s having a hard time with her eyebrows? Whenever she is on-screen, I want to listen to what she is saying but those drawn on eyebrows are so distracting. The love triangle with Peter, Matt and Gabriella is interesting and hard to watch. Interesting because I LOVE a good love triangle and hard to watch because I feel bad for Peter. I’m not sure the feelings Gabriella has for him are as strong as the ones that she has for Matt.
Parenthood: The season finale. It pains me when this show ends for the season because I care so much about these fictional characters. Kristina and the test. I have sat in doctors’ offices so many times (for various different reasons) waiting for them to tell me news that would change my life one way or another. Holding my breath, wanting to throw up because I knew that what they were going to tell me was going to be life-changing one way or another. The difference between okay and not. Yes, I know that even if it was bad news, God would get me through it but that’s not what I am talking about here. I’m talking about waiting in a room…the minutes dragging on until the doctor comes out and says, “The tests were negative. All is well.” Again, I don’t care if it is wrapped up in a neat, little bow. I was a happy viewer. The scene with Drew and his ex-girlfriend was so touching. Saying goodbye to someone who was a significant part of your life is never easy. What Drew and Amy went through was a great springboard for a difficult discussion with Nico. One that had to be discussed now that he is getting older and since he loves that show, it was an opportunity for a teachable moment. Can we just jump back a few episodes and talk about how hilarious Max was through the whole showering/puberty thing? The conversation with his grandparents had me laughing out loud. Amber and Ryan and Crosby and Jasmine…all sweet moments. Victor’s adoption ceremony had me bawling. That is totally something my family would do. We show up at every single event for every single person unless we are told not to and even then, we hang out in waiting rooms. I just love that Victor told Sydney he wanted her there. I find Sydney to be the hardest character to like and Victor was heading that way so seeing this moment between them restored the hope that I will like these two because I really like Joel and am coming around to liking Julia (Victor calling the police after she disciplined him sort of endeared me to her because my kids constantly threaten me that they are going to call on me when I tell them they can’t have friends over).
I just realized that I really don’t watch much TV anymore and I definitely don’t watch in real-time. Only at 11:00 when I finally crawl into bed. I really, really love escaping into TV Land.
Still have two sick kids and going on day 5 with Gia and day 3 with Tommy. It has been the longest week EVER! Apparently I am the only person that doesn’t know that Superbowl weekend is some sort of holiday for men. It includes varsity basketball games, poker tournaments and the actual Superbowl. And you have to go to every single one or you get your man card revoked. Who knew? 
Your turn: Funny potty-training story? Weigh in on the TV you are watching or what are your big plans for the Superbowl?
I am a stay at home mom, married to my college sweetheart, Leo. We have four kids, Nico, Tommy, Isabella and Gia. We have a son, Rocco that is an angel in Heaven.
I can honestly say that one of the best things about the ages of my children is that I will never have to potty-train again. I absolutely HATED it. Sounds like y’all are making progress with sweet Gia, so I am sure you are on the verge of complete success!
-Ashley
Loved the finale of Parenthood. LOVED. I will be SO SAD if they do not renew this show next season. I genuinely feel like the Bravermans are my surrogate family…which is not at all creepy, I am sure!
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I am hating it as well! I hate the sound of my voice every 5 minutes asking, “Do you have to go pee?” I don’t think it is at all creepy about the Bravermans since I feel the exact same way.
Cracking up at her being mad at pee pee!
I agree on Project Runway. I’m not a fan of the teams thing. I hope they go back to the old format next season. I think it’s harder to tell who is actually good this way.
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Yes! That’s it. It’s hard to tell who each of them are as a designer and who is good and who is skating by.
Potty training humor?
We haven’t started, so that’s kinda funny. Not. Sigh.
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I need to find the humor in it otherwise, I’ll quit and then it will never happen. Wish I had more words of wisdom or encouragement but I am hating.every.minute.of it.
I don’t have any potty-training stories but love reading about the things these kids say. I lead a group of 3-5 year olds while their moms are in a Mom’s group at our church on Weds. morning. Last week,while talking about rules/the Ten Commandments,I talked to them about how they have rules at home such as not hitting. One of my boys pipped up and said, “I don’t hit, I punch!” Boys!!!
The things kids say…that is hilarious! I don’t hit. I punch…as if that is better.
I can’t tell you how much the “Here are undies. No peeing in them.” and the “Okay” made me laugh. Oh, I love it!! (and the “I hate that thing” sent me over the edge with laughter!!) It sounds like she’s doing AMAZINGLY WELL!! (even if her poo poo doesn’t quite know what it’s doing yet…hahahaha)
Sadly, I gave up Idol during the JLo/Steven Tyler era and they’ve lost me. I ALWAYS hated the audition rounds where they make fun of people, though.
Project Runway used to be one of my very favorite shows, but it’s gone SO downhill the past several seasons. That season where there girl who didn’t know how to sew who always did sleeveless mu mu type dresses won, broke my heart. I know it’s not high on my list, because I realize I still have the first epi of this new season on my DVR and I haven’t even tried to watch it yet. Hearing your description of the groups makes me feel like I’m not missing much. Remember how good it used to be when Jay won…and Christian Siriano? *sob*
–Lisa
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Glad I gave you a good laugh. It has been pretty funny. Totally agree with you about PR not the same. I just tweeted Uli from Jeffrey’s season and the AllStar season and she favorited it! I was totally starstruck. She was one of my faves (both times). I felt the same way about the one that couldn’t sew that won.
Oh AnnMarie Gia is CRACKING me up!!!! i can’t even imagine what fun you are having with sick older kids and a little one yelling at her pee… JUST GLORIOUS right??? Sigh… Here’s my favorite story about the dreaded “butt wiping”…
http://themomcafe.com/mommy-incidentals/
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I’m going to go check that out right now! Yeah, sick kids and potty-training are making me a little bat-s*** crazy.
I just saw you on the Bloggy Moms blog hop TWICE and I thought to myself, “Now THAT’S a girl who wants to get noticed.” Just kidding; I just happened upon your comment about leaving your link twice and thought I’d come and rib you about it, even though we’re total strangers. I am addicted to Real Housewives. I’m so embarrassed to admit it, but I seriously get butterflies in my stomach watching sometimes because of all of the drama! Hop on over to http://www.trashyblog.com if you want a good laugh today! (I want to keep typing just because I love this font so much!)
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Potty training always bring out unusual conversations, both from us and from the little ones!
I can’t get into American Idol either. I am so not a fan of Nicki Minaj and she’s ruining it for me. And Parenthood? So so sad it’s over for now.
She’s ruining it for me, too. Some of the people she has just “loved”, I don’t get. I got the Sons of Anarchy season 1 for Christmas and think that’s what I am going to watch until Parenthood comes back. Totally not the same or even close but there is a hot guy in it to distract me from the absent Bravermans.
I put off watching the finale of Parenthood for days becuase I was so sad for the season to be over. The adoption ceremony has me crying huge tears. I love the Amber and Ryan storyline because I am so hopeful for them, but at the same time so nervous that it is going to end in heartache for Amber. And the puberty with Max or my goodness – they couldn’t have done a better job. I was trying to tell my husband about it, but he just didn’t get it!
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I do the same thing. I wait before watching the episodes because I have to be in the right mood and then I watch a few in a row. I just love that family and the fact that Ryan was from Friday Night Lights which was my all time favorite show with my all time favorite crush (I don’t have to tell you who that is, right? T.R.) doesn’t influence my opinion of him at all.
I don’t watch much (live) TV anymore at all. We seem to watch everything on Netflix these days . I’m going through all the episodes of “Revenge” right now. Really love that show and also watching “Downton Abbey” on Amazon Prime. I like not having to worry about commercials… you can get through two episodes in the same time as one on regular TV! My girls were pretty easy to potty train, I had the most trouble with my boy… he wanted to wear underwear and did fine going pee pee, #2 not so much. Let’s just say I threw out more underwear than I wanted too.
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I keep thinking I need to watch Downton Abbey and I never watch anything in real time because I have no patience for commercials anymore.
We only had to throw out one pair of underwear with Gia…the boys were a different story. What is with that?