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• 11-07-2009 12:01 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Pumpkin cheesecake is cooling, laundry is in the dryer, the baby is nursing... Life is good ! I was listening to christmas music from iheart radio on my phone while baking. It was fun to get a little spirit going.

• 11-07-2009 12:20 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Victor and I are watching ice skating trials and I have NO idea how these girls spin in circles on the ice then continue to skate!!

• 11-07-2009 12:27 PM

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  nikki_44 Joined on 05-14-2008 Oregon Posts 2,536	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Dave's Buttercup: Pumpkin cheesecake is cooling, laundry is in the dryer, the baby is nursing... Life is good ! I was listening to christmas music from iheart radio on my phone while baking. It was fun to get a little spirit going. Oh man that sounds delicious!  Miles just finally went down for his nap.....I wonder what I should make for lunch.

• 11-07-2009 12:28 PM

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  nikki_44 Joined on 05-14-2008 Oregon Posts 2,536	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Dave's Buttercup: Victor and I are watching ice skating trials and I have NO idea how these girls spin in circles on the ice then continue to skate!! I have been wondering that my whole life....they amaze me!

• 11-07-2009 12:30 PM

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  nikki_44 Joined on 05-14-2008 Oregon Posts 2,536	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Ok, I am curious about this potty training thing.  Does he have a like sign language signal that he gives you when he has to go??

• 11-07-2009 12:34 PM

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  nikki_44 Joined on 05-14-2008 Oregon Posts 2,536

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact  ugh....I have found 2 couches on craigslist.  One is $300 obo and the other $100.....Adam likes the $300 one better but the other person already got back to me and I know that couch is gonna go fast because it's really nice and super cheap.  If we miss out on both of these deals I am gonna be mad.  Adam only wants to pay max $200 so those other people hopefully will take that if they ever do get back to me.

• 11-07-2009 1:21 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Its about timing, really. When do you have to go (when you're not pregnant)? I take him to the potty immediately when he wakes up, and he goes. I check his diaper for the squish about every 90 minutes and take him in if its dry. Sometimes he goes, sometimes its just a sprinkle. If he has just nursed I take him to the potty within 10 mins of nursing him. I just let him play with something while he sits there, and give him about 5 minutes. I check and see if there is anything to make a fuss about, and if there is we make a big deal about it. We sign about it and he gets very excited! (I'm hoping to not have to bribe him ever to use the toilet.). Its great, I'm still on the first diaper of the day that I put him to bed with last night!!! He hasn't pooped yet though, so I'm going to really have to pay attention to him when he goes so I can know when to take him. nikki_44: Ok, I am curious about this potty training thing.  Does he have a like sign language signal that he gives you when he has to go??

• 11-07-2009 1:28 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Good luck! I hope you get the couch you want! nikki_44:  ugh....I have found 2 couches on craigslist.  One is $300 obo and the other $100.....Adam likes the $300 one better but the other person already got back to me and I know that couch is gonna go fast because it's really nice and super cheap.  If we miss out on both of these deals I am gonna be mad.  Adam only wants to pay max $200 so those other people hopefully will take that if they ever do get back to me.

• 11-07-2009 1:29 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact I have to laugh, Victor tried to pick up his toy with his toes LOL. He really is a monkey!!!

• 11-07-2009 1:38 PM

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  MelanieT88 Joined on 11-25-2004 Mikhayla 12/01, Elijah 08/05, Gabriella 01/09 Posts 1,220

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Dave's Buttercup: Its about timing, really. When do you have to go (when you're not pregnant)? I take him to the potty immediately when he wakes up, and he goes. I check his diaper for the squish about every 90 minutes and take him in if its dry. Sometimes he goes, sometimes its just a sprinkle. If he has just nursed I take him to the potty within 10 mins of nursing him. I just let him play with something while he sits there, and give him about 5 minutes. I check and see if there is anything to make a fuss about, and if there is we make a big deal about it. We sign about it and he gets very excited! (I'm hoping to not have to bribe him ever to use the toilet.). Its great, I'm still on the first diaper of the day that I put him to bed with last night!!! He hasn't pooped yet though, so I'm going to really have to pay attention to him when he goes so I can know when to take him. nikki_44: Ok, I am curious about this potty training thing.  Does he have a like sign language signal that he gives you when he has to go??     I'm also curious...I haven't read any of the books, but the ones I have seen always advertise that it's for early potty training, and then go to say that you can have your baby fully potty trained by the age of two. All of my kids have been potty trained by then anyway, just by letting them lead. Does yours set an earlier goal? Also, what do they consider fully potty trained for a baby? Is it when you can hold them on a potty and then they go, or when they can do the whole process by themselves. For example, at 12 months, Elijah was using the potty with our help (taking off the pull-up/undies, then helping him wipe) but I didn't consider him fully potty-trained until 15 months because that is when he was able to do it all himself. I'm so curious about this and am trying to decide if it's something I want to get into, or just do the same for Ella as we did for Elijah.

• 11-07-2009 1:50 PM

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  nikki_44 Joined on 05-14-2008 Oregon Posts 2,536

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Dave's Buttercup: Its about timing, really. When do you have to go (when you're not pregnant)? I take him to the potty immediately when he wakes up, and he goes. I check his diaper for the squish about every 90 minutes and take him in if its dry. Sometimes he goes, sometimes its just a sprinkle. If he has just nursed I take him to the potty within 10 mins of nursing him. I just let him play with something while he sits there, and give him about 5 minutes. I check and see if there is anything to make a fuss about, and if there is we make a big deal about it. We sign about it and he gets very excited! (I'm hoping to not have to bribe him ever to use the toilet.). Its great, I'm still on the first diaper of the day that I put him to bed with last night!!! He hasn't pooped yet though, so I'm going to really have to pay attention to him when he goes so I can know when to take him. nikki_44: Ok, I am curious about this potty training thing.  Does he have a like sign language signal that he gives you when he has to go??   I guess that makes sense.  When I'm prego is pry a good time to train him!  I go like every 30 min :)  I am interested to see how the poop works out though....I am glad you are doing all this now so I can come back to you when we decide to train Miles.

• 11-07-2009 2:07 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021

  Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact MelanieT88: Dave's Buttercup: Its about timing, really. When do you have to go (when you're not pregnant)? I take him to the potty immediately when he wakes up, and he goes. I check his diaper for the squish about every 90 minutes and take him in if its dry. Sometimes he goes, sometimes its just a sprinkle. If he has just nursed I take him to the potty within 10 mins of nursing him. I just let him play with something while he sits there, and give him about 5 minutes. I check and see if there is anything to make a fuss about, and if there is we make a big deal about it. We sign about it and he gets very excited! (I'm hoping to not have to bribe him ever to use the toilet.). Its great, I'm still on the first diaper of the day that I put him to bed with last night!!! He hasn't pooped yet though, so I'm going to really have to pay attention to him when he goes so I can know when to take him. nikki_44: Ok, I am curious about this potty training thing.  Does he have a like sign language signal that he gives you when he has to go??     I'm also curious...I haven't read any of the books, but the ones I have seen always advertise that it's for early potty training, and then go to say that you can have your baby fully potty trained by the age of two. All of my kids have been potty trained by then anyway, just by letting them lead. Does yours set an earlier goal? Also, what do they consider fully potty trained for a baby? Is it when you can hold them on a potty and then they go, or when they can do the whole process by themselves. For example, at 12 months, Elijah was using the potty with our help (taking off the pull-up/undies, then helping him wipe) but I didn't consider him fully potty-trained until 15 months because that is when he was able to do it all himself. I'm so curious about this and am trying to decide if it's something I want to get into, or just do the same for Ella as we did for Elijah. Let me just start off by saying that I'm only using the book as a guideline, as no one knows how to teach your baby better than you, you know them the best, right? The goal is ASAP; and fully potty trained is having them initiate it on their own and maybe a little help with wiping if its a big job. (I know 5yos that still need a little help getting EVERYTHING back there) I read through the book and just got the support I needed from and went with my own instincts. I haven't picked it back up since. Only you can know your baby well enough to say one thing or another works. Victor has his own little potty that has a seat that we can move on to a taller potty when I don't have to worry about him sitting so high up, but otherwise he sits on the potty by himself. When I take his diaper off he stands ther and let's me put him down and he sits just fine. I'm really into this mostly for the use of less diapers. Like I said, most of the work is on me right now, but I'm working with him and the fact that he wakes up dry in the morning and from naps. That concentrated baby pee STINKS btw! My best friend told me I am crazy for early potty training, so I said "Am I the crazy one? We're the only country in the world that has their kids in diapers after 2!". I am not crazy for wanting to use less diapers!

• 11-07-2009 2:10 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact I should also state that he will be done with diapers before the next baby arrives which is a huge plus! I don't want to be buying two sizes of diapers, or changing two sizes of diaper loads either!!

• 11-07-2009 2:38 PM

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  Dave's Buttercup Joined on 06-20-2008 Victor Colby Born 100% Naturally 1/12/2009 Posts 16,021	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Ugh I am down a pacifier! Grrr!

• 11-07-2009 3:12 PM

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  AKSpaceCase Joined on 05-27-2008 Alaska Posts 12,256	Re: 2009 by 2009 Reply Contact Dave's Buttercup: Victor and I are watching ice skating trials and I have NO idea how these girls spin in circles on the ice then continue to skate!! FOCAL POINT!! You dont spin your head and you also build up a tolerance to the wacky feeling!! LOL My DD spins lots now and it takes several spins before she gets dizzy.