Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Pull-Ups® Training Pants. All thoughts and opinions are the author’s. My toddler’s favorite word is “No.” He says it a lot. A LOT. It’s his automatic answer to everything and sometimes he even just randomly says it. He’s not big on changes, hates transitions, and if something isn’t his idea he will automatically resist it.Now throw in a dash of always wanting control of any given situation with just a little sprinkle of “Jeez, Dad, I have better things to do” and you get the idea of what we’re dealing with here.Yeah. Potty … [Read more...]
Make Potty Time Fun Time During Training
Disclosure: This potty time post is sponsored by Pull-Ups® Training Pants. All thoughts and opinions are the author's.In a parent’s life, you see true joy and excitement in your child’s eye at a few special moments: when he is presented with his first birthday cake, taking his first steps or, in my son’s case, when he saw a box full of Pull-Ups® Training Pants with Mickey Mouse on them.That’s right, my son was ecstatic about opening the big box that arrived with enough training pants to get him ready to join the Pull-Ups® Potty Partnership.This box and its contents are the … [Read more...]
Diaper Changing on the Fly
It happens ... often at the most inconvenient time and in the least convenient place. Put a "sh" in front of that "it" if you need us to spell out exactly what we're talking about here.Diaper changing, of course.Have a good laugh on NYC Dads Group member Niel Vuolo by reading about some of oddest locales where he had to make due cleaning doodoo off his children's behinds in The Strangest Places I've Changed a Diaper, the latest contribution from our organization to the WhatToExpect.com web site.Click the link above or logo below to get the poop.It happens ... often at the … [Read more...]
An Early Independence Day
“Wanna do it SELF! Wanna do it SELF! Wanna do it SELF!”She thrashes like an angry crocodile caught in a net.“Sienna, calm down!” I say, my frustration near boiling over. “You can’t change your diaper by yourself!”Poop leaks everywhere as she flails. I take a deep breath wishing to skip potty training (which we haven’t even started yet) and go right to whatever craziness comes next.We might be a couple of days away from the Fourth of July, but my daughter's in the throes of a sudden independence streak. She wants to do everything herself: open doors; use silverware (if I can … [Read more...]