Comments on: Kaboom, poop, Downward Dog

By: Sonia

Sonia — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:57:25 +0000

Ah yes. Boom City. Welcome to my HELL. I live within a 3 mile radius of it. The 4th of July is not a ONE day holiday out here, it is a month long bomb detination par-TAY. From about the last week of June until the first week of August, we plan to be awoken at 2 and 3 every morning. It’s the one thing I really dislike about living in this area. It’s also the reason I hate the 4th of July. Bah humbug, I know. It’s one thing to watch a fireworks display one night a year, and totally another to survive it for weeks on end. I do get some pretty gnarly stories out of my hubby though, as he’s a firefighter/EMT in this area. Booze + explosives + idiotic people = highly entertaining and slightly bloody gore. So there’s something to look forward to.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:13:26 +0000

My daughter was 4 when she was finally “poop” potty trained and I tried every bribe in the book. I was a maniac and if she so much as farted in public I would grab any brightly colored plastic toy and promise to buy it for her if she pooped on the potty RIGHT THEN. I nearly ended up $80 in the hole with some fricking pottery barn kids tea set. Sheesh. Luckily, no poop that time. She would ONLY go in pull-ups. My pediatrician told me to cut a hole in the pull-up, put it on her and put her on the potty. she feels secure with the pull-up on, the poop goes in the potty and then she realizes it’s okay to go in the potty. NOT CLUE what the psychology of this is, but it WORKED. 1 time with the hole in the pull-up and we were done and completely potty trained. Weird, but true and I tell everyone this trick because it’s so random, but seems to work. Good luck. I love your blog!

By: Cyndy

Cyndy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:38 +0000

OMG, the teachers are so lying. SO LYING. I’d be willing to bet that they ask constantly and the kids trot off, so who’s trained? The kids or the teachers? My third just trained. THIRD. He’ll be FIVE. Pete has not trained. She has underpants. She just pees, and you know, whatever in them and thank you, but at this point? She can do whatever she wants. I’m not dealing with the mess.

By: kathy cm

kathy cm — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:09:29 +0000

I’m new to posting comments and I have no earnest toilet training advice to share (having just caved and bought both my 6 and 7 year old boys “Under Jams”, since they WON’T STOP WETTING THE BED.) I really just wanted to let you know that seriously, the “fracking” reference made my day. And that I love your blog.

By: kristin c.

kristin c. — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:47:31 +0000

He is totally ON HIS WAY to becoming the next Sybil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Ardell_Mason).

Also, frack. My husband I came to know this word after cheking out the 1st & 2nd season of Battlestar Gallactica from the library. We couldn’t believe our ears. Because, Seriously??! Frack??!! Instead of Fu*k….on TV??! GENIUS!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:48:03 +0000

Holy friggin frick! Muriatic acid is the Shit! I don’t know about dipping babies in it, I’ve never had the chance, but I did get to work with some at the only damn entrance to the public utilities building in our capital. We had to scour this huge area of cement for doing stuff with stuff, and so there were just small walkways around our big roped off area, and huge plumes of acrid green smoke were billowing everywhere off the cement. And all the passersby were coughing, cause seriously, acid clouds are like, bad for breathing and what have you. Then I got to tell a bunch of public officials that they would just have to wait for us to finish, and there was nothing we could do about the clearly dangerous health hazard, even though there was. It was so much fun. Acid rocks.

Also, what’s the dealio with that weird orange phallic object in Riley’s lap that the dog is clearly staring down? Is Dog a perv or is there some normal explanation for it?

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:54:37 +0000

I am so jealous at the sight of Riley eating a sandwich. My son Beckham will be 3 in August and would be happy to eat absolutely nothing all day long. If he ever held a sandwich in his hand and ate it, I would be thrilled!! Also, not potty-trained in the least.

By: workout mommy

workout mommy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:46:36 +0000

we are starting potty training at the end of the month. Yikes.

I have signed up for the yoga class just so I can meet you, OKAY!?

Now can you call my room to wake me up because 7am is oh-so-early? Thanks! :)

By: Danielle-lee

Danielle-lee — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:10:38 +0000

You? You are brilliant!

By: taerna

taerna — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:34:51 +0000

i love you for saying fracking. we just started watching battlestar galactica and the fracking is cracking us up!