Thursday, June 20, 2013

Baby peed in the potty

Is it too early to think about potty training with a 2 month old baby?  I've read a little bit about elimination communication and wanted to try it with my first born, but was only able to poop train early and pee-trained closer to 4 years old.

I noticed that my baby was grunting and making a face so I took her and held her over the toilet.  She thought that was weird, then got tired of being there.  I asked her to pee and she peed.  I think it was a complete fluke... but I'm tempted to try again just to see if we can repeat it another time.

I've read it's not a good idea to just wing it.  But I don't feel ready to commit to a full-out attempt to do this properly.  I guess we'll have to see how it goes next time.  At least the next time I can hold her properly so that she's more comfortable.

Friday, June 7, 2013

Duplo Activities

Been busy with my new baby and preschooler.  We saw the duplo inspiration videos earlier this week.  Isaac loves the Ramps and Crashes, Biggest Bridge and the Marble Run video.  After that, Isaac wanted to make his own ramp.

It gave me some ideas and spurred me to do some building.

For a quick fun activity with kids - we made duplo bowling pins and a little lane for it.  I might want to try creating a lane with gutters next time.


This morning, I decided to build my version of a spiral train track.  It's 3 levels high and used 3 bridge halves to ramp up to the top of the spiral.