Blocker Boys On the Go!

     On October 6th I had the pleasure to sit in on a tele-conference with Mama Fusion.  Below you will find my overview of the call,and my interpretation of Emily's plan.

     Do you feel lost in motherhood? Does it feel like society is pushing you to be June Cleaver?  Come see how one mom over came the pressure, and wants to help you break out.

     After the birth of her second daughter Emily felt lost.  She was unhappy, and generally felt that she was being a bad parent.  Her brain was telling her to do better at things like cooking gourmet meals, and having a pristine house.  Her heart's desire was buried under it all.

     She found she had been crushed under society's perfect picture of being a mother.  When she found the courage to step out, and be the mom she wanted to be life was better for the entire family. The relationship with her husband, and her kids improved.

     Before she found her focus she just stumbled through her everyday motions to try and fit society's picture.  Now she is spending more quality time with her kids and husband.  She had spent a large "quantity" of time with her family before, but the quality of that time was poor.  She spent it trying to decide what was the next step to fill the mold she thought she needed to fill.

     God made Emily to be a spunky free spirit.  What was God's design for you?  Sit back for a minute and think about all the things you like to do.  Does the world's perfect mold of parenting keep you from being the person inside that you miss and love?

     Is your inner self caked with the dirt of society's ideals?  Join Emily at Mama Fusion for Finding the Focus.  She will show you how to break free of the dirt and grime that society has thrown at you over the years.  Don't be what people have told you that you should or can be! Be the unique person that God designed you to be.

If you would like to hear a recording of the entire call.  Visit Mama Fusion's Monthly Call tab.

If you would like a chance to attend Finding the Focus for free the entry for is here.  The winner will be drawn on October 14th.

Ahhhhhhh the holidays are approaching.  Does stress around the holidays put you in a bahumbug mood? If so then swing on by www.mamafusion.com . She is starting a new program to help you deal with the stress, and gain clarity and direction in your life.

The below paragraph is a quoted directly from the Mama Fusion website.

Are you ready for less stress and more purpose?  Join me for a 5 week intensive group program, Finding the Focus, where we will delve into who you are and why you should LOVE that amazing woman!  Find out more details here: www.mamafusion.com/finding-the-focus.
Even better, one LUCKY lady is going to get the whole program for FREE!  A drawing will be held on October 14th through Rafflecopter.  Enter BELOW!!!


Alright your heard her lets get this form filled out for your chance to win your spot FREE!!

Lets all have a calm, cool, and collected holiday season this year!  Enjoy spending the time with loved ones.


 

 WARNING: Do not read any further if you do not want to hear about potty training type information.  This post includes poop, pee, and frustration.   



     My dear 2 year old is going to drive me off the deep end with this venture.  We started with the typical 3 day training plan.  I stared at his crotch for hours, and we ran to the potty all day for 3 days.  That worked for a bit he would run screaming to the potty after awhile, and there was no mess to clean for a few days.  He began to falter so we added M&M rewards for pee, and little toys like a new matchbox car for a poop success.  Our poop success ratio was very low.  I mean this kid must love pooping in his pants.  We finally got to about 2 weeks with an excellent potty record.  I for one am overjoyed.

     This triumph was however short lived.  I have tried everything I can think of to get him back to where he was.  Now days he just sits where ever he is  and tells us after he pees that he "Pee bed" or whatever may be the case.  Friday and today have me climbing the walls with frustration.  For the first time in 2 1/2 years he has decided to play in his poop, and put it on the wall.  So as to not encourage the behavior by getting upset I remained calm, and placed him in the shower to contain the poop.  Now add to the factor that my nearly 11 month old is every where and into every thing.  Now I have to catch and contain the little man before I can even begin cleaning the poop.

     So now I am asking for advice.  What do I do?  I am terribly tempted to just put him back in diapers, and throw my hands in the air.  This has been over a 2 month battle already.  Am I just rushing the process?  I knew when we started that even when he was doing really well we would still have occasional accidents.  Should I just take a few weeks off, and start all over?  Help I am grasping to the last threads of my sanity here.

     I have received some suggestions from mom friends, but they do not really fit our military life style.  My husband is gone at least twice a week for around 40 hours at a time.  I do not have the ability to just hand him the baby and devote multiple days to potty training.  Our first attempt at the 3 day method was over a holiday weekend when my husband had a rare 3 days off.  Now I know there are plenty of families that have similar situations that are not in the military.  So please give me all of your tips!! I will try anything once in this case. Thank you for reading this much of my insanity.

Well baby boy number two is here to be know in the blog as K2. Anyway I find myself becoming frustrated with breastfeeding this time around. I really wish I was not as I feel K2 will be left out since I breastfed K for six months. So some of me wants to just do formula as it sounds like it would be easier, but my other side feels like I am letting my little man down. Ahhh the guilt !!


On another note the Navy will be moving us by the beginning of April this year. I wonder how the boys will do as we plan to have them share a room when we move. On top of that my oldest little man is showing signs of wanting to potty train. I was going to wait on potty training until after the move because that will be right around his 2nd birthday !

These snow days stuck at the house leave to much time for my mind to randomly spin !

Well baby boy number two is here to be know in the blog as K2. Anyway I find myself becoming frustrated with breastfeeding this time around. I really wish I was not as I feel K2 will be left out since I breastfed K for six months. So some of me wants to just do formula as it sounds like it would be easier, but my other side feels like I am letting my little man down. Ahhh the guilt !!


On another note the Navy will be moving us by the beginning of April this year. I wonder how the boys will do as we plan to have them share a room when we move. On top of that my oldest little man is showing signs of wanting to potty train. I was going to wait on potty training until after the move because that will be right around his 2nd birthday !

These snow days stuck at the house leave to much time for my mind to randomly spin !