Diaper Not-So-Dandy

I have had a child in diapers for the better part of five and a half years.

There were three months in there that we were diaper-free when my daughter potty trained before the birth of her brother. So I am happy to say that we've never had two in diapers.

With her, we read all the potty books, had a sticker chart (didn't work), and eventually we went cold turkey during spring break and cleaned up messes. We used Potty Training Rewards* first for peeing and eventually for only poop. (This would not be a mommy blog without talk of poop, now would it?)

By the end of that 10 days she was out of diapers except for naptime and nights.

Now that my son is that same age, it's time for potty training to begin.

But I seriously don't have the energy. He'll figure it out eventually, right? Maybe we'll go cold turkey with him over spring break as well.

What I really wanted to tell you is that I am just sick to death of the process of diapers. I'm over it.

I did my eco-responsible duty and used cloth diapers 90% of the time with him. But I don't feel like washing another. single. diaper.

Not that cloth diapers are difficult. They are as easy as disposable. I'm just through.

I have enough to do if we are going to decrapify our house and sell it, cashing in on tax rebates that are quickly nearing their deadline.

I'm so tempted to switch to disposables for what I hope are only a few months of diapers. I could sell my stash of cloth, taking them to the consignment store with all the other outgrown stuff that is leaving the house.

But every time I use a disposable I think "There's 10 cents I've wasted."

I tell you I'm over it!

*Disclosure: I bought Potty Training Rewards with my own hard-earned moolah. Put that in your potty, FTC. But they worked so well that I wrote about them on The Full Mommy way back when.

This Week in Review: Win, Win!

I am test driving the new FlipIt stroller from Graco. See what feature is new and innovative.

Thomas Splish, Splash, Splosh! on DVD has my son captivated, of course.

We've been packing lunches in the Citizenpip Lunchbox. Free of bad stuff.

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(Read more product reviews at The Full Mommy and Multi-Minding Mom Reviews.)

Blogging as a Business

'Tis the season to make resolutions.

Though I am not one to make or keep them, there are a few areas that need improvement. Some of these are on the blogging front.

Is your blog set up as a business? Mine is, sort of.

Insomuch as I report expenses and income to the government, it is.

So one of my blogging-as-a-business goals for 2010 is to keep better records. That means putting receipts in a file folder so they are ready to go at tax time. As they come in!

Instead of doing what is on my list this week: trying to gather receipts from blogging conferences and postage and stubs from incoming monies.

And although I have a separate sub-checking account for blogging, I need to set up an entirely different account not tied whatsoever to personal finances.

I would love to become an LLC, but in Illinois it is quite expensive to set up and maintain.

Is your blog set up as a business? Do you have separate checking accounts? Do you report your earnings? Have you taken the leap to become an LLC?

I'd love to know. (And you can leave an anon comment if you are afraid of Big Brother.)

Overheard: Numbers Edition

Sophia: How many bones are in my body?
Me: About 200.*
Her: So for 100 Day I could just take myself because I have 100 bones to count. I'm counting my ribs right now.

On "100 Day" each child is to bring in 100 of something to practice counting.

*Most people have 206 bones. Infants have more.

(This post is part of my Whatever Wednesday series, which includes posts about pop culture, politics, or even quotes from the kids. Brought to you on Wednesdays...sometimes.)

White Lies

I'm not a squeamish person, but for some reason my daughter's first loose tooth really made my stomach turn.

It fell out at school and that night the tooth fairy brought her five shiny golden dollar coins.

(Subsequent teeth will not bring such a high price.)

Her second tooth is incredibly loose and hanging by a thread. While I try to be encouraging and indulge her in wiggling it beneath my finger, it is grossing me out.

On Sunday we sat on her bed playing a card game. Her brother climbed onto the bed and managed to kick her in the mouth making it bleed. At first I thought her lip was cut, but realized it was just the loose tooth.

After it stopped hurting she said, "You know, I should thank him because it's even looser now."

But I couldn't allow the tooth to fall out on a weekend. I had no more dollar coins and will have to go to the bank, where I will get five so that I have them at the ready.

So I told her, "Even if you lose that tooth today, the Tooth Fairy doesn't work weekends. You have to wait until Monday night to leave it for her."

Her note that accompanied her first lost tooth stated that the Tooth Fairy may only borrow it. I think she wants it back already. Now where did I put it?

Updated to add: She lost her tooth Monday morning and I went to the bank and got five shiny Sacagawea dollars so I have them on hand.

Lost...

...generation. Not the TV show.



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