Wondering about the title?
You remember I mentioned in his 19months post that we are trying to potty train him little more earnestly now? That he has started telling us about the big job often enough, but pee training seemed quite some time away!
I am back to bite my own words. Past one week Cubby has been consistently telling us he wants to pee during his waking hours! And yup, I am mighty thrilled and terribly proud! Ofcos, we are still not confident enough to go diaperless while going out(too early for that!), but I have a feeling the day wont be too far! Yaayyyy!
The things motherhood can make you jump around about. Even my colleagues haven't been spared from sharing the happy news!
So now that there are no su-su and potty nappies and shorts, we don't need a separate dettol laden machine for wash for Cubby's clothes. Today was Day 1 they got washed with our clothes itself!
Another big yay to saving of paani and electricity! :p
Night training we shall start when we ready to sacrifice our sleep! Till then a diaper day suits us just fine. Amma was heart broken to throw an almost perfect nappy pad we use post bath. Ofcos that is just a matter of pure luck if he doesn't pee during his afternoon nap. All in good time.
Weird things is that the dude calls both the things potty, so am trying to teach him to say su-su for the peeing. Lets see when he figures that out!
Potty training was one the things that was getting me very worked up. I had heard of friends whose kids got trained before they even turned one. I tried even at 4months me thinks inspired by a relative. Obviously it was extremely boring to hold the kid on basin and go sssss forever!
Tried again at about 1 year and he refused to sit on the potty. Would want to run away everywhere. We stopped again. Then started at around 18months. WE tried to give him paani and just make him sit. A whole cheer leading routine was done for every success with back patting and good job thrown in. In a very generous measure actually! Oh and book reading definitely helped! :p
Within 10days he was telling us when he wanted to do potty. We kept taking him for su-su every sometime when we were at home. Sometimes I would spend 10mins in the bathroom doing very variation of sssss and sshhhh sound and coming out tired. Then the kid would pee within two mins of coming out! Or I would be thinking I will take him in 5mins and he would pee right then making me say Close! :p
Ofcos everytime he did su-su in nappy we would tell him that he should tell us and perhaps that helped too.
The thing I also realised is that I cannot make him stand still in one place in the bathroom. So I just let him be. Walk around, explore the taps, buckets and mugs and have fun. It didn't matter if he peed in that particular corner ONLY. There is plenty of time to teach him that. This bit worked much better than holding him tight in one corner of the bathroom.
Plus I wasn't sure if Amma was taking him regularly during the day when we were at work. I guess she was, at least every now and then. Now after a l'il over a month he is day time trained and it's quite a relief.
I have a feeling that by delaying it to an age where he is able to understand instructions and is eager to learn, our job became easier.
Or chances, we just got plain lucky. It also helps that its summer time and we can Cubby in just shorts without having to make him wear pajamas to avoid cold and all that. The frequency of peeing is also lesser because of all the sweat.
Whatever it is, you are seeing a proud mommy here! :D
So my darling son, Good Job! Or Goobjaab as you say it! :) (its sounds like Boob Job most of the times!;)
ps: Touchwood and hope the dream run continues! :D
Showing posts with label potty training. Show all posts
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
a Brilliant week and Cubby's lucky friday at 13th!
This post comes almost a week late! Cubby completed 13months of existence on 20th Aug and whoever said 13 is unlucky must be kidding. Its looking like by far the most promising month of his l'il life till date! :D
So here goes what transpired in the last 31 days!
You have taken your first baby steps!!! YESSSSSS!! While mommy sat in office, getting bored, she called Papa to check whats happening. Papa asked me, "did you see the video", and i said "what happened?" There you were on walking online, (You can watch the video and say verrry cute) taking your first unsure steps with SUCH a proud look in your eyes! Before I knew i was crying! My colleague came running wondering whats making me break into tears in the middle of afternoon. You keep trying to repeat the cat every now and then and seems more confident with every step. Way to go sweetheart! :)
You are saying some intelligible words now, sweetest of which is still Papa! I love the way, you go "papa" and then your papa fondly replies saying "Bolo beta". All of this is said in a sing song tone with both of you using your softest voice. (Papa has been threatened with divorce if you don't learn to say Mamma in 15 days) You have taken to repeating some words. The favourite is pussycat which is said like pussycada or something. Apple which is called Appue. You say Pappu when mommy is singing Pappu Can't Dance Saala. And Bookk. It's all so darn CUTE!
You love applause. You hate to perform without audience. Even now when you are taking your l'il steps, you fall down and wait for us to clap for effort made. If we don't, you start clapping yourself, looking at us to make sure we follow suite!
You have officially and totally given up on toys which keep languishing in their box. You would much rather play with all the bartans. The empty plastic dabbas, my kadchis and kadhais. You try putting one dabba into other or spoon in the katori (i wonder why i spend a good 125bucks on buying those stacking buckets!). Every morning and evening our kitchen looks like it has been hit with tornado.
You love showing that you recognise stuff (or maybe i just like seeing you know!). So when i say Mask Uncle and Mask Aunty you look at the masks hung at the entrance. Or the butterfly on the door. Mickey, Pluto and Winnie who adorn the bathroom tiles are also given a wide smile of recognition. Nose, ear etc are still being resolutely ignored.
You have become a little too aggressive for our comfort. Throwing toys from a height, banging things, answering back in your own baby sounds when scolded. We are hoping this too shall pass!
You resist EVERYTHING new. You don't wanna drink from glass. WE tried for a week to feed you with glass and you tshirt had more than you. Now we are taking it easy and trying to teach you to have water with Sipper. You create a major ruckus while being fed and mommy daddy have a tough time trying to figure out something NEW to distract you at every meal.
Potty training is being attempted. On lucky days we might see coupla peeing sessions and an actual potty too. But most times its a big dud and you are still to understand su su = potty. We live in hope of course.
You have started taking bribes to give smiles. You don't need shiny gift wrapped packages. You only need a chocolate chip biscuit. If not that, even Parle G will do. On rare occasion that you cry on seeing new people at home, we quickly handover a biscuit to said guest. Soon you are, literally eating out out of their hands!
Amen! ;)
Preeti - The spunky Dentist with very cool attitude. Wish she would write more often.
So here goes what transpired in the last 31 days!
You have taken your first baby steps!!! YESSSSSS!! While mommy sat in office, getting bored, she called Papa to check whats happening. Papa asked me, "did you see the video", and i said "what happened?" There you were on walking online, (You can watch the video and say verrry cute) taking your first unsure steps with SUCH a proud look in your eyes! Before I knew i was crying! My colleague came running wondering whats making me break into tears in the middle of afternoon. You keep trying to repeat the cat every now and then and seems more confident with every step. Way to go sweetheart! :)
You are saying some intelligible words now, sweetest of which is still Papa! I love the way, you go "papa" and then your papa fondly replies saying "Bolo beta". All of this is said in a sing song tone with both of you using your softest voice. (Papa has been threatened with divorce if you don't learn to say Mamma in 15 days) You have taken to repeating some words. The favourite is pussycat which is said like pussycada or something. Apple which is called Appue. You say Pappu when mommy is singing Pappu Can't Dance Saala. And Bookk. It's all so darn CUTE!
You love applause. You hate to perform without audience. Even now when you are taking your l'il steps, you fall down and wait for us to clap for effort made. If we don't, you start clapping yourself, looking at us to make sure we follow suite!
You have officially and totally given up on toys which keep languishing in their box. You would much rather play with all the bartans. The empty plastic dabbas, my kadchis and kadhais. You try putting one dabba into other or spoon in the katori (i wonder why i spend a good 125bucks on buying those stacking buckets!). Every morning and evening our kitchen looks like it has been hit with tornado.
You love showing that you recognise stuff (or maybe i just like seeing you know!). So when i say Mask Uncle and Mask Aunty you look at the masks hung at the entrance. Or the butterfly on the door. Mickey, Pluto and Winnie who adorn the bathroom tiles are also given a wide smile of recognition. Nose, ear etc are still being resolutely ignored.
You have become a little too aggressive for our comfort. Throwing toys from a height, banging things, answering back in your own baby sounds when scolded. We are hoping this too shall pass!
You resist EVERYTHING new. You don't wanna drink from glass. WE tried for a week to feed you with glass and you tshirt had more than you. Now we are taking it easy and trying to teach you to have water with Sipper. You create a major ruckus while being fed and mommy daddy have a tough time trying to figure out something NEW to distract you at every meal.
Of course that doesn't stop you from eating what we are eating. Nothing is too spicy for you. You eat a kadak onion pakoda, but you try to throw out small pieces of cooked carrot in your khichdi! You love eating biscuit etc with your hand and making a complete mess of the house while you are it. Yet again, healthy stuff like raw carrot is given a cold shoulder.
Potty training is being attempted. On lucky days we might see coupla peeing sessions and an actual potty too. But most times its a big dud and you are still to understand su su = potty. We live in hope of course.
You have started taking bribes to give smiles. You don't need shiny gift wrapped packages. You only need a chocolate chip biscuit. If not that, even Parle G will do. On rare occasion that you cry on seeing new people at home, we quickly handover a biscuit to said guest. Soon you are, literally eating out out of their hands!
You can REALLY cling now when you in the mood. Papa can even cook with you in one hand now! Mommy is still l'il more heartless and lets you cry while she finishes job at hand.
How could I forget? We can now say Teeth and not just tooth when you open your mouth. FOUR in all and it makes you look all grown up. Thanks to homeopathic dawai being administered all the time, teething has been a smooth sail.
You enjoy playing in water in your own little tub! We put some toys and you enjoy splashing around and we enjoy spending those minutes with you. It gets difficult at times to get you out, but it's not impossible, as yet.
There is so much more you do and watching you everyday, I just keep counting my blessings and say a little prayer for you! :)
Here's something a very dear friend did for Cubby's birthday. He sent it to us only now and am quite kicked that someone can take so much effort to do something so creative and personal.
Amen! ;) Last week, I got my first opportunity to give an acceptance speech when Quirky Indian thought my blog was Brilliant while calling me a high octane Mum! That's that then. My identity is indeed Cubby ki Maa and I am not complaining.
In all my modesty I ofcos accept and it being my first award and all, I am thrilled! Here goes the rules for this award;
This award is for blogs whose content and design are brilliant as well as creative.
The purpose of the prize is to promote as many blogs as possible in the blogosphere.
1. When you receive the prize you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back
2. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs (or even more) that you find brilliant in their content or design.
3. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with ‘Brilliant Weblog’
4. Show a picture of those who awarded you and those you give the prize (optional).
5. And then we pass it on!
So here goes my list of favs many of whom must have already got it more than once!
Swati - who speaks her heart and mind with equal ease.
~nm - whose creativity keeps giving me serious complex ALL the time! She even made my blog header!
Vidooshak - aka M whose blogs give you a slice of life with a dose of cynicsm and humour - a true gemini trademark
Grimescene - another v.v. brainy Gemini whose posts have you thinking, awwwwing or ROTFLing if such an expression exists.
Mamma-Mia - I call her my namesake, but she is leagues ahead in terms of creativity and sheer imagery she can create with her magical words. Must read!
Mampi - her tongue in cheek humour and her innate sensitivity when she writes her serious posts have me hooked.
Tazeen - her witty and satirical commentary of whats happening in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world will make you think furiously
Preethi - her cheeky tales will have you in splits! she really WRITES!
Preeti - The spunky Dentist with very cool attitude. Wish she would write more often.
Aren't ya all winners very very kicked?! :D So like the QI said, spread the cheer! :)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
diaper diaries!
well heres something i just put up at another place where i write! after this i will add the comments i got on the review!! am sure it will make for a fun read!! meanwhile here it is! :D
Minding Pee difficult Qyon?
The moment you know you are going to have a baby, even the most logical and cynical person starts dreaming and trying to imagine what will he / she be like. We think of the looks, the cute smile, the way your finger will be held tight in tiny fist with little fingers and you are already dreaming about walking holding that little hand which trusts only you. And among all these rosy dreams one of us says “Par susu - potty kaun saaf karte baithega?”
Suddenly the daddy goes Ewwww showing disgust with his facial expressions and the sound. The Mommy tries to put up a brave front and says “Come on! It’s our baby!” But in her heart she too is going Ewwwwww!
Soon the D-day does arrive! 3 days in the hospital the nurses are taking care of most of the things and you haven’t had a chance to check if its your baby only ki kahi exchange hoke opposite gender aa gaya! But then before we know we are changing nappies by the dozen per hour and it seemed like a never ending task.
Mayunk was of course still dreaming about a potty trained child who could take care of not just his emotions but also the motions! He wanted as ready-to-use baby with minimum hassles! Blame the quick-fix culture. Well I would be lying if I didn’t think it was indeed a pleasant dream. But like the French say, “Avec un si, on peut mettre Rome en bouteille” translated for pauvre people who don’t understand French as “With an IF, one can put Rome in a bottle!”
Then comes the rainy season (in Bangalore it lasts till December) and your house starts resembling a breeding ground for nappies (you seriously think they are multiplying by themselves!). Every possible surface is covered with white, yellow, pink, blue and other coloured pieces of cloth with fan moving at full speed! Then comes the moment you thought never will. THREE DOZEN nappies are in different states of wetness and poor Cubby ki laaj rakhne ke liye kuch nahi and he is now affectionately called Su-Su Boy!
Then we decide it’s time for to use the last resort! Out we rush on our bike to buy some (no no! not more nappies!) Wipro Babysoft Diapers! (Phew! So that’s what the review is about!)
Wipro is a fairly new entrant in baby care products and has tough competition to face from old timers like Johnson and Johnson, Huggies and Pampers. I tried using other two diaper brands for my baccha, but Huggies gave him a rash. Pampers has the silliest made diapers. Though it was no rash for CubbyR, the stick on tape that holds the diaper is made of an extremely hard material with sharp edges. So sometimes those tapes end up cutting baby’s inner thigh.
Wipro Babysoft Diapers on the other hand do really have cloth feel as they claim in their ads and the stick on tapes are like you cellophane tape which stick easily and don’t hurt the child. The fit is extremely comfortable (or so I think, since Kabir has never protested) and has a good soaking capacity. I have rarely had a leak unless Cubby has had too much liquid or it is too cold! ;)
Like all other diapers, it is available in 4 different sizes of Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. They have different colours for every size which makes it stand out in all the green colour diaper packs. Their costing is the same as the other players with a small diaper being 10bucks a piece.
Wipro diapers are still not available commonly with all chemists (at least in Bangalore), but most of the bigger departmental stores / super markets stock them and finding them should not be very difficult.
Of course every child is different (AND special as TZP says!:) and what suits one may not suit another. So if you want to try Wipro, make sure you buy a small pack first and see if its suits your baby, since diapers don’t come cheap!
Apart from that nothing matches the comfort of a cloth nappy! So if you aren’t too busy or tired its best to let your baby’s skin breathe in a comfy cotton nappy. Diapers are best to be used when you are going out with the baby and at night so that your little angel’s sleep doesn’t get disturbed ‘coz of the wet feeling. Upside is your sleep doesn’t get disturbed either! Hehe!
All in all I think Wipro is a brand that can be trusted. They also have something called Wipro Babysoft Nappy Pads which are like pads that need to be stuck on the nappy which can be used for short times out or even during the day giving more comfort than a diaper. It does tend to leak because of its structure, but won’t soak through for least few hours.
I haven’t tried other products like powder and soap, not because I don’t want to, but I have been gifted with enough supply of J n J to last my darling Cubby for a year at least!
So now you know what NOT to get if you come to see us?! :p
Happy New Year to All of You! May you have a year that you have always dreamt of! :)
Our dream is potty trained CubbyR!
Minding Pee difficult Qyon?
The moment you know you are going to have a baby, even the most logical and cynical person starts dreaming and trying to imagine what will he / she be like. We think of the looks, the cute smile, the way your finger will be held tight in tiny fist with little fingers and you are already dreaming about walking holding that little hand which trusts only you. And among all these rosy dreams one of us says “Par susu - potty kaun saaf karte baithega?”
Suddenly the daddy goes Ewwww showing disgust with his facial expressions and the sound. The Mommy tries to put up a brave front and says “Come on! It’s our baby!” But in her heart she too is going Ewwwwww!
Soon the D-day does arrive! 3 days in the hospital the nurses are taking care of most of the things and you haven’t had a chance to check if its your baby only ki kahi exchange hoke opposite gender aa gaya! But then before we know we are changing nappies by the dozen per hour and it seemed like a never ending task.
Mayunk was of course still dreaming about a potty trained child who could take care of not just his emotions but also the motions! He wanted as ready-to-use baby with minimum hassles! Blame the quick-fix culture. Well I would be lying if I didn’t think it was indeed a pleasant dream. But like the French say, “Avec un si, on peut mettre Rome en bouteille” translated for pauvre people who don’t understand French as “With an IF, one can put Rome in a bottle!”
Then comes the rainy season (in Bangalore it lasts till December) and your house starts resembling a breeding ground for nappies (you seriously think they are multiplying by themselves!). Every possible surface is covered with white, yellow, pink, blue and other coloured pieces of cloth with fan moving at full speed! Then comes the moment you thought never will. THREE DOZEN nappies are in different states of wetness and poor Cubby ki laaj rakhne ke liye kuch nahi and he is now affectionately called Su-Su Boy!
Then we decide it’s time for to use the last resort! Out we rush on our bike to buy some (no no! not more nappies!) Wipro Babysoft Diapers! (Phew! So that’s what the review is about!)
Wipro is a fairly new entrant in baby care products and has tough competition to face from old timers like Johnson and Johnson, Huggies and Pampers. I tried using other two diaper brands for my baccha, but Huggies gave him a rash. Pampers has the silliest made diapers. Though it was no rash for CubbyR, the stick on tape that holds the diaper is made of an extremely hard material with sharp edges. So sometimes those tapes end up cutting baby’s inner thigh.
Wipro Babysoft Diapers on the other hand do really have cloth feel as they claim in their ads and the stick on tapes are like you cellophane tape which stick easily and don’t hurt the child. The fit is extremely comfortable (or so I think, since Kabir has never protested) and has a good soaking capacity. I have rarely had a leak unless Cubby has had too much liquid or it is too cold! ;)
Like all other diapers, it is available in 4 different sizes of Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. They have different colours for every size which makes it stand out in all the green colour diaper packs. Their costing is the same as the other players with a small diaper being 10bucks a piece.
Wipro diapers are still not available commonly with all chemists (at least in Bangalore), but most of the bigger departmental stores / super markets stock them and finding them should not be very difficult.
Of course every child is different (AND special as TZP says!:) and what suits one may not suit another. So if you want to try Wipro, make sure you buy a small pack first and see if its suits your baby, since diapers don’t come cheap!
Apart from that nothing matches the comfort of a cloth nappy! So if you aren’t too busy or tired its best to let your baby’s skin breathe in a comfy cotton nappy. Diapers are best to be used when you are going out with the baby and at night so that your little angel’s sleep doesn’t get disturbed ‘coz of the wet feeling. Upside is your sleep doesn’t get disturbed either! Hehe!
All in all I think Wipro is a brand that can be trusted. They also have something called Wipro Babysoft Nappy Pads which are like pads that need to be stuck on the nappy which can be used for short times out or even during the day giving more comfort than a diaper. It does tend to leak because of its structure, but won’t soak through for least few hours.
I haven’t tried other products like powder and soap, not because I don’t want to, but I have been gifted with enough supply of J n J to last my darling Cubby for a year at least!
So now you know what NOT to get if you come to see us?! :p
Happy New Year to All of You! May you have a year that you have always dreamt of! :)
Our dream is potty trained CubbyR!
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