Just play along.
16 Jan
Today was so productive. I did the laundry, cleaned the house, reorganized, played with the kids, called or wrote my best friends, and finished the theme for Ali. The theme is DONE. Done, done, done. It was fun to play Über Geek for awhile, but the long nights are so much harder on me than they used to be.
Attempted toilet training with Addie this afternoon. We got her a book from the library (last in a long line of books) called something like The Potty Guide for Girls.
BECCA: ‘Right now you are using a diaper. But what is this? Something new?’
ADDIE: OH! A PODDEE!
BECCA: That’s right! ‘A potty! Do you put it on your head?’
ADDIE: … NOOO!
BECCA: No! ‘Do you put it on your feet?’
ADDIE: NOOOOOO!
BECCA: ‘Do you sit on it and go pee pee?’
ADDIE: NOOOOOO!
BECCA: Yes!
ADDIE: –NOOOOOO!
BECCA: –Yes, you do. The answer is yes.
ADDIE: NOOOOO! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
And, true to her word: no. She sat on her little potty for over an hour while I read twelve books to her, and she didn’t go once. When she was off, she promptly asked for a diaper, and urinated four seconds after it was on. I guess you can’t force kids, and I think “not interested” doesn’t get any clearer than that.
Elias spent most of the day playing ‘Zelda‘. He obsessed with beating it, and I’m going to put a game timer on starting tomorrow. An hour, tops. It is his FAVORITE thing to do. He finishes breakfast and wants to play Zelda, he finishes lunch and wants to play Zelda, he finishes dinner and wants to play Zelda. At first I thought it was cute, and now I kind of feel like it’s Toddler Warcraft. I don’t want another addict around here.
I’m posting this a little late– a little after midnight– because I spent almost twenty minutes filling out a meme I ended up scrapping. I’m terrible at meme’s. It’s sort of a test about how clever and insightful you can be, and I always try to just be funny or blunt. And most of the questions I don’t even care about. I don’t even want to read my own answer, so I can’t expect anyone else to.
I’m going to make up a new meme covering everything that I WANT to talk about, and if you want to do it, you can copy and put it on your site. And change any questions you want. You don’t even have to give me credit, because this isn’t a real meme. This is a Fake Meme.
MY BIG FAKE MEME BY BECCA K; ALSO KNOWN AS ‘DASBECCA’; ALSO KNOWN AS ‘THE SNAKE’.
1. What song did you discover most recently?
“Stuttering” by Ben’s Brother. Super catchy.
2. What three songs are making the most rounds in your iTunes?
“Strange and Beautiful” by Aqualung, “Kids” by MGMT, and “Stadiums and Shrines II” by Sunset Rubdown (imagine Wolf Parade mating with the Pixies).
3. What song makes you the most emotional?
“I Will Follow You Into The Dark” by Death Cab for Cutie. That song spawned my novel. It always breaks my heart.
4. What’s the last movie you watched?
“Fido”. It was by turns amusing and disgusting and strange and compelling. I just finished it like half an hour ago.
5. What do you waste time looking at online when you’re alone? PORN? It’s porn, isn’t it?
NO. What a question! Heh. Okay, I’m only amusing myself. When I’m alone, I look at children’s furniture sites. Land of Nod, baby. That’s my secret addiction.
6. What did you dream about last night?
I dreamt that I was seven months pregnant with TWINS. A boy and a girl. And everyone else knew and was totally cool with it, but I was flipping out. I could barely move: my stomach was huge.
7. What’s up with all these ads?
I got an offer from Izea, through a mommyblog friend, and they’re paying me a decent flat rate to host two extra ads on the sidebar. That money is pretty much just keeping the site running, and if there’s any leftover, will go towards me getting a rock climbing membership. So, in essence, they’re for charity. Just the charity is the Your Entertainment Fund and my Monkeying Around Fund.
8. What’s your fondest hope for the next year?
That more money comes in, and stays in. And that Shelly decides to move down here with me.
9. What are you wearing right now?
A zip up gray heather sweat jacket, à la Donnie Darko. And I’m in bed. It’s cold.
10. How lame is this meme?
Shut up, you.
About the potty training, I think we used to just monitor the drinks, and 40 minutes later, sit them on the potty. Worked for us. Can’t remember about “number twos” though.
Glad to hear you had a productive day, Becca. Toilet training seems to be hit-and-miss for a lot of parents; the kids really do seem to dictate when they begin their training.
Elias sounds SO cute about Zelda, hehe. =)
I hope my day is productive as well. These last few days have been gloomy and rainy and that somehow makes me lazy. It’s beautiful outside so I hope I can put away our mountains of laundry!
Ah, the potty training. Alyssa does the same thing! She can walk around naked all day or just sit on her potty yet she just WON’T GO! The time she has gone she gone right by the potty! But, once she gets her diaper on SHE GOES AND GOES AND GOES. I’m not even stressing over it! There’s nothing I can do to force her to let go of something she’s worn all of her life haha! I’m sure that if I don’t get her potty trained soon that by three it’ll fall into place. Almost all mother’s of little girls that I’ve talked to have said that at age 3 it just clicked. It’s hard not to stress over it! But, it’s a big step for them!
The picture for this post (which is so cute) makes it look like Addie is so “not interested” that she fell asleep. Not on the potty but maybe next to it, just so you wouldn’t feel too badly.
I’m stealing your meme for my blog and I might add to it. Is that okay? I’m giving you full credit.
Also, Addie is hilarious and adorable.
How I was potty trained: suckers. I got a sucker every time I used the potty and I was trained in a day.
My psychology teacher said that the only time food should be used as a reward is potty training.
Also, “toddler Warcraft”….funnies thing I’ve heard in weeks.
oh becca…this song….with the following and the love. i’m a wreck now hahaha
your big fake meme was fabulous
I totally answered your meme on vox. =D
bahaha…you rock, Becca.
I’m obsessed about beating Lego Star Wars. There’s probably something very wrong about a grown man saying that, but it’s such a cool video game. Play through the entire Star Wars Saga with Lego characters. You never really die, your character just falls apart. And there is just something too funny about a little Lego Darth Vader.
As for potty training, well, my former step-son was past that stage when my ex and I got together. Or should I say, he should have been. He was still having a lot of “issues” at 5, but then again, he had ADHD and ODD, so he’s the exception, not the rule!
You’re taking the right approach by saying you can’t force children to do it. My psychology professor in college (a very rotund man with a slow Texas drawl)once told us “There are three things parents cannot make a child do -eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom. And yet, when I was in private practice, parents always used to come to me because their kids wouldn’t eat, drink, or go to the bathroom. They paid for my Cadillac.” Okay, so it was funnier to hear him say it, but there’s a lot of truth to that.
Death Cab is good at creating heartbreaking songs. If you’re in the mood for another one, give “What Sarah Said” a listen. Makes me tear up every time.
I hope you’re feeling better!
Here’re your answers, my love.
Also, Addie and the Potty on your head? Priceless. And I feel the same way about I Will Follow You… A friend of mine made a recording of himself singing/playing that for me one day when my life was hell. It’s an amazing song.
Goodness you’re hilarious!! I laughed the whole way through this entry and fell off my chair at ‘Shut up, you’. Thanks for being Becca K!
Those pink cheeks and lashes! She kills me.
Love the meme!
Okay Becca. You win. You crack me up. At least you attempted it.
hehe toddler warcraft. pox and i were (still are *hides*) both big video game addicts as kids… i think i’ll be a tiny bit disappointed if my future kids don’t want to stay up all night with their consoles hehe.
Haha.. love the conversation with Addie – so cute!
Love the meme questions! You’ll have to do more.
Thanks so much for the comment, I feel special
don’t know what’s wrong with the commentluv thingy, I’ve taken it off until I sort it.
I should comment more! I hate that I’m so bad at leaving notes on other people’s blogs– it’s my resolution to say hi to more online friends.
Don’t worry, by the way– my whole day has been broken WordPress things. Heh.
It IS cute. I can’t lie. Hee. I just don’t want him to go blind from sitting too close to the TV (wow, I just typed that without thinking– I’m total 1950′s mom).
I did! My answers were so lame, though. And half of my answers were just: “Ditto to what Danni put.” Heh.
Oh, Jen! I’ve been thinking about you all day! ::hugs::
Hahahahaha– I’m so glad that “shut up” was funny. It was hilarious when I wrote it, and then I looked back and wondered if it was just annoying. Like someone would LITERALLY want me to shut up. Heh.
I so want to hear that recording next time we hang out. I’m sure it’s incredible.
I’ll download it tonight! I have a handful of other Death Cab songs– I was really into them a few months back– but I’ve never heard “What Sarah Said”. Thanks for the recommendation!
LEGO STAR WARS! YESSSS! I love that game, and I’m not even a Star Wars fan. You’re right; it’s such a cool game and you never die. I like the built-in safety net of that. Hee. Have you ever played any of LucasArts adventure games (Sam & Max, Monkey Island series, Grim Fandango)? They’re absolutely amazing, and they also have a no-dying thing.
And your professor speaks the truth. The more I thought about that, the more right on it is.
THANKS BUDDY! Back at you!
I totally read it, and it was totally AWESOME. PS: There’s no reason I went with ‘The Snake’. Only having one alias seemed lame at the time. Hehehe.
You and I are music twins, Beka! Hee. We dig the exact same things.
I tried candy, but this girl just isn’t interested.
She even turned down a chocolate truffle, which is her version of Heaven in a round ball. I’m totally at a loss.
PLEASE steal the meme. What’s mine is yours, friend.
HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA–
so awesome.
She’s like, “This training is so dull I’m gonna have to close my eyes… for a little… zzzzzz…”
I’m SO glad to hear Alyssa is doing the same thing! I thought I was the only mom having trouble with this, really. I’m really going to be holding onto the hope that at 3 our little girls can finally wear all the adorable underwear we’ve been stocking up on.
Thanks, Lisa! You know what’s weird? I can’t even remember HOW I toilet trained Eli. I think he just woke up one day and started to use the bathroom like an adult. I don’t remember doing all this chasing-naked-babies around before.
I gave her two cups of juice and then sat her down 20 minutes later, and we sat there for about 70 minutes. She just held it in. As soon as she had the diaper back on, she went in it. Sigh. I hate being impatient about parenting things; I’m just SO tired of diapers.
Aren’t you coming to the States soon?!