An entertaining ‘incentive’ for children to use the toilet, or just technology overload?
Yes, that’s right – this training toilet comes complete with an inbuilt iPad dock to entertain your toddler during the toilet training stage. The iPotty will be available at Amazon from March and will retail at US$40.
Would you buy this for your little one, or will you be sticking with the traditional reward chart and stickers?
You may have already stumbled across this wonderfully written blog post from Mamami, outlining 14 little ‘tests’ that you can undertake to ascertain whether you are ‘ready’ to have kids. Check it out here.
We thoughts it was hilarious, truthful and very real. No sugar coating here. We would love to hear what you think? Is anyone ‘ever’ ready to have kids?
Here are a couple of things that really resonated with us from this post (we do recommend reading the post in it’s entirety though – you will really appreciate it!)
To discover how the nights will feel:
1. Walk around the living room from 5pm to 10pm carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 4 – 6kg,
with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly.
Now who hasn’t been there? Otherwise known as the ‘witching’ or ‘arsenic’ hour…. or two …… or four.
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Regarding cars:
1. Forget the BMW. Buy a practical 5-door wagon.
2. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
3. Get a coin. Insert it into the CD player.
Yep – you might even have to opt for a Kia Carnivale! *sigh* …. And the coin in the CD player thing – has happened not once, but on numerous occasions to us.
Be very prepared for long drives… without your favorite music but with some delightful sounds of screaming babies.
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TV
1. Learn the names of every character from the Wiggles, Barney, Teletubbies and Disney.
2. Watch nothing else on television for at least 5 years.
TV? What’s that? Aaaahhh, you mean that thing that displays cartoons, nursery rhymes and funny looking characters?
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Long Trips with Toddlers
1. Make a recording of someone shouting ‘Mummy’ repeatedly. Important Notes: No more than a 4 second delay between each Mummy. Include occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet.
2. Play this tape in your car, everywhere you go for the next 4 years.
You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.
Conversations
1. Start talking to an adult of your choice.
2. Have someone else continually tug on your shirt hem or shirt sleeve while playing the Mummy tape listed above.
You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.
Getting ready for work
1. Pick a day on which you have an important meeting.
2. Put on your finest work attire.
3. Take a cup of cream and put 1 cup of lemon juice in it
4. Stir
5. Dump half of it on your nice silk shirt
6. Saturate a towel with the other half of the mixture
7. Attempt to clean your shirt with the same saturated towel
8. Do not change (you have no time).
9. Go directly to work
So I managed to escape the house briefly the other day and picked myself up the latest issue of Shop 4 Kids.
Do you have your copy yet? It’s jam packed with everything Summer for the kiddies.
How cool is this LMFAO inspired outfit!
I think my little man could rock this party rocker look, given his love of LMFAO. I’m not quite sure about the leopard print cardigan though. What do you think?
Drink Trolleys. I have been lusting over these for quite some time now.
Don’t you think they just add that little bit of glamour to any space?
And yes, I do have three kids under three, but hey, I could always train them to stay away, couldn’t I?
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So my little boy is two and a half. I can’t believe it has almost been three years since he entered our world.
How have the terrible two’s been for you?
We have been fortunate enough that they have not been so ‘terrible’ for us …. yet! The last few months have been full of super heroes, costumes and more costumes, with the not so lovely addition of a tantrum here and there.
So next time your beautiful two year old doesn’t appear to be so beautiful, take a moment to remind yourself of this poem and enjoy them with a smile!
Remember – They’re only two and half for such a little while.
