tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post3892990951759505014..comments2024-02-22T22:40:09.294-05:00Comments on Life of a Catholic Librarian: A family fun weekend of epic gardening fails, saint doll arrivals, & potty refusals, settle in!Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-82003386183829934522015-08-12T16:03:54.602-04:002015-08-12T16:03:54.602-04:00Steph, I LOVE the bean idea, thank you! I think ne...Steph, I LOVE the bean idea, thank you! I think next year, we will plant only 1 tomato plant (yields SO MANY anyway, we really didn't need 2 to begin with!) and 2 sweet banana pepper, because those are wonderful and easy. Our bell peppers never yield all that great, so we may axe them, or just try the green lady bell (we usually get fancy and do red/orange/yellow ;-)) since my mom has great luck with those. No cucumbers or melons (God forbid), but maybe something else simple, like the yellow beans you mention. I'll bring it up to Mike!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-52498059170858822182015-08-12T15:50:25.006-04:002015-08-12T15:50:25.006-04:00I obviously cannot offer an parenting advice, but ...I obviously cannot offer an parenting advice, but I do have some thoughts about gardening. My husband grew up in a German farming family, so he does miracles with the garden. Since we are in an apartment, we obviously cannot have one by our home. For the last few years, he's rented a few plots at a community garden. It works out well and he's been very successful. The only downside is that the people who lives nearby think that "community garden" is the same as "communal garden" and have been known to steal whatever they can. He was gifted a tomato plant by someone and put it in the corner with a circular gate over it. It's worked well so far as long as we can hang on to the tomatoes! He's had great success with the yellow and italian beans. With some water on a regular basis and good amount of sun, they grow and grow and grow! Maybe that would be a good plant to try next year. He's had so many beans he's given some away. The other plants are on their way but not ready for picking yet. I can't wait for us to have a house so that the garden can be in our backyard.<br /><br />Thanks for the laughs and stories as usual. :-)<br /><br />angelstephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16976824999263820352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-65095205640163924042015-08-12T14:15:20.398-04:002015-08-12T14:15:20.398-04:00Thank you Allison! Yep, I hate throwing away the d...Thank you Allison! Yep, I hate throwing away the dry disposables too, but if she wore it the whole night...gotta throw it out. ;-) Agreed, it's time to stop buying the diapers!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-88457844868451213572015-08-12T14:04:21.688-04:002015-08-12T14:04:21.688-04:00Annamarie still wears a diaper at night, but hones...Annamarie still wears a diaper at night, but honestly she hasn't peed in it in months. Well, she will only pee in it at night if she falls asleep somewhere random and doesn't use the toilet before bed. I think I've heard that the earlier they train to use the toilet the harder night time is? Not sure if it's true, but Annamarie used the potty super early. We have tried telling her she doesn't need a diaper (since she rarely wets it) but for her, I think it's a safety thing and she says she still needs it. But once this pack of diapers runs out I'm not buying more. If she wants a diaper on, I bought a few cloth trainers and that will be her only option. Since I'm now washing baby diapers she can use the big toddler sized trainers at night if she insists on a diaper. I hate buying disposables and then having to throw them out when she doesn't pee in them! So, I'm not sure that helps, but just to say you are not alone! :)Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037863893536646602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-30384648264552061772015-08-12T13:02:08.707-04:002015-08-12T13:02:08.707-04:00Laura, thank you so much! Henry was like your kids...Laura, thank you so much! Henry was like your kids. He didn't train at all until he was 3, but once it clicked, it clicked, and he never wet again, even overnight. With Anne, it's been very different. She trained earlier, but the overnight has never even been a question - she's not anywhere close on that one. I'm not worried about it, but it sure would be nice to not have to buy diapers anymore! Yep, I told her no TV unless she sat on the potty, and this morning she complied. I'd like for her to be able to get up and go herself if she needs to, so the nightlight idea is a really good one! Helpfully, her bedroom is right next to our upstairs bathroom.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-80835948894069040112015-08-12T12:56:06.127-04:002015-08-12T12:56:06.127-04:00Night time potty training...
I think for the olde...Night time potty training...<br /><br />I think for the oldest one I basically told him that he could not snuggle in bed with me in the morning until after he peed. Same for the younger one. After a while they just go when they are more awake. So sometimes they get up and sit on the couch with that "I'm not quite awake yet" look and a couple minutes later dash off. *shrugs*<br /><br />Night time training was something we never really had to do. Once they were day trained it was only a couple of weeks later that I noticed they were night trained. My youngest absolutely hated diapers (once he decided to use the potty) so sometimes I had to sneak in and put a diaper on him after he fell asleep (over his undies). But like I said that didn't last too long. <br /><br />I use a trick my mom did for us when we were young. We have a night light in the bathroom and we leave the bathroom door open. There's cups and a step stool too. My youngest used to cry and wake us at night for water and whatnot, but then he got in the habit of taking himself. I'd wake up to hear the sink being turned on. Then he'd scamper back to bed. The night light is bright enough to direct traffic to the bathroom, but dark enough not to wake them up so much that they have to trouble going back to bed.<br /><br />Maybe waking up Anne before you go to bed and sitting her groggy self on the pot to pee? I guess I just lucked out on this part. Although day training was a head ache unto itself. I wouldn't worry too much though. It's pretty normal that most kids are still doing diapers at night until age 6, and longer if there's a family history of bed wetting.Deltaflutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489950329698009256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-71507938390034436832015-08-12T12:15:26.493-04:002015-08-12T12:15:26.493-04:00Amy, HA HA HA HA!!!! I'm certain that this was...Amy, HA HA HA HA!!!! I'm certain that this was not funny at the time, but I laughed really hard reading this story. :0 Because...YES. All the tears. All the "yikes." All the indecision about clothes. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, THE CLOTHES DECISIONS! :0 Good gravy. It's a battle Every.Single.Morning. And then Every.Single.Night. <br /><br />And fried green tomatoes are really awesome, I'm just saying. ;-)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772700828819881141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943060470929085549.post-75707865665536119642015-08-12T12:06:09.284-04:002015-08-12T12:06:09.284-04:00HA! Your Anne and my daughter came off the same a...HA! Your Anne and my daughter came off the same assembly line. Last night my daughter refused to hop out of the tub even after she drained the water out, so I was "Bad Mommy" for lifting her out of the tub. Tears. So many tears. Daddy wanted to know what was going on, so he became the savior, complete with desperate hugs and kisses. I went to sort laundry, and within minutes, my husband is begging my daughter to pick out her jammies. Then, he became stern, telling her that if she did not pick jammies, he would pick them for her. Tears. So many tears, followed by scurrying feet down the hallway to me, because "Daddy is saying angry words." "Bad Mommy", suddenly rehabilitated to savior status, blandly asks why Daddy is saying angry words, to be told that "Daddy is angry because I don't LIKE (pronounced "YIKE") the green jammies." Maybe if you told Daddy which jammies you DO want to wear, that would make Daddy happy. "Okaaaayyyyyy, I'll TRY that." (Walks to bedroom) DADDY, I WANT MY SPARKLY JAMMIES!!!!!! <br /><br />My husband and I finally staked our tomatoes this weekend. In the process, we ended up with about 5 pounds of green tomatoes because staking the plants this time of year is not the best plan. I'm trying to find something to do with them besides fried green tomatoes. I know I saw something using green tomatoes in one of my new cookbooks I cannot now find as they all usually get appropriated by my children for use in their play kitchen sooner or later.Amynoreply@blogger.com