Potty Training update

Tanner is potty trained! It was so simple and easy too! The first day he had 4 accidents, second day only 2 accidents, third day he had 1, and has been clean and dry ever since! He even stays dry at night. I have to admit that I was skeptical about it taking only 3 days because the last 2 times it took forever, but it has worked for Tanner so far!
I would highly suggest the 3 day potty training technique because it is positive, encouraging, simple, cheap and it helped to teach me how to let him be in control of when he needed to go. We haven't had any power stuggles about potty training and that is such a big difference between my first 2 potty training experiences and with this one. Potty training Tanner has been a great experience and how often to you hear that about the most dreaded thing about parenting! Maybe it worked because he was ready since he was the only one in diapers, and he wanted to be like everyone else, maybe it was his personality, maybe it was because he is about to turn 3 in September, whatever it is, we are done with diapers and I am so glad that I did it! Heads up, she said that the most ideal time to potty train is when they are 22 months old because they are not set in their ways as much as a 3 year old. I wish I would have known that when Tanner was 22 months, I could have saved so much money!
All that I had to buy was the ebook, underwear, 1 stool, 1 package of kandoo wipes, and lots of drink! I opted not to buy a potty chair or seat because I wanted him to get used to going on any toilet, but that is a personal choice. Check out the website (www.3daypottytraining.com) yourself to see if you like it. I think the $24 was well worth it, especially since I won't be buying diapers anymore! YAY!!

Jeremy's Knee Injury

Some of you may know that Jeremy hurt his knee on July 19th. He spent most of last week in a Doctors office, in bed or on the couch. Well, we finally know what is wrong with it. He has a tibea plateau fracture and he also fractured his cartilege on his left knee. No ACL or MCL damage though. He has a stiff brace and will be on crutches for 2weeks, then down to one for next 2 weeks, and then careful walking. Surgery is still a possibility if his cartilege doesn't heal right in the next 6 weeks. He is pretty bummed about the injury because he was planning to run his first marathon (26.2 miles) in the fall, but now he is being advised not to even consider training for a marathon until next spring at the earliest. He also can't drive for 2 reasons, his car is a stick and he hurt his left knee, and he has to remove his brace to drive mine, because the parking brake is in the way, and he would have to bend his knee. So I have become his personal driver, which probably drives him crazy, ha! His boss has been allowing him to work from home since his desk doesn't accomidate his affliction very well. He is hanging in there but he has to take it easy. I wish he would have done that to begin with instead of mowing the lawn immediately after he hurt it. We are very lucky though, it could have been so much worse!

Potty Training Experiment

Ok, I've decided it is time to potty train Tanner and I have been dreading it since the day he was born but I hate changing diapers more. I decided that I am done buying diapers and when I run out, I had to start potty training. Well, I am down to the last 15, and I am determined not to buy anymore diapers. I don't want potty training to last as long as it did with Micheal and Clayton so I have been on a mission to find a new technique. A friend of mine suggested the "3 Day Potty Training" ebook by Lora Jensen. She potty trained her newly adopted 3 year old twins using this method and she highly suggested it. As soon as she said "3 day potty training" I was on board and wanted more information. After checking out her website (http://www.3daypottytraining.com/) I bought Lora Jensen's "3 day potty training guide" ebook (ebook is the only way to get it) for $24. I read thru the download and I am actually excited to get started because I might be finished in
3 days. I can handle potty training if it takes only 3 days! I plan to start potty training Tanner on Monday, July 21st! I bought everything I need and have been rereading her book so I can follow it to a T. I figured that there are so many of us preparing to potty train, or in the midst of it, and that it might be benefitial for me to try it and let you know how it went. So that if it works, I might save not only myself a headache but be able to help some of you too. So I will update you with my experiment by the end of the week. I hope to be able to tell you that it worked and the ebook is worth the money, but if it isn't, I'll tell you that too! Wish me luck!:)

Summer so far!

Sorry we haven't updated the blog lately, we have been a little busy. Since the last post Leah got her wisdom teeth pulled, Clayton lost both of his front teeth, Micheal got glasses, our huge ward was split and Leah is the new rs secretary, Jeremy has been busy with Scouts in both wards, Tanner hurt his foot and hobbled for 3 weeks, we got a trampoline, Diana came out to visit and we went to the beach, rode bikes, did cubscout stuff with Micheal, played tennis and had tons of fun. Jeremy and I also celebrated our 10th anniversary on June 26th! That has been the summer in a nutshell. Enjoy the fun pictures of the beach!