All hail the nappy

This week Mr S did something for the first time. He told me he needed to poo, he then got to the potty and did the poo in time. He normally falls short and has already done it in his pull ups by the time he has told me and we’ve got his pants down. But not this day, this day he made it. My gosh was he proud of himself and I was proud of him.  He stood up cheering and dancing and I was cheering and dancing along with him.

Then came Mr S favourite part of potty training. Taking it to the toilet, tipping the number ones and number twos in and then flushing. I don’t know why he loves this so much, I imagine because he sees grown ups use a toilet so it makes him feel like a big boy. Once we had finished the dancing we turned to get the potty and do the toilet run.

What happened next happened in slow motion.  THE DOG ATE IT! Yes you read that correctly. George my cheeky ‘overweight’ Jack Russell ate the shit. He didn’t even chew. He clearly knew what he was doing was wrong and that if he got caught he would be told not to eat it, so as quickly as he could he practically inhaled a toddlers turd.

I spent the next hour reliving the traumatic experience and dry heaving. I also spent the next hour listening to Mr S throw a tantrum because ‘Gorge’, which is what he calls George the dog, had eaten his poo and he didn’t get to flush it.

Potty training is so bloody stressful.

If the poo eating incident wasn’t bad enough there was more

1. Chasing after a toddler, waving a potty like a mad woman because he has a log hanging out of his cheeks and in his words doesn’t want it out.
2. Having your little boy sat at the side of the toilet, sobbing, because you flushed his wee in the toilet and he wanted to keep it.
3. Your younger child celebrating his older brothers use of the potty by picking up the potty and drinking piss.
4. Your toddler carrying a piece of poo too you because it came out on the floor.

It’s ridiculous.  When you have a baby and you change that first overly gross mustard nappy with only teeny wool balls and warm water , you  think to yourself this is it. This is the worst it can be. It can’t get any worse than  this, and it doesn’t, it actually does get better. The poops start to solidify a bit, you even get the odd cheeky one wipe. Then it happens the health visitor/grandma/friend mentions potty training. You get a bit cocky, I can do this you think, how hard can it be you think. You buy a potty, storybooks about a little boy who craps in all the right places, you Google tips on potty training. You got this mama bear.

Then you start trying, you get pissed on in the first hour and there’s a poo in your shoe. throw away the books, delete your Internet history, it’s all garbage. The only tip when it comes to potty training, persevere, buy a couple of mop heads and start finding poo funny.

Good day to you.

Mama Bears break

Today marks the end of mine and hubby's week off together.  We decided to have some time off around Mr S birthday and have some family time. We have definitely made the most of it and I think we're all more tired now than we were at the start. So what have we been up too?


Our first day out was Trafford Centre. We started with an all you can eat breakfast at Premier Inn which with children eating free was great value. We made sure our stomachs were fully lined ready for our next stop, In The night garden LIVE.  I have done a full review blog of night garden which you can read by clciking HERE

We finished the first day with a little retail therapy and then hubby, me and the 3 boys had a picnic in the garden. I think Mr B ate more grass than food, but it was still great.


Our second day out was for Mr S birthday. We went to The Sealife Centre in Blackpool as he likes fish. He loved seeing the huge sharks and the rays. Well what he could see. There were so many people squeezed in there we spent more time fighting our way through crowds and people posing for selfies than looking at the fish. I felt like it was more about cash in the till than providing a great service and experience. Non the less we made it a lovely day,  which ended by eating our lunch in the car. The rain was just too heavy to do anything but. It was fine though because we were looking at the sea!

Downside of car lunch, Mr B ended up like this......

Our third day was again a rainy day so we had a lovely morning at Land of Play with our lovely friends, Stuart, Claire and baby JJ, (as Mr S calls him). I'm not sure who had more fun on the big slides the kids or the dad's.  Land of play is my favourite indoor play. It is in Trafford Park so not too far for us and has great facilities. It is definitely the cleanest indoor play I have visited and the food is yummy too.

The fourth day out was, SHOCKER, blighted by rain. So we pulled on our positive socks, who needs sunshine anyway, and went swimming. Mr S and Mr B are usually quite clingy in the water but on this trip we tried something new.

We took a couple of their fave bath toys so they would stop focusing on all the people and the depth and put all attention on how fun it is to play with Sharron Shark. It worked!! By the time we got out Mr S was jumping in, dunking himself under and even swam without any help from us. A successful trip all round, until we got in the showers and I noticed liquid fudge running down his leg. #swimnappyfail


Our fifth and final outing was a trip to Haigh Hall. We had sunshine which was nice, however with the weeks weather we’d had, i wasn't expecting sunshine so we weren't really dressed accordingly, cue removing layers and slaping on the emergency suncream. We had fun on the park, Mr B ate sand. We had fun in the walled garden, Mr B ate grass. We had fun in the woods, Mr B ate soil. Then we had a picnic with lovely sandwiches and Mr B ate……… nothing!!

The miniature railway was great and only £1 each, with the cubs thrown on for free. The kids loved waving at everyone and when the train went toot toot.
Another great day, made even better for papa bear as next to the ice cream van was a craft ale van. Fun for the whole family.

Thank you hubby and my boys for a great week. Till our next break together hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go.
Good day to you x

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