SuburbanDaddy

Entries from March 2008

Blog Link Thanks

March 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments

SuburbanDaddy policy is to add to my blogroll anyone who puts me in theirs.
Thanks to 2lilpumpkins for adding SuburbanDaddy!

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Tags: blogging

Results Of Big Weekend

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The big weekend didn’t go as well as we had hoped. The rest of the weekend went pretty much like the early update. We had some mild, bribery induced successes.  But there were also many, many accidents. To the point where Thing 2 actually asked to wear a diaper on Sunday. [...]

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Tags: potty · struggles

Homeschooling Is A Hot Topic

March 16th, 2008 · No Comments

When I was starting out as a bartender while in college, I was given a valuable piece of advice. I was told to always avoid religion and politics as topics, because bar clients, especially after a few drinks, will become very heated and at least half will disagree with my point of view and [...]

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Tags: parenting polls · parents today

Weekend Update

March 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

10:30am: Another potty success. Another Oreo.

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Tags: potty · stories

Weekend Update

March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

First update on the big weekend. Thing 2 was very excited to be wearing big boy underwear. He picked Thomas The Train. He was even more excited when he saw the bag of Oreos. He gets one every time he goes potty.
The Oreos were an instant success. He went pee [...]

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Tags: potty · stories · struggles

Any Takers?

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Apparently, my blog may be worth money. I wouldn’t put much value in the estimate, but it’s still fun to check.

My blog is worth $11,290.80.How much is your blog worth?

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Tags: blogging

Parenting Poll Of The Week – Homeschooling?

March 14th, 2008 · 10 Comments

I’ve been hearing a lot about homeschooling lately. Frankly, I don’t get it. I’m a live and let live kinda guy, so I don’t mind if people want to homeschool their kids. Knock your self out. I just don’t get WHY anyone would want to in the first place.
I can see [...]

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Tags: parenting polls · rants

Big Event This Weekend

March 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ve written a lot about the difficulties we’ve had with Thing 1 and potty training.  I guess it’s to be expected since he’s our first one and we learn as we go.  It’s what experts call the “guinea pig syndrome”.
We have tried very hard not to push Thing 2 to use the potty until he [...]

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Tags: potty · struggles