As many know, I have 2 little boys who like to take diapers off. When Jack was a baby (as I've written before) we had many a poop messes. Now Luke is at the stage where he doesn't want to wear a diaper, period. Sneaky kid thinks his parents are dumb! We didn't even mess around with "what to do" because we've been there and done it! So today, I'm going to make this blog about the different ways that were suggested and we've tried to keep a diaper on our crazy children:)
1. Put on a onesie. If you child is as creative and smart as my boys, they'll reach up underneath the bottom snaps, take off the diaper and keep the onesie fully intact! That's right ladies and gentlemen, I have 2 Baby Houdinis!
2. Put pants on the kid. Again, my boys are just too smart and independent for this one. They just take them off!
3. Put the diaper on backwards. Because todays diapers are contoured, this is a bad idea. It's rather difficult to change a toddler let alone have them lay on their belly and let you strap a new diaper to them!
4. Duct tape the tabs. This worked great for us for several weeks with both boys. However, they are little stinkers and figured out how to pull it off. With Jack we decided to combine #3 and #4 for a while and it worked for a bit. He figured out that you can just rip the sides and off comes the diaper. Maybe because that's the way we took them off. Monkey see, monkey do.
5. 360 degrees of duct tape. Now this is my favorite. Who doesn't like to put a ring of tape around their kid, making sure that it's not too tight or touches their skin. If that's not bad enough the dang tape will stick to itself. This does seem to be the most effective, yet a royal pain in the ass.
So if you see a little blonde headed boy running around with a duct taped diaper...he's mine! You may ask yourself, "Robin, why are you doing yet another poop post?" Well my dear readers, if you misplaced your duct tape for a day and had to change/clean crib not once but twice in one day I think you'd be rather pissed and need to vent. Not to mention all the times he took off his diaper in the living room. Last night, Luke took off his diaper and before I could reach him he peed in the diaper. He was standing up and peeing into his diaper laying on the floor! All I'll say is the boy needs to really work on his aim. We are sitting on the potty, but haven't had any results in the last week. But we will continue to try as long as he's willing to try. Oh little boys, the stories I'll have for you! Paybacks are, well, going to be fun for me:)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Bloody boys
When Jack was about 8 months old he climbed out of his crib and landed face first on the uncarpeted floor. Being a first time Mom at the time, I was scared. I didn't know that little kids' noses are really hard to break because their bones are soft til about 2. So we made an ER trip. That was my first experience with a little boy having a bloody nose, or bloody anything for that matter.
Well, now a days I don't just have to worry about one nut. Why oh why would God only give me one crazy kid. I already know how to deal with it, so he added another. Nowadays, I'm a pro. A couple of months ago, Luke and Jack were "measuring" with the tape measurer, when it was snapped closed. It sliced Luke's little finger right at the knuckle. It had filled up a papertowel and finally the bleeding stopped with some ice cubes. I knew he would rip it open again because it was pretty deep and come on, he's a Snyder boy! I knew a trip to the hospital was stupid, so I looked around and couldn't find what I needed, so I called up my friend, got what I needed came back and applied the miracle cure...SUPER GLUE! That's right, I super glued his cut closed after I cleaned it with peroxide. I know crazy mom, but I knew what would happen if I didn't.
This evening, Luke being a big boy, climbed on the couch. I can't tell you how many times we've yelled at the boys to not climb on the couch. Jack is known to do somersaults off the arm of the couch, they both like to climb over and dangle. Tonight Luke climbed over the back and just fell to the ground. Normally, he would just get up, go around and try again (unless he got caught by the mean Mommy!). This time however he started crying. Since we were webcamming with my Mom, Zach picked him up and brought him over to me. We're sitting there minding our own business when the boy opens his mouth and blood starts pouring out of his mouth! Since we're now pros at this, I quickly checked to make sure his teeth were ok and it was just something small. Zach walked into the kitchen, got some papertowels and ice. Turns out the kid bit his tongue on impact. He now has two little gashes on the top of his tongue. After sucking on an ice cube for 2 minutes, he's up and playing. I'm now so good, that the only blood is a dime size on my shirt.
The best advice anyone has given me about raising kids came from my Mother-in-law. Before Jack was born she told me that "babies bounce". That simple. I won't tell you how much I've repeated this to myself over the years! Kids are amazing. When they fall, your reaction (gasp, freak out, etc) usually scare them more than the actual fall. If you've been around me with the boys, I usually tell them to brush it off. I do my freak out inside because if I'm acting like a crazy person, who's in charge? (Sorry for the little parenting tip, but I've had a couple of people ask me why my boys don't cry unless they're really hurt.)
I'm hoping to start blogging more often, but if I wrote down every insane thing my boys did, I would be sitting at the computer all day everyday because it's never ending.
Well, now a days I don't just have to worry about one nut. Why oh why would God only give me one crazy kid. I already know how to deal with it, so he added another. Nowadays, I'm a pro. A couple of months ago, Luke and Jack were "measuring" with the tape measurer, when it was snapped closed. It sliced Luke's little finger right at the knuckle. It had filled up a papertowel and finally the bleeding stopped with some ice cubes. I knew he would rip it open again because it was pretty deep and come on, he's a Snyder boy! I knew a trip to the hospital was stupid, so I looked around and couldn't find what I needed, so I called up my friend, got what I needed came back and applied the miracle cure...SUPER GLUE! That's right, I super glued his cut closed after I cleaned it with peroxide. I know crazy mom, but I knew what would happen if I didn't.
This evening, Luke being a big boy, climbed on the couch. I can't tell you how many times we've yelled at the boys to not climb on the couch. Jack is known to do somersaults off the arm of the couch, they both like to climb over and dangle. Tonight Luke climbed over the back and just fell to the ground. Normally, he would just get up, go around and try again (unless he got caught by the mean Mommy!). This time however he started crying. Since we were webcamming with my Mom, Zach picked him up and brought him over to me. We're sitting there minding our own business when the boy opens his mouth and blood starts pouring out of his mouth! Since we're now pros at this, I quickly checked to make sure his teeth were ok and it was just something small. Zach walked into the kitchen, got some papertowels and ice. Turns out the kid bit his tongue on impact. He now has two little gashes on the top of his tongue. After sucking on an ice cube for 2 minutes, he's up and playing. I'm now so good, that the only blood is a dime size on my shirt.
The best advice anyone has given me about raising kids came from my Mother-in-law. Before Jack was born she told me that "babies bounce". That simple. I won't tell you how much I've repeated this to myself over the years! Kids are amazing. When they fall, your reaction (gasp, freak out, etc) usually scare them more than the actual fall. If you've been around me with the boys, I usually tell them to brush it off. I do my freak out inside because if I'm acting like a crazy person, who's in charge? (Sorry for the little parenting tip, but I've had a couple of people ask me why my boys don't cry unless they're really hurt.)
I'm hoping to start blogging more often, but if I wrote down every insane thing my boys did, I would be sitting at the computer all day everyday because it's never ending.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Oh what a day.
Yesterday started with a bang, well actually it started with a little boy who took off his diaper. That's right, we have another nudist on our hands. Thankfully it was only a pee diaper and not too bad to clean up. So I headed downstairs with Luke only to find that Jack had gotten into the fridge and wanted some bug juice (milk kefir). Well, little boy forgot to close the door. So into time out he went. Things were going good at this point, we had oatmeal and the boys played for a bit. Then it was snacktime. Jack and I left Luke to finish up his snack. A little bit later, I smelled poop and figured Luke pooped in his diaper. I got a phone call from Zach saying he was bringing one of the guys from work over for lunch. I told him it had been a busy morning and that the house wasn't too clean. So they were coming in 5 minutes, so I went to get Luke ready for his naptime. That's when I saw it...little boy had taken off his diaper and pooped all over his booster seat!!!!! EWWWWWWWWWW. Luckily my sink was clear and I threw him in there, gave him a quick sink bath. The dog thought she's help clean up and started eating poop. I still gag thinking of it! So Lilo got put outside, I have a fresh and clean baby and Jack was being a big boy helper. Zach and I went to put the boys down, only to find that Jack had locked their bedroom doors and nobody was inside. So once we got those unlocked the boys went down for their nap. I enjoyed some time with Zach and Jordan, then a short alone time. Jack doesn't want to take a nap now, so I could hear him running around upstairs.
Once he came downstairs, Jack wanted to go outside and play in the pool, but it was overcast and a storm was moving in. So I told him no. He went outside anyway and let Lilo out. There was something really interesting on the other side of the fence and Lilo shimmied her way underneath. So Jack got in trouble for going outside and I went outside to run down the dog. Not my idea of fun. We're buying chicken wire to keep her from getting out. She did this a couple of days ago and when she got back into a fence, it was just our neighbors!
When Zach got home, Luke woke up from his nap. Zach came down carrying a little boy in a towel, yep you guessed it, the diaper came off again! This time there was poop everywhere! So we went up to clean up the mess. Jack ran into his room and locked his door. He was told to never lock a door again, so he got in trouble and Zach and I each took a kid door and turned the handle around. Now the locks are on the outside and we can lock them in there (insert evil laugh). While we were doing our handy work, the boys were helping out. Luke lost a screw, Jack wanted to use the screwdriver. So as Zach and I were looking for this screw, Luke thought it would be a great idea to get a drink of water. So little man goes into the bathroom with a cup (a megablock which is a lego on steroids) and gets some water...FROM THE TOILET! Yuck, yuck, yuck! I didn't know if I should wash his mouth out with soap, or what. So downstairs we went to watch the finale of American Idol. The night then turned into a game of boys who want to annoy their parents. Which is a fun game for them, not so fun for the parents. Lets just say by bedtime, I was not in a good mood and wanted to hit the sack myself. Yesterday was just a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day"!
I was hoping for a better start to my day today, but no. It started with Luke's 3rd bath in 2 days. That's right, diaper was off again. We found the duct tape and have warned Luke that we've done this before with his brother and are much smarter than he thinks we are :) With Jack people said to put on a onesie, well he'd reach up from the bottom, take off the diaper and have the onesie still intact. People recommeded putting the diaper on backwards, well that lasted all of 2 minutes. It was also recommeded to put pants on him, um my kid was no dummy and took off his pants within seconds. So out came the duct tape. At first we just put a small strip across the tabs, but after a few weeks little man figured it out. So we started doing a full rotation around the diaper. Thankfully that worked for a couple of months. Then I think he just outgrew it and was ready to start potty training. I know Luke it young, but he sure does like sitting on the potty. He even farted the other day! Good start for a 15 month old. He wants to be just like his big brother! Hopefully it will go just as easy as Jack did.
So if anyone needs any advice on dealing with poop when it's up to your elbows, just ask. Been there, done that and am now on my second lap!
Once he came downstairs, Jack wanted to go outside and play in the pool, but it was overcast and a storm was moving in. So I told him no. He went outside anyway and let Lilo out. There was something really interesting on the other side of the fence and Lilo shimmied her way underneath. So Jack got in trouble for going outside and I went outside to run down the dog. Not my idea of fun. We're buying chicken wire to keep her from getting out. She did this a couple of days ago and when she got back into a fence, it was just our neighbors!
When Zach got home, Luke woke up from his nap. Zach came down carrying a little boy in a towel, yep you guessed it, the diaper came off again! This time there was poop everywhere! So we went up to clean up the mess. Jack ran into his room and locked his door. He was told to never lock a door again, so he got in trouble and Zach and I each took a kid door and turned the handle around. Now the locks are on the outside and we can lock them in there (insert evil laugh). While we were doing our handy work, the boys were helping out. Luke lost a screw, Jack wanted to use the screwdriver. So as Zach and I were looking for this screw, Luke thought it would be a great idea to get a drink of water. So little man goes into the bathroom with a cup (a megablock which is a lego on steroids) and gets some water...FROM THE TOILET! Yuck, yuck, yuck! I didn't know if I should wash his mouth out with soap, or what. So downstairs we went to watch the finale of American Idol. The night then turned into a game of boys who want to annoy their parents. Which is a fun game for them, not so fun for the parents. Lets just say by bedtime, I was not in a good mood and wanted to hit the sack myself. Yesterday was just a "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day"!
I was hoping for a better start to my day today, but no. It started with Luke's 3rd bath in 2 days. That's right, diaper was off again. We found the duct tape and have warned Luke that we've done this before with his brother and are much smarter than he thinks we are :) With Jack people said to put on a onesie, well he'd reach up from the bottom, take off the diaper and have the onesie still intact. People recommeded putting the diaper on backwards, well that lasted all of 2 minutes. It was also recommeded to put pants on him, um my kid was no dummy and took off his pants within seconds. So out came the duct tape. At first we just put a small strip across the tabs, but after a few weeks little man figured it out. So we started doing a full rotation around the diaper. Thankfully that worked for a couple of months. Then I think he just outgrew it and was ready to start potty training. I know Luke it young, but he sure does like sitting on the potty. He even farted the other day! Good start for a 15 month old. He wants to be just like his big brother! Hopefully it will go just as easy as Jack did.
So if anyone needs any advice on dealing with poop when it's up to your elbows, just ask. Been there, done that and am now on my second lap!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Cute, but trouble.
Little Luke has the kind of face it's hard to get mad at. He just has to look at you with those chocolate brown eyes and you melt. That being said, he's trouble. He's the brains of the operation and Jack is the heavy. The other day Jack had done something (I think bang on the table) and I told him not to. So I went about doing whatever I was doing and he started doing it again. When I looked up Luke was shaking his head "No, No, No". As soon as I pretended not to be paying attention Luke started chanting, "Jack Jack, Jack Jack" while rocking back and forth. So big brother wanted to make little brother giggle continued to get in trouble. Again when I said something and looked over, Luke was shaking his head.
Last night we were watching TV and the boys were playing having a good time. Luke started crying and I looked over and said, "Oh looks like Luke is stuck." Zachary, being the over-reactor that he is wanted to break the rocking chair because Luke went in there all crazy. I know if he got himself stuck, I could get him unstuck. He had flipped over the kid rocking chair, put his legs between the bottom supports and slid all the way down til his gourd couldn't fit through. He was wedged in there pretty good. It took me not even a minute to get him out and he doesn't even have a bruise.
Now comes to his biggest problem...dog food. You would think that we don't feed the kid enough. Every time we don't lock the kitchen gate, I can find Luke over at Lilo's bowl munching on some dog food. This has been going on for months and he always has a mouthful of dog food. Poor Lilo has to share her wonderful Beneful Weight Control dry dog food with a 15 month old!!!!
It's fun to watch their daily amusements, but sometimes it can give you heart failure!
Last night we were watching TV and the boys were playing having a good time. Luke started crying and I looked over and said, "Oh looks like Luke is stuck." Zachary, being the over-reactor that he is wanted to break the rocking chair because Luke went in there all crazy. I know if he got himself stuck, I could get him unstuck. He had flipped over the kid rocking chair, put his legs between the bottom supports and slid all the way down til his gourd couldn't fit through. He was wedged in there pretty good. It took me not even a minute to get him out and he doesn't even have a bruise.
Now comes to his biggest problem...dog food. You would think that we don't feed the kid enough. Every time we don't lock the kitchen gate, I can find Luke over at Lilo's bowl munching on some dog food. This has been going on for months and he always has a mouthful of dog food. Poor Lilo has to share her wonderful Beneful Weight Control dry dog food with a 15 month old!!!!
It's fun to watch their daily amusements, but sometimes it can give you heart failure!
Monday, April 19, 2010
What an adventurous Monday morning!!!
For the last month our lives have been crazy. We moved then a week later left on a 3 week vacation. The boys were amazing on our trip. Jack was very polite and Luke was his eyelash batting self. No surprise that as soon as we get home little monster emerge.
So our first Monday back and it's starts off with a few cuss words flying. Zach looked over and realized that he forgot to set his alarm for his normal worktime and not weekend duty time. So I scramble downstairs and get the coffee ready, start the car, get that defrosted and pack a breakfast all on the go in a record 10 minutes! Then Jack and I head upstairs to check on Luke several minutes later and then the real fun began.
Sometime during the night, Luke had taken off his diaper and fingerpainted his crib...YUCK! So I take the icky boy and throw him in the tub. Rinse him off then clean the tub and give them both a real bath. No major mishaps there, so I dry them off and put them in Jack's room so I can run downstairs and get Luke a diaper. I hadn't even made it to the bottom of the stairs til I hear Jack standing at the gate at the top of the stairs yelling, "Mmmmmoooooommmmmmmm, Luke just peed on my carpet!". For some reason Jack doesn't think your hear something til you acknowlege him, so he kept yelling this til I made it to the top of the stairs armed with papertowels and some Lysol and carpet cleaner. Oh and don't forget the diaper. So I clean up that mess and let them continue to play in there while I head over to the real mess.
I strip the crib and start a load of nast crib sheets, blankets and toys. Then start scrubbing the crib and then putting furniture polish to make it shine. As the washing machine gets going it starts squeaking (remind me to call Sears and get that fixed!) and then Lilo starts barking at that crazy mouse running on that squeaky wheel inside the washing machine. The boys start running around and Jack's yelling at the top of his lungs, "I'M RUNNING AROUND! I'M RUNNING AROUND!". Breath in, Breath out. So I was finally able to round up the gang and we headed downstairs to watch some Wiggles so Mama could take a deep breath and wake up. So maybe another year before Luke's potty trained??? I'm going to start and have a countdown because I have a feeling we might need to bust out the duct tape again.
For those of you who don't know, Jack was horrible about taking his diaper off. I tried every trick in the book. He even managed to take duct tape off! In the end we would have a piece that started and ended in the back of the diaper and Houdini managed to get it off. Eventually he grew out of it, but that was a very long period. I think I had scrubbed the finish off of his crib!!!
Oh the joys of little boys!
So our first Monday back and it's starts off with a few cuss words flying. Zach looked over and realized that he forgot to set his alarm for his normal worktime and not weekend duty time. So I scramble downstairs and get the coffee ready, start the car, get that defrosted and pack a breakfast all on the go in a record 10 minutes! Then Jack and I head upstairs to check on Luke several minutes later and then the real fun began.
Sometime during the night, Luke had taken off his diaper and fingerpainted his crib...YUCK! So I take the icky boy and throw him in the tub. Rinse him off then clean the tub and give them both a real bath. No major mishaps there, so I dry them off and put them in Jack's room so I can run downstairs and get Luke a diaper. I hadn't even made it to the bottom of the stairs til I hear Jack standing at the gate at the top of the stairs yelling, "Mmmmmoooooommmmmmmm, Luke just peed on my carpet!". For some reason Jack doesn't think your hear something til you acknowlege him, so he kept yelling this til I made it to the top of the stairs armed with papertowels and some Lysol and carpet cleaner. Oh and don't forget the diaper. So I clean up that mess and let them continue to play in there while I head over to the real mess.
I strip the crib and start a load of nast crib sheets, blankets and toys. Then start scrubbing the crib and then putting furniture polish to make it shine. As the washing machine gets going it starts squeaking (remind me to call Sears and get that fixed!) and then Lilo starts barking at that crazy mouse running on that squeaky wheel inside the washing machine. The boys start running around and Jack's yelling at the top of his lungs, "I'M RUNNING AROUND! I'M RUNNING AROUND!". Breath in, Breath out. So I was finally able to round up the gang and we headed downstairs to watch some Wiggles so Mama could take a deep breath and wake up. So maybe another year before Luke's potty trained??? I'm going to start and have a countdown because I have a feeling we might need to bust out the duct tape again.
For those of you who don't know, Jack was horrible about taking his diaper off. I tried every trick in the book. He even managed to take duct tape off! In the end we would have a piece that started and ended in the back of the diaper and Houdini managed to get it off. Eventually he grew out of it, but that was a very long period. I think I had scrubbed the finish off of his crib!!!
Oh the joys of little boys!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A normal day in the Snyder household.
This morning Jack and I were watching TV and hanging out in my bed. All of a sudden he had something incredibly important to tell me so he started yelling, "Mom, Mom, Mommy, MOMMY!" I looked at him and asked what he wanted. He looked at me and said, "You're the greatest!". Right there made my day great.
While hanging out in the living room, Jack poured something from one cup to another (not unusual, I'm constantly telling him not to do it), so I grabbed the cups and as I was walking out to the kitchen he told me, "I just peed in the cup!" Like he wanted a prize for that! I tried to explain to him the reason he's peed in the cup in the van was because we couldn't get to a potty right away. I think I'm going to let this one slide and let Zach explain it to him!
Since we're moving tomorrow, I'm trying to get as much stuff ready as possible. So I'm letting the TV run all day with their favorite shows just so I can get some work done. I was cleaning up something then I heard, "OUCH!" I asked Jack what happened (mind you he is naked, because the boy is a nudist!) and he told me that he was trying to get the hairs on his penis. Um, ok. Then he proceeded to tell me that it hurt too much because they were stuck and he'd just get like Papa! OMGOSH!!!!! This is the kind of stuff that nobody prepared me for! They have no filter and just say whatever they think. How did I end up with two crazy little monsters??
While I was packing up Jack's closet, I came across a bag of his old shoes. When I looked in there I found a few pairs of Stride Rite shoes that I totally forgot about. So little Luke has been running around the house in a diaper and Stride Rite leather sandals. And Jack couldn't be outdone, so he was naked with his cowboy boots and newspaper hat. I just hope they'll be ready for payback when they bring home their girlfriends, because this Mama will have stories to tell!!!
While hanging out in the living room, Jack poured something from one cup to another (not unusual, I'm constantly telling him not to do it), so I grabbed the cups and as I was walking out to the kitchen he told me, "I just peed in the cup!" Like he wanted a prize for that! I tried to explain to him the reason he's peed in the cup in the van was because we couldn't get to a potty right away. I think I'm going to let this one slide and let Zach explain it to him!
Since we're moving tomorrow, I'm trying to get as much stuff ready as possible. So I'm letting the TV run all day with their favorite shows just so I can get some work done. I was cleaning up something then I heard, "OUCH!" I asked Jack what happened (mind you he is naked, because the boy is a nudist!) and he told me that he was trying to get the hairs on his penis. Um, ok. Then he proceeded to tell me that it hurt too much because they were stuck and he'd just get like Papa! OMGOSH!!!!! This is the kind of stuff that nobody prepared me for! They have no filter and just say whatever they think. How did I end up with two crazy little monsters??
While I was packing up Jack's closet, I came across a bag of his old shoes. When I looked in there I found a few pairs of Stride Rite shoes that I totally forgot about. So little Luke has been running around the house in a diaper and Stride Rite leather sandals. And Jack couldn't be outdone, so he was naked with his cowboy boots and newspaper hat. I just hope they'll be ready for payback when they bring home their girlfriends, because this Mama will have stories to tell!!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
How to eat while sleeping.
Poor Luke, we had friends over for lunch so he missed his noon naptime. The video was taken about 1:30 while he was eating his fish sticks. Poor little man!
It's been really busy around our house, we're moving in a week going on vacation in just over 2 weeks and wouldn't you know....the boys and I got sick! Yuck! Luckily it's just snot rockets and a mild cough for Jack and myself. For some reason I didn't have enough on my plate! I have to do it all sick.
The boys have been pretty mild lately, our only incident has been Jack throwing tantrums in the stores. I don't know why they've been happening, but they need to stop before I lose my mind! So if I don't update for a while, you know what's going on.
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