Nesting Projects, Hospital Bag and Potty Training

Tonight on The Current Lifestyle: 

Nesting Projects
Hospital Bag
and Potty Training
First of all I'd like to wish you a very Happy New Year! Ours here at the Current household was as uneventful as expected. I'm a parent to a toddler and pregnant so no hangover for me to cure.....even if I wanted one. I rang in the new year snoring, or maybe peeing since I get up so much now. Who knows. Anyways, on wards to
Nesting Projects:

Chunky P's Mickey Mouse blanket

Little brother's blanket

Miami Dolphins wrist key fob

I have been nesting like you wouldn't believe. Since borrowing my friends' sewing machine a little more than a year ago, I have taught myself how to sew some pretty neat things. I didn't even realize that I enjoyed it so much until I asked for my very own sewing machine. I've taught myself how to quilt, which is my favorite type of sewing from the new hobby. My first quilt went to my father as a Christmas gift. The next two were baby quilts for my Chunky P and her little brother to be. Following that was a Star Wars blanket for my youngest brother and finally, the current one is for my husband. Also a star wars fan at heart. I'm almost finished with the awesomeness that is all Star Wars. Other than what my grandmother taught me at 10 years old on how to thread a machine, I've pretty much learned everything sewing related from Pinterest, Mommy Blogs or You Tube. Today, I was oh so proud of my self for making key fobs out of scrap fabric I had on hand. Both will be gifts for Chunky P's day care teachers. I plan on opening an Etsy shop just for fun but we'll see how that goes.

Yellow Triangle wrist Key fob

Hospital Bag: Next up on tonight's topic is my second hospital bag. Believe it or not, moms are kind of nuts about what they do or don't bring to the hospital these days. Here's what I'm bringing to the party and why!!!

For Me:
1) Toiletry kit: aka my toothbrush, hair brush, hair tie, deodorant, chap stick and lotion. The hospital has all of these items and more, however, it always makes one feel cleaner when it's their own stuff from home.
2) Granny undies, nursing bra and maternity clothes for going home. No, you don't lose all the weight and fit instantly into your pre-pregnancy clothes. (Learned something here I did. :-) )
3) My own PJ's. I'm not down with the hospital fashion for when visitors arrive at the hospital. Since I'm a smaller build up top, the gowns, even when tied, never stay on me. Especially if I have a heart monitor in place. It's like keeping a brick in your chest pocket. (Learned something here too I did. :-)
4) Small Jewelry bag. This is to keep my everyday wear earrings, necklace and wedding ring in. The staff doesn't even want you to wear your wedding ring in case of swelling or surgery. So bring a small bag to place these items in so that you wont lose them. (Learned something here too I did. :-)
5) The time killers: Phone and charger, tablet and charger, ear buds and snacks. I spent 27 hours laboring with Chunky P. I expect nothing less than 12 hours for the next one.
6) Pillow. One of mine, hospital pillows are horrible!
7) Cooler with bags for my placenta. This time to avoid Post Partum Depression, I'm having my placenta encapsulated. Yeah, I'm going to swallow little pills made out of it. MMM......tasty. I know you're all dying to try it too. Fun fact, we are the only species that doesn't consume our placentas on a regular basis after birth.

For Baby:
1) Going home outfit
2) Receiving blankets to keep warm in the car. We live in a snowy climate now. (Learned something here I did. :-) )
3) Our pacifiers. I personally don't like the look of the hospital ones. (Learned something here too I did. :-)
4) Car seat, Hospital wont let you take your new bundle of joy without proof of a car seat.

As for everything else, leave it at home. I've seen some crazy lists that include makeup, more than 1 outfit for each day for both mom and baby. I mean come on, you just squeezed out a bowling ball or had major surgery, who the hell are you trying to impress? Besides, everyone that comes to visit only care about the baby now anyway. You're supposed to look like Shit!!! It's called LABOR!

Last but not least for tonight is Potty Training.





Yeah, so we thought we'd try and torture ourselves and potty train our chunk of love before her brother arrives. Before Thanksgiving, we spent three days at home naked, well Chunk did, training. It went well. Although we failed it when we left for Boston from our place, a five hour road trip, on the fourth morning. So, we decided this time, we would try just pants and no diapers. Yesterday we talked all about how we are giving our diapers to her little brother. We then took the diapers from her room and placed them in a bin in her brothers room. The next morning, we started our journey. I had planned on taking her to the potty every hour. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that she beat me every time. What I mean by that is, she'd pee before I got to her, even if I switched times and went to place her on earlier. She'd be sitting in her pants, un-phased by warm wet pee. The only success we had today, because I know her signal, is we pooed on the potty. We've had this happen twice and so do you know what that means? Yep, that's right. I can predict shit! I guess if that's the only success, then that's better than nothing. She was ecstatic! She got a chocolate marshmallow, high fives, dancing and singing from mommy and daddy, a video of congrats from my aunt and her name moved up on her reward chart. What did mommy get? A bowl of shit to clean! Some how I'm thinking there is a flaw in this. Ahh well, but I'm proud of her and she talked about it all day long from that point on. It was so neat to see how proud of herself she was too. Tomorrow, I think we will go back to the naked training. For some reason that gets her more motivated to pee in the potty than to sit there in it.



Leave me a comment if you have some potty training tips! Or send me donuts because this prego is craving donuts more than Homer Simpson! I might have had 3 Boston Creams today. 😲