So, my house is officially CRAZY TOWN. We are full swing into potty training and it is nuts!! I must admit, being an engineer, I naively thought I had the perfect solution to the nightmare of this whole potty training debacle. I had heard a lot about the 3-day Potty Training Method and I was convinced it was my perfect solution. Oh man, was I wrong. It is not for the faint-hearted by any means when you have TWINS. I was not prepared. Day 1 – I was motivated and ready to tackle this. I had read the book, prepared the babies and bought gender-appropriate hero underwear by the dozens. The morning was chaotic, but I saw the progression and was encouraged. 50 bathroom visits, 3 loads of laundry, and countless wardrobe changes (for me and the babies) later, the babies had blown through all their cute character undies and we were all at T-minus meltdown status. I sat on the bathtub edge with two screaming naked babies who were afraid to peepee in the potty and we all cried. It was 4pm, and I gave up. I was mad at myself and losing control of everything. After I put the babies to bed that night, I had a beer for dinner and went to bed. I hated that I failed. As I was about to fall asleep, I finally realized, why am I putting a time limit on them? It was too stressful and I am blessed to have this time with them. So we will take it at our own speed… calmly and progressively. I am happy to report that my daughter has had a handful of successful peepee’s in the potty since then and we are well on our way… well slowly, but on our way anyhow!
On the business side, there is a brighter side. We are finishing up our logo design for our new business with an up and coming shop on etsy. Did you know there are many tools for your business on etsy.com?? Great graphics artists and designers building businesses of their own. Checkout http://www.etsy.com/shop/CreativeTypeDesigns. The shop owner Jillian K is very talented and a pleasure to work with. I have used other services like brochure design and marketing tools through other shops on etsy.com as well. It’s a beautiful resource with countless opportunities for small businesses.
I’d love to hear any opinions on BOTH potty training and using etsy tools for your business. Thanks for reading!!
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