Potty Training: Day 0

Dear Universe,

Tomorrow morning, I get to have the pleasure of potty training Tycho.  I don't look forward to this important lesson despite it meaning more independence, no stinky diapers, etc. I DON'T WANT TO POTTY TRAIN!  They say teething is hard, but this is worse.  I'm already stressed over minimal expectations for potty training.  More importantly, Tycho also doesn't want to do it.  So why are we doing it when Greg is getting ready for trip #1 to Brazil, we are trying to pack up our things to move, and neither of us want to do it?  Because getting Tycho to do new things takes so much preparation since he despises change.  I figure have a 'try-out' while we are here in a familiar setting and then do the real deal when I am not stressed over moving, etc. when we get to our new house.  Is that dumb?  I guess so.

I have zero expectations for this transition because underwear has not excited him.  The toilet seat, which he picked out, does not excite him.  And bribes *barely* work.  I bribed Tycho two times today with an M&M to just SIT on the toilet seat and try it out, and we had all the tears on both occasions.  I don't even like the idea of bribing him for something civilized people have been doing for a while.  It's ridiculous.  (Okay, you say rewards, I say bribing.  Also, welcome to the world of emotional eating, my dear child.)

Alright, well thanks for listening to me rant about being a parent.  I guess I have to go through this since I keep talking about it with Tycho.

Fast from Facebook

     So President Nelson, the current prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invited the youth to participate in a few things to get the church moving forward.  One thing he suggested the youth to do was fast from Facebook for seven days.  Even though I'm no longer between the ages of 12-18, I wanted to do this, too, because I have been meaning to work on getting off of Facebook (not using it as a daily tool) as I have realized it's been sucking my time and energy.  I also wanted to learn to be more present with people especially my kids. 

  Anyway, for the past couple of days I've tried to stay off of it--except the time I needed to message someone as I needed to get in contact with them right away. (hey I got on with purpose).

 Here's what I've noticed.

I used Facebook as a crutch.  *sigh* When I didn't want to face something like a tantrum from Tycho, for instance, I'd turn to Facebook as a means to zone out. "Huh? You're angry?...ugh!" Maybe it's a good thing, but now I really need to take responsibility of my emotions instead of zoning out when I'm feeling bad or something and tune into my kids' emotions as well.  Despite how hard it can be.

I used Facebook to wake up sometimes. I need to find something else to do instead.  Haha... working on that one.

Now that I don't have Facebook in the way, I realize that I should be doing things I want to do while the kids are napping.  Like clean or exercise... I keep telling myself I need to get into shape, but I've been distracted with Facebook.  There's always something to look at on Facebook, right?


Update:
I actually really liked this fast from Facebook.  It was nice to do something else for a change.  I think I'll definitely try it again.  I'm trying to be more aware of when I get on, and be more present which is hard because I am trying to sell things on Facebook before we move... I didn't unfriend anyone, but I did decide to not follow group pages because they tend to drag you in.