Potty Training + Flu Bug = Glad That Weekend is Over!

Not pretty, as you can imagine.  I'm not sharing this post because I want you to feel sorry for me.  I'm sharing this so you realize how good your weekend was.  :0)  I'm going to warn you, it may get graphic, but I promise I didn't include any pictures of the crime scenes.  Friday morning Nolan put on his "Nemo"undies and the potty training started.  (Check out the new carpet which miraculously survived potty training/flu weekend).

Nolan and his cute little Nemo biscuits

We did the same 3 day potty training program we did with Nash.  The first day we had about 8 accidents, which is about how Nash did as well.  He woke up dry from his nap which was a huge success.  Day two is a blur.  He did well with #1 but unfortunately due to diarrhea we had lots of #2 accidents that he couldn't really help.  I even went through a couple of outfits.  (TMI?  Tough.  I warned you.  I'm not bitter at all about my awesome weekend).  Again, he woke up dry from his nap.  Great job Buddy!
Jason took Nash to the Iowa Hawkeye wrestling meet Saturday evening so Nolan and I had some one on one time.  Nash had a great time.

During the second night, Nolan came into my room at 2:30 in the morning to tell me he had to go.  He woke up dry that morning.  It's pretty hilarious that after he pees he rips off a little toilet paper to throw in the toilet and sometimes he even wipes the toilet rim.  Day 3 I think we had one accident.  I should be working today which is Day 4, however the flu bug hit us hard.  Sunday afternoon Jason left for Des Moines for work.  Shortly after that Nash starting vomiting and couldn't keep anything down.  He wanted beef jerky which I didn't think was a great idea.  I told him if he could keep a cracker down for 5 minutes, he could try some beef jerky.  He threw up the cracker then immediately said, "OK, let's see if the beef jerky stays down."  I don't think so.  I got a call from Jason last night that he was sick too.  He left Des Moines about 6am to come home and has pretty much been sleeping ever since.  Nicole, our Monday sitter is pregnant too and I did not want to risk getting her sick.  I stayed home today and she is going to watch them tomorrow.  Both boys are doing better today.  Nolan has done awesome going pee in the big boy potty every time today.  Poo is a whole different ball game.  He doesn't want to sit down to go so, well, that doesn't work out so good.

Sounds like I managed to dodge all the germs, right?  I wish.  I was still having the nausea and fatigue then really started feeling sick Friday night.  I ended up losing my dinner but didn't feel functional again until Sunday morning.  Unfortunately, I couldn't abort the potty training mission and lay around.  I guess I could have but I wasn't about to.  I was determined to "mommy" right through it all and thought I was going to die in the process.  But here we are, nearing the end of Day 4.  My patience has nearly dwindled to empty.  I have to work the next 3 days so hopefully everyone sleeps well tonight.  Man, I could really use a massage!  Deep breath.  Overall, I have to say Nolan did really well despite all of the distractions we encountered over the last few days.  The 3 Day Potty Training program really has worked well for us.  It's just that this time, we had some extra challenges.

I read a blog recently about how moms feel when told to "enjoy every minute because it goes by too fast."  I agree, it does go by fast.  But do they really mean EVERY minute?  The author pointed out that although someone may mean well, it really just leaves us feeling guilty and defeated when we are having frustrating moments.  Amen!  I have to say that I really DO enjoy most of the moments.  This weekend, on the other hand, was a rough one!
P.S.  It seems appropriate that as I wrote this post, I was in the bathroom with Nolan 3 different times for poo related incidents.  One included cleaning up a pile of poo off of the step stool because he refuses to believe that you can't hit the toilet from the "pee" position.  This too shall pass.  :0)