Macy’s Mom

http://www.ringling.com/offers/baby.aspx

I went to the ringling Brother’s website. As long as your child is less than 1 years old..you can sign up for a free ticket to the circus!

Gavin’s been riding around in his sister’s hand-me-down stroller.  It’s faded, and the wheel keeps popping off.  It’s time to get the boy his very own stroller.  I really wanted a Maclaren..but I couldn’t swallow the $3oo price tag.  I looked on Craigslist..even used Maclaren’s were running about $150!  I did a little research and looked at strollers with the same features without the giant price.  I picked the Zooper Twist in the new green color.   It has a 5 pt harness..the seat reclines..looks great!  I paid about $190.  It’s beautiful and rolls like a dream!  Here’s my only complaints…

1.    You cannot recline the seat with one hand.  Very annoying when you have a baby melting down..you’re trying to recline and give a bottle.

2.    The trim on the shade is yellow..when the stroller is folded up, the wheels touch the trim…dirty-dirty-dirty.

Overall, the stroller looks cool.   The recline drives me crazy..but I can live with it.  But, they really need to change the color of the trim!

Looking back..I now realize Macy was very easy to potty train. She showed all the signs..way before I was ready! Around 18months..I noticed, (and ignored) that she was waking up in the morning dry. A little over the age of 2..I dropped her off for a play date at Audrey’s house..when I picked her up..Audrey’s mom commented on how she stayed dry for 4 hours..I pushed that aside too. At around 2 1/2- 2 3/4 I left for a trip. Dad threw out his back cleaning the carpet when Macy tried to change her own diaper. Ok..it was time. I am all about the bribe. I took her to the video store to pick out a video to potty train too. “Beauty & the Beast.” I bought a potty chair for the living room and a potty seat for the bathroom. I dressed her in a big t-shirt..nothing underneath. Commando! I explained what we were doing..and would only let her watch the video if she sat on the potty seat. And shortly after she became addicted to the video..I promised to buy it for her after she was potty trained.  I planned on staying home until we were done. We really didn’t have  any major accidents..She caught herself mid-stream a few times and ran for the potty!  Same with #2.  We only stayed home for 3 days!  Yahoo!

As for the promised princess video..I was a clueless new mom who didn’t realize that Disney doesn’t just sell videos when you want to buy them..I ended up buying one on e-bay from China!