Macy’s Mom

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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!

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!

I was having so much fun trading coupons on Craigslist..that Craig decided to set me up with my own coupon trading site! clipalot.com This has been a blast! I’ve been going to craigslist looking for people with postings asking for coupon trades…I e-mail them and ask them to check out my coupon site! This morning I got so carried away with contacting people all over the country..that I’ve been banned from Craigslist for 24 hours! (I actually find this hilarious!)

I have always preferred Huggies..but I saw the Luvs commercials..and then my mom sent me a Luvs coupon for $3 off. O.K…we’ll try them! At the store, I couldn’t believe the price difference! $9.99 for 60 Luvs vs. (about) $16.99 for Huggies Supreme! (and I have the $3 off coupon!)

The first thing I noticed was the waist band…no elasticity. Sure enough…major blow-out! “WARDROBE!” Not so great absorption of Gavin’s breast-milk mustard poo. And I was not happy with the leakage of pee in the middle of the night…”wardrobe!” I found myself using them in the daytime- only when we were staying home..definitely not at night..not letting my husband use them..(he just doesn’t get them tight enough around the waist)

I figured the money I saved in cost, was equal to the money I spent doing laundry!

And the Oscar goes to………Huggies Supreme!