I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting (#MC) for Pull-Ups. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating. #CelebrateFirstFlush #sponsored and #MC

I’m excited to share with all of you I’m a Pull-Ups® First Flush Ambassador.  Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing posts about our journey through potty training.  I know everyone has a different potty training story to tell.  I didn’t know what to expect with a boy because all we have in my family are girls!  Something very important with boys is obviously having them aim right into the toilet and not make a HUGE mess in the bathroom.

Connor is a super deep sleeper, so he still sleeps in Pull-Ups every night.  It helps his self esteem because he gets so upset with himself when he wets the bed.  It hurts my heart, and I know that he’s protected and will get a better night’s sleep as we continue to potty train.  Pull-Ups® training pants are for toddlers that are ready to begin potty training. They are designed to look and fit more like underwear and work with each individual child’s potty training learning style.  I want my child to feel good about this whole potty training thing and I’m so glad I can trust Pull-Ups to help us through that process.

What milestones and challenges have you faced during potty training?

I’ll be sharing more about our potty training journey so stay tuned!

Check out some great tools and resources, available on the Big Kid Academy via the Pull-Ups website, Facebook page, and Twitter page, that make it easy to start potty training and celebrate milestones, such as the printable chart that encourages moms to track their First Flusher’s potty training accomplishments.

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Cottonelle but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #CtnlCareRoutine  http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO

Potty training is a messy business.  I’m sure we all have some funny potty stories we could share.  Connor is almost 4 and he’s doing really well at using the potty.   He has the occasional accident and is a hard sleeper so he’s not in undies 100% of the time yet…but we are hoping to get there soon!  One of the most challenging things after your child gets the hang of using the potty is learning how to wipe themselves.  We are trying to teach Connor how to use the potty and stay clean without spreading germs afterwards.  Tips like washing your hands, not touching the toilet, and of course cleaning himself properly have been on that list.

He hasn’t quite mastered wiping yet, but it’s been a lot easier with Cottonelle Clean Care toilet paper and moist Cleansing Cloths.  I absolutely love the cleansing cloths!  They are flushable and have a clean fresh scent.  I know that after wiping he’ll be clean and his sensitive bum won’t be chapped.

Right now when you purchase BOTH the toilet paper & cleansing cloths from Walmart in the month of February you will receive a $5 Vudu offer. Vudu is like RedBox and offers HD movies.

To receive the offer you you need to do as followed:

• Take a picture of the receipt showing that you purchased both items
• Text or email your picture to clean@drvsusa.com
• You will receive a text or email back with a code valid for a $5 movie credit
• Get more information by going to www.DRVSusa.com/cottonellemovies

Sometimes when Connor isn’t looking I sneak a little treat in the bathroom. It’s a little reward for when he remembers to use the toilet paper by himself 🙂

I’ll be honest, when we were done with diapers and wipes I was a little scared.  It’s hard to change your routine from diapers and wipes to toilet paper and big boy undies.  Part of me thought that he wouldn’t stay as clean because I wasn’t constantly wiping him anymore….but now I know he’s not walking around with a smelly bum because we use Cottonelle Cleansing Cloths and toilet paper.  Connor actually prefers this routine even better now!  That makes me one happy Mom and he’s a happy independent kid because he can do it himself now….and he feels like the king of the POTTY!

We’ve had a busy couple of weeks around here.  It seems like Valentine’s day just whizzed by us!  I know a lot of people feel like it’s a sappy holiday and yes you SHOULD tell those you love that you love them every day…but it’s nice to have a day of remembrance for love.  Terence got me some pretty earrings and brought me home a slice of heaven also known as Godiva cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory.  Only later did he tell me he waited 45 minutes in line for a slice of cheesecake.  I split it with him <3  Now that’s love….

Nana & Poppy sent Connor a Valentine and the expression on his face was priceless.  I was cracking up because he was so overwhelmed he got a Valentine and TOY money!!!  Such a silly boy!

I finished Connor’s classroom Valentine’s earlier in the week.  Looking back that was a blessing because I ate a blueberry muffin and got food poisoning.  I was SO sick that night.  Ugh….it was from Starbucks for realz….I mean come on???   Our Valentine #selfieaday on InstagramWe took Connor to Build-A-Bear on Saturday to pick out his Valentine gift.  He’s never been before so it was really sweet.  Super crowded on a Saturday….note to self go on a week night!  He picked a Spiderman bear and is obsessed with it.

Putting a heart inside of his bear His bear got all stuffed and a new Spiderman outfit and was ready to be LOVED!  Connor got a haircut today….it’s so short.  He looks a lot older when his hair is short….it’s hard for me to cut it every.single.time.

We hope you all had a great Valentine’s day!!!! xoxo the Branches

We had a little blast of snow last week.  It was the fluffy stuff, not the ice like we had last time.  Not enough to build a snowman…but pretty 🙂  Nothing like my family is getting in Arkansas right now.  My Mom was skyping with us yesterday and her yard looked pretty deep.  My Grandma has been snowed in at her house for a while and was finally able to go get groceries thank the Lord!  

I’ve been working on my “bling bling” coffee cup for awhile.  It’s gigantic.  I’m not really going to drink coffee out of it y’all!  But it’s fun to put things in.

We got the kid’s birthday shirts in.  This year Connor and Ellie (his cousin the same age) are having a joint circus party.  Connor’s name was spelled wrong, but the Etsy seller is kindly re-making it 🙂  They turned out really cute though!

Every day I’ve been drinking Emergen-C.  Call me paranoid, but I don’t want to get any of that nasty that’s going around….and it seems like it’s everywhere!  

Saturday was my last day to work the Stock Show in Fort Worth.  It was a great year and we had really good weather.  Normally it’s crazy cold, but by the weekends it seemed to warm up.  I just love working with this big guy….

Bree (the buffalo’s Mama) brought me these amazing cupcakes last weekend.  OMG….they were just heaven…

This boy starts a new school today.  I’m actually transferring to a new location with my job and it’s a lot closer to my house.  I’m excited and it’s going to be a lot of fun!  So we found Connor a school closer to where I’ll be working.  I pray he adjusts well today and makes new friends.  He’s pretty good at that 😉  We had to say goodbye to all our ELC friends on Friday and it was so sad.  We love them & they took such good care of my baby!  I’ll post some pictures soon of his goodbye party.  All his friends made him cards and we gave hugs and had our goodbyes.  We’ll be back soon to visit though.  They’ll always be special to our family.

How was your weekend?  Have you been snowed in?