Soooo, you all know we are in the thick of potty training Noah, right!? If not, see this post here. Well, I have to tell ya it’s going mighty fine…we are coming up on the week mark this Thursday and to date we have had no puddles…ANYWHERE!!! Yep, that’s right…a dry bed every morning, trips to the store with no wet pants and so far no urine-soaked carpet, can I get a WaHoo for that one!!! He actually went to the bathroom twice this morning and did a number one and two all by his lonesome, only to call ‘Mommmm, I pee’d (or poo’d) when he was ready to get off!! Now, that’s my boy, I knew he had more of my genes in him than my hubby’s;)
Anyhoo, my big issue now is what to do in the stores. Let me explain…I took both littles out to Joann’s (I just can’t stay away, it’s their crazy magnetic field or something!) late this morning and twice while in the store was notified by Noah of an incoming puddle alert. All went well except for me, a slightly flustered momma wrangling a full shopping cart, one wild woman 14 month old who oh-so-nicely took off both shoes and sockswhilewewereshoppingandNoahwho was all the while tellingme,“Mommy,NoNoneedpottynow!” PLEEEAASE, can you tell me how that all worked, you ask…sure, sure I’ll oblige you, this is how it went down. I shove the shopping cart in a little nook they have near the bathroom, pull Noah out, Pull Penny out, walk into the bathroom, promptly walk out of the bathroom because I left my diaper bag and consequently my wallet, phone and car keys in the shopping cart I had shoved to the side of the hallway, bring both littles to the handicapped stall, squirm in horror as Noah starts touching the toilet seat AND little yucky garbage can hanging on the stall wall and then stand there trying to figure out what to do with Penny as she is shoe-less and sock-less. Eeeewww! My sweet little baby’s barefeet on a gross public bathroom floor? Hummm, what to do, what to do!?! Well, I decided to try to stand her on the diaper bag but that lasted all of 2 seconds…mental note to disinfect her feet when we get home (oh, and remind the hubby not to read this post today).So,nowbacktoNoah... I go to pull enough thin, and I mean TISSUE PAPER thinsheetsoftoiletpaper,onebyonemindyou cause that’s how those cheap rolls of TP like to do it, to make a nice toilet seat cover only to have him sit down on the toilet and then they all fly off…another mental note to disinfect his little booty too…at this point I’m just thanking God that this is a pee and not a poo, can you imagine how I would have handled that! So, Noah finishes, we pull up underwear and pants, then I dig around to find those darn antibacterial wet wipes (which are a God send to all mommas by the way!) and wipe everybody down, minus booty and feet of course, I’ll save that for home. I really just want to get out of this yucky bathroom and fast. Can you believe I had to do this twice? Bleh! So, mission accomplished…for today. Well, I wanna know, do you guys have any tricks for public bathroom potty time? How about how you do it with two littles under tow? Please, please I beg of you, let me know your secrets!!! Pretty, pretty please…with a cherry on top!!!!
Wow! So that was one long story, sorry about that, I just can’t help divulging the joys of mommahood with all you my bloggy friends! The point of this post, yeah there was actually a point if you zip back up to the title, was to give you guys a recipe for a quick AND easy AND healthy dinner that we have been having lately because of the potty training whirlwind week we have been having. Do you need something fast for dinner tonight? Well, try this out, the kidlets love it and so do we (the adults that is!)
Pasta con Parma
Recipe Type: Main Course
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Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 1/2 box of thin spaghetti (I love the Barilla Plus cause of all the extras it has in it’s ingredients!)
- 1/2 cup of the pasta water (saved after you cook your pasta)
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (or we like to use asiago, feta, or the like)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Make your spaghetti as you normally would…boil water, drop spaghetti in ;)…and drain but DO NOT rinse.
- Save 1/2 cup of the pasta water and set aside.
- Put your spaghetti back into the warmed saucepan you cooked it in and add the parma cheese and a 1/2 of the pasta water…add more if necessary to melt the cheese.
- Mix well.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- It should be a most delicious healthier version of fettucine (or in this case spaghetti) alfredo!
So good, now you can enjoy a quick, healthy and delish meal for dinner tonight!
Honestly – I just wheel the shopping cart in there with me. If they want to deal with my two kids & try to interrogate me about shoplifting, more power to them. I’d rather just get in and out of the bathroom without all the drama!! 🙂 So I break the rules. (Luckily it’s not ever that crowded & my son never poops in public toilets.) And yeah, I hate the garbage cans on the walls too!
I’m in agreement with taking the cart into the stall – though I usually dump its contents outside the bathroom (it’s always there when I come out, and stores don’t usually complain about taking an empty cart into the bathroom). Also, I usually hold the little one over the seat, to avoid them touching it. Public bathrooms are horrible!
They have little seat covers (ashley has a dora one) that we use so they can sit comfortably on the toliet- cause their booties arent big enough to do it comfortably. If your dipper bag is big enough (ours is) just shove it in- it seems to be easy and comforting for the kids.
Amy E
This literally just saved me! I am pregnant and have a 17 month old. I have been so sick that everything makes me queasy. Made this for my kid, and wouldn’t you know it, I can eat it without feeling sick! Might be having his everyday for the next few weeks 🙂 thanks!