Pull-Ups Potty Dance

Pull-Ups Potty Dance

I have been selected to promote and spread the word about the Pull Ups Potty Dance. Wonder what it is? It is quite simple; it is a new way to encourage the big kids who are starting their potty routine to learn a fun song and dance that they can do over and over again.

I have 4 kids and potty training it NOT my forte. For my first born, I didn’t have to go through it since he was going to daycare. But that changed when I decided to become a stay-at-home mom and got three more kids. And with child #2 and #3, I quickly realized that I wasn’t as gifted as my mother-in-law for this important step. Mind you my boys are all potty trained now but I must admit that it wasn’t as fast as I would have hoped…

Now with my daughter, it seems as though it would be different. She is 27months as I write this and already knows and tell us when she soiled the diapers. A few times already she peed and even pooped in the potty or the toilet. So I am quite encourage with this and plan to pursue her training. But I am not religious with it. A problem when you are potty training isn’t it. I need to remember and with homeschooling on my mind, well I tend to forget. Or I don’t have the patience to wait on her.

But my girl loves to dance on music. So the day I got my confirmation of participation to this blog tour, I uploaded the potty dance song and video and let her watched it on TV. She liked it. Quite a lot actually, even though she observed a lot at first.

The Pull-Ups Potty Dance provides kids with a fun ritual, making the process of potty training a positive and happy one for everyone. There's nothing like a bit of dancing to motivate success and make potty training something that our little ones enjoy and look forward to! Check out the Potty Dance instructional video here.

In fact, even Jessica Holmes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNIwIt197SQ) and Traci Melchor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpFU0nJPpU) from etalk are doing it!

To encourage my kids to use the potty or the toilet, we have set up a reward program. To encourage them to use it, we were giving little chocolates. Then when the pee process was achieve, we rewarded the 2nd step with little cards. Mind you this worked well with the boys but now I need to find something that will reward my girl – maybe some little ponies or something else. I definitively need to look into this real soon for her. The reward system worked his charm in our household and I strongly suggest everyone to try it out.

At Pull-ups.com you can download the video, the song and even the dance steps to teach your little one. You can also play a virtual game titled “So You Think You Can Potty Dance?” as well as send a note to someone else.  To have access to all these fun things to do with your Big Kid go to http://www.pull-ups.com/na/pottydance.aspx. 

Thanks to Mom Central Canada for the opportunity of blogging about the Pull-Ups Potty Dance.

I will try to put up a video of our version of the Potty Dance in a near future.

hydraSense Nasal Aspirator Promotion

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The Product
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My Thoughts
I have 4 kids ages 2, 4, 6, and almost 9. And when a cold hit our household, you can be sure that it will go around everyone. And when my smaller kids have trouble breathing, it is hard for mom and dad to help them. Back when my oldest was a baby, we had bought a nasal pump that suck out the mucus from the nose of the child. Let me tell you that this little device was not appreciated by ANY of my kids. They disliked it and cried when we used it. But as parents we knew it was “good” for them and helped them to breathe better for a little while. So while one was holding the child down, the other would use the device to suck the mucus out. Not fun let me tell you this…

But now, in the year of 2010, comes a new product that looks pretty amazing if you ask me. The hydraSense Nasal Aspirator and its filters is probably the answer of our quest for something easier to use in cold cases. Unfortunately, my kids are getting older and we are not planning having any other ones.

I’ve received a package from Mom Central with a hydraSense Nasal Aspirator and its accompanying products. I’ve shown the things I have received to my husband and he was quite impressed by it. His comment was “too bad we can’t use it…” as our youngest is 2 years old and since we don’t have any cold at this moment in the house.

I’m quite impressed with the hydraSense Nasal Aspirator as it looks as it would be easier for new parents to help their baby breathe easily during a cold period. I am planning to bless my neighbor with the package I have received since she is pregnant and expecting her baby in the spring. She will be able to make better use of it than me next winter.

Here’s the good news for my readers. If you go to the hydraSense website (www.hydrasense.ca/en/babynasal.aspx) from now on until April 10, 2010 you can sign up for the Dolphins Club and download the exclusive coupon. Once logged back into your account, you can enter the code MC2010 under the online coupons tab, in order to get an $8 off coupon to be used towards the purchase of the hydraSense® Nasal Aspirator. The coupon itself expires December 31, 2010.

Still wondering what the hydraSense Nasal Aspirator is all about and how it could simplify your life and your baby’s life. Click on the video below to see how to use the hydraSense® Nasal Aspirator.





I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central and received a Mom Central gift pack to thank me for taking the time to participate.

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