Homesteaders

[Chicken girl 15]

Well this is completely off topic of eggs and gardening, but I am currently potty training my youngest so pretty soon I won't be buying diapers.YAY!!! So I have a naked butt every day running around my house, today he grabbed the berry cup and said he is going strawberry picking. Hated to break it to him, but no flowers means no strawberries, so now I have a sad naked lil boy running around in my livingroom. On the upside he has had no accidents on the floor, but you put any sort of clothing on him and all bets are off. Downside to potty training this way is company coming over, they get an eye full because he gets naked by himself.

Also going to start to train my dog to pull and cart, I hope she enjoys it. When Dad gets in from the road we are going to look over the wagon and see how to convert it to be dog powered as needed. The thought is for her to allow the boys to help when it is time to split wood or move vegetables in the garden and to just plain help around Grandpa's property. They are too young to be driving 4wheelers/tractors or lawnmower at the ages of 3.5 and 7. But just the right age to give commands to a dog pulling a wagon, the same wagon they have both dragged around the property. Plus I have to excersize more for her training and it will be better for her to go to the store with me instead of just riding in the van. At least that is my reasoning for expanding this way, and it might get me out of the house more, my family is compareing me to a mushroom/hermit. I only leave the house to go to the grocery store and to take the kids to/from school. I see no problem with it and am content but the lectures get tiresome.

So instead for now I will sit here and chase the streaker through the house and drink my coffee.

AWESOME! !!! Potty training is a big deal, homestead work is simply easier when not changing diapers. Been through it 5 times and I love that I'm past that stage. As for company seeing a naked rear running around, Foo on them. Its his home not theirs anyhow. As for only having accident when clothed, put on only a pair of undies. Insist he wear them no biggie if he wets them because it's only 1 tiny item. If you have no problem with a rear end showing around the house don't bother. My youngest did the same, luckily he did it in the summer so he streaked the yard not the living room. Good luck and congratulations.

 

[KlopKlop]

I don't have kids and don't know if we ever will but i can see how getting out of diapers would make a homesteaders life easier

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I don't have kids and don't know if we ever will but i can see how getting out of diapers would make a homesteaders life easier

Definitely. course I just let mine run naked outside till they got it figured out.

 

[rancher hicks]

Well this is completely off topic of eggs and gardening, but I am currently potty training my youngest so pretty soon I won't be buying diapers.YAY!!! So I have a naked butt every day running around my house, today he grabbed the berry cup and said he is going strawberry picking. Hated to break it to him, but no flowers means no strawberries, so now I have a sad naked lil boy running around in my livingroom. On the upside he has had no accidents on the floor, but you put any sort of clothing on him and all bets are off. Downside to potty training this way is company coming over, they get an eye full because he gets naked by himself.

Also going to start to train my dog to pull and cart, I hope she enjoys it. When Dad gets in from the road we are going to look over the wagon and see how to convert it to be dog powered as needed. The thought is for her to allow the boys to help when it is time to split wood or move vegetables in the garden and to just plain help around Grandpa's property. They are too young to be driving 4wheelers/tractors or lawnmower at the ages of 3.5 and 7. But just the right age to give commands to a dog pulling a wagon, the same wagon they have both dragged around the property. Plus I have to excersize more for her training and it will be better for her to go to the store with me instead of just riding in the van. At least that is my reasoning for expanding this way, and it might get me out of the house more, my family is compareing me to a mushroom/hermit. I only leave the house to go to the grocery store and to take the kids to/from school. I see no problem with it and am content but the lectures get tiresome.

So instead for now I will sit here and chase the streaker through the house and drink my coffee.

I'm not sure what you'd like us to say, but I will say this.

To everything there is a season. Right now your season is potty training, raising kids and building your life.

When I was young I had kids, went to sports practice, scouts, though always there was church. Now the kids are grown we're grandparents, we have to travel, and I hate to go out, but always there is church. Do you get where I'm at?

We aren't always at the same season in our live. My kids are in the season we were when we were young, but we still have to accept the difference.

The good lord gave us two ears so we can let things can go in one and out the other. Unless we choose not to. Choose to let the lectures keep on going.

Unless it's gramma and grampa calling saying bring the kids over.

Our grandson spent the night and gramma spoiled him. He slept with gramma and grampa slept on the couch but he doesn't mind. Our DD in TX is upset because the in-laws said they needed three weeks notice to babysit the grandkids.

I do not miss potty training.

 

[wyoDreamer]

My sister had trouble potty training her son - he had other fun things to do besides go into the house and use the bathroom! His daddy showed him how to pee in the bushes when they were camping. Never had an accident since that weekend. My sister just about lost it when she caught him peeing on the neighbors air conditioning unit. That was the set of bushes that he decided to pee on at home...

 

[wyoDreamer]

Speaking of having the right equipment for the job, here is our story.

DH convinced me that we needed to buy a tractor about 4 years ago while we were in Wyoming. While we were at the dealers and going over what was available, the salesperson mentioned a "last years" model that was available. It was slightly more than we were planning to spend, but it had a cab. His wife (me) insisted we buy a tractor with a cab since Wyoming is so windy in the winter. The next couple of winters we helped most of the neighborhood dig out all winter - DH usually had a window open and his coat off while in the tractor digging friends out.

Then he decided that he was tired of Wyoming and missed Wisconsin. The land we had was no good for growing anything was also a factor in deciding to move. He had a tractor and wanted to farm.

We started looking for a place to buy, but it had to have land. We looked at a place with only 5 acres, nice place but if we bought it, we would probably sell the tractor because it was too much machine for that little property. No way I was selling our tractor so we had to find a better place. DH lived in an apartment for 5 months until we found this place we bought.

We had bought a backhoe for the tractor the year before we moved, so the car hauler trailer we had was not large enough to haul the tractor all the way to Wyoming, so we had to buy a larger trailer. To go larger, we had to go gooseneck. Since we were going to be getting a gooseneck hitch for the Dodge Ram we had, we might as well get a nicer camper.

So, buy a tractor = buy a farm = buy a gooseneck trailer and hitch = buy a fifth-wheel camper.

 

[Raech]

My sister had trouble potty training her son - he had other fun things to do besides go into the house and use the bathroom!  His daddy showed him how to pee in the bushes when they were camping.  Never had an accident since that weekend.   My sister just about lost it when she caught him peeing on the neighbors air conditioning unit.  That was the set of bushes that he decided to pee on at home...

If we are in the house he goes in the potty by himself. Growing up all of us kids learned how to pee outside(3 girls and 2 boys). I will never forget my Mom asking how I was enjoying the trip to Alaska in the semi and my responce was "I saw a bald eagle and I peed under the trailer!!" If the weather was better Little Man would be running naked, but it is pretty chilly right now for him to be outside naked as a blue jay. They say boys are harder but I have never potty trained a girl. It is easier to tell a boy to go pee on a bush than to balance a giggling 3 year old as she squats in the woods for the first time.

 

[Raech]

Speaking of having the right equipment for the job, here is our story.

DH convinced me that we needed to buy a tractor about 4 years ago while we were in Wyoming.  While we were at the dealers and going over what was available, the salesperson mentioned a "last years" model that was available.  It was slightly more than we were planning to spend, but it had a cab.  His wife (me) insisted we buy a tractor with a cab since Wyoming is so windy in the winter.  The next couple of winters we helped most of the neighborhood dig out all winter - DH usually had a window open and his coat off while in the tractor digging friends out.

Then he decided that he was tired of Wyoming and missed Wisconsin.  The land we had was no good for growing anything was also a factor in deciding to move.  He had a tractor and wanted to farm.

We started looking for a place to buy, but it had to have land.  We looked at a place with only 5 acres, nice place but if we bought it, we would probably sell the tractor because it was too much machine for that little property.  No way I was selling our tractor so we had to find a better place.  DH lived in an apartment for 5 months until we found this place we bought. 

We had bought a backhoe for the tractor the year before we moved, so the car hauler trailer we had was not large enough to haul the tractor all the way to Wyoming, so we had to buy a larger trailer.  To go larger, we had to go gooseneck.  Since we were going to be getting a gooseneck hitch for the Dodge Ram we had, we might as well get a nicer camper.

So, buy a tractor = buy a farm = buy a gooseneck trailer and hitch = buy a fifth-wheel camper.

Its farmers math!!!! Kinda like chicken math but much bigger and more fun to drive. Every girl likes a man who knows his equipment.

 

[KlopKlop]

If we are in the house he goes in the potty by himself. Growing up all of us kids learned how to pee outside(3 girls and 2 boys). I will never forget my Mom asking how I was enjoying the trip to Alaska in the semi and my responce was "I saw a bald eagle and I peed under the trailer!!" If the weather was better Little Man would be running naked, but it is pretty chilly right now for him to be outside naked as a blue jay. They say boys are harder but I have never potty trained a girl. It is easier to tell a boy to go pee on a bush than to balance a giggling 3 year old as she squats in the woods for the first time.

Lol my wife was 17 the first time she peed outdoors. We were dating in high school at the time and had a flat tire on the side of a trad on the way home from somewhere. She had to go real bad and there was a cornfield. I said to go in there, and she looked me in the eye and asked me 'how do I do it?'

I rib her about it to this day haha. How was I supposed to know how she does it!?! I was a 18 yr old boy and didn't know how lady plumbing worked!

 

[duluthralphie]

POUP Kloppers!!!