Train in one day the Dr. Phil way.

• 3-1/2-year old still not completely potty trained...help - Need lots of advice!
  • It is definitely a BOY thing w/toilet training..nm - Girls are far easier/faster with training...
  • potty training - Ariel
  • My boys were 3 1/2 and my girls were 2. - Mom of 4
  • Train in one day the Dr. Phil way. - Misha
  • Have them participate in the - jrm
  • here's what i did with my 2 y/o - sm
  • My son was almost 4 - He will do it when he is ready. - and you won't have to push too hard.
  • Potty Training - Amy
    • It's amazing how many people - SM
  • I don't know if I was just lucky, or - NCMT
  • The biggest mistake parents are making... - SM
    • When my youngest son was 3-1/2, he was SM - Chickadee
      • Now, this is something I'm gonna try!! Thank you - GI MT
    • No, no, no - don't do that! sm - susan
      • Did I say to "shame" him? I said to be.... - SM
    • agree...sm - Val
      • agree! - tried looking
  • My son is also 3 1/2 and - GI MT
  • Mine is also 3 -1/2, still wears diaper overnight. Help too! - Rita
    • I was soooo lucky... my son was potty trained at 2.. - i_am_mtheaded
    • Don't worry abouto nighttime accidents... - SM
      • Thank you. One more thing... - Rita
        • I wouldn't (sm) - GI MT
        • I would use Pull Ups in his case, to take away... - SM
          • He does great all day, does not like... - Rita
    • Consistency is the key. It is confusing to them if you are inconsistent. - Reward, reward, reward!
  • same problem - here
  • Food coloring in the bowl....they LOVE it! - RaeMT
  • potty training - dls
    • Training - oldtimerMT
      • Potty Training tricks that worked for me.... - Mighty
      • Thank you! This information is great! sm - Need lots of advice!
        • Great Suggestions - LinK
        • My son was three when he was potty trained. - sm
          • Along that same line - sm
            • Play "Sink the Cheerios"! - Momma of 2

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Dr. Phil would say -- you are allowing them to do it to you and then ask "how is your present situation working" -- it is not so do something about it.  I am sorry but kids these days need to take a little responsibility and do some the chores.   everyone needs to pull their own weight.   Believe me, those TV's would be unplugged and they would down to the bare essentials until they began to do more.   You are not teaching them anything by doing everything.  Also unless you ask, they don't know what is expected of them.   They cannot read minds.  Have a family meeting set up a list and time frame for things to be done and if they don't do it, well then something is taken away, video games, TV or whatever.   There is no reason that any mother, father should not receive help from kids when both parents are working.  I did it and I am sure you did it and it did not kill any of us, it prepared us for the world.  So you need to talk to them, husband included and say if you want the financial picture to stay the same and with me working two jobs, this is what needs to be done.  If you don't and we be out on the street, then I can quit and will have time to clean the portion of the street where we will be living or the car if we need to live in our car.    Just me two cents worth. 

Grolier Book Publishers put out an entire series of books in 1980 for children on treating others as we want to be treated.  My children had the entire set.....each book was written the same way (in kids language and drawings) but focused on one subject each book...i.e., Let's Talk About Bullying or Let's Talk About Stealing or Let's Talk About Cheating...and basically every subject.  My children grew up being very very giving decent children, successful, and never got into any trouble (to write home about, just some school issues), and today I'm very proud!

Dr. Phil didn't exist in our lives 20-25 years ago.    He merely reminds us of old-school teachings......and I can appreciate that. 

You're both worth it - go for it!!

I have done "Chicago" on the train.  From here, MS, its an all night ride but has sleeper cars.  Nothing interesting to see on the way.  But as corny as it sounds, Chicago is a great place to visit.  Zillions of Museums, fountains, outdoor art, great music, great transit system, ghettos, SUUPPPER shopping, fantastic restaurants........We did they family thing when I was 9, 11, 12, 14 and I did it bymyself when I was 21 going into my senion year of college.  Coming back with on the train with the college crew was a hoot.  Spirit of New Orleans is pretty cool, however, N/O is really not children friendly - a lot to see and do in the daytime, but the kiddies need to be in by dark.....AhhhheeeeeeeO TA

That is pretty scary.  I have been curious about VR - wondering how it really works.  If the doctor is doing the dictating, how can the Transcriptionist ever get it really trained? Doesn't the doctor actually have to train the program?  I do one doctor as a side line from my full-time transcription job and was wondering if that is something I would want to use for his work.  When I saw Dragon Program at Best Buy, the box said it would type it at about 160 lph.  Is that true?  If so, not so hot as I type faster than that.  However, in the future, I may want to save my arms/carpals and use it.  So am curious to know more from someone who has used the programs.  If adviseable, what programs are the best ones?

TIA

I'll be training with CS through EvCC.  Just wondered where everyone trained and if your working.

Thanks so much!

Christy

3. Wonderful.

4. Yes.

5. Yes.

6. Sometimes.

7. Yes

8. Yes.

9. Yes

Contact through the board only, please. 

I wouldn't call it ever being a gravy train.  We are highly trained professionals who work hard at what we do and we do it darn good, thank you very much.  It's not like we sat here eating our bon bons and getting upset because the banging away at the keyboard ruined our new manicure!  To say it was a gravy train is downright insulting, IMO. 

That said, I don't have 30+ years in this profession but I do have 15+ years including working in-house and remotely from home.  My first at-home was around 1997 for a small company doing straight transcription, none of this VR stuff, which lasted only about 4 months until the work dried up.  The pay was good while it lasted though and there was 24 TAT, no punching a time clock and sticking to a strict schedule. As long as the work got down within 24 hours it was fine.  That same company is still around today as a national but not huge like others out there.  I ended up having to go back in-house and was there until about 4 years ago when I signed on with a very well known national that screws people to the Q, if you get my drift.  I don't know when the MT biz as a whole went into the toilet, but up until 2 years ago I had no problem.  I was working hard all the time as work was available basically 24/7.  Never did I get NJA except for an occasional week or two around the holidays but very quickly the workload would start to pick up.  I had a GREAT supervisor who made working fun and made us feel like we were a real team.  The company always had bonus incentives with quirky little games.  It may sound corny but it actually made us feel valued and brought some fun into it while making good money at the same time.  Then about 2 years ago, things started changing for the worst and it's been going downhill FAST every since.  Maybe the offshoring and technological advances have something to do with it, I really don't know.  One thing I do know, I DO NOT advise anybody new starting in this profession now.  What once was a professional and lucrative career has basically been made into a sweat shop scam for the so called "training programs" and large nationals to make a nice profit at the expense of the MTs.  It is such a cut throat business with accounts going to the lowest bidder just to save a few bucks.  I only hope that things will turn around some day soon and MT can be the professional career it once used to be.

Please don't say it was a gravy train.  Thank you.

I call it  FTF (Freight Train Flu) because it hits you all of a sudden like a Freight Train. Not to worry it's definitely an "Express."  Whew!

It's intestinel. I started feeling really tired and just plain yucky at 4:00 p..m. yesterday.I'm thinking "okay, Christmas stress, right?"  By 5:00 my temp was 101. Chills fever, stomach cramps, aches and pains. 

The good news is, I put myself to bed at 5:00 p.m. and though I was a little wobbly this morning, I'm feeling almost normal. I managed to work my shift and I'm headed out for the old "last minute" items.

Choo choo.

working FT, even when at home, so just like we balance household chores when I'm out working FT, we do when I'm working at home, too.  Not saying it's 50/50 -- ooh!, not at all - but I refuse to be a superwoman just a super woman!   Then I had to train all of our friends and family.  Took 'em a while to get it, but once I stopped answering my phones and knocks on the door, they got it.  And didn't lose any friends in the process.  Just explained it later...nothing personal, etc. 

Also, I keep the home office door closed when anyone is visiting during my work time and even when hubby is home; with his job, he is home between service call to local customers.  Love that he comes home during the day, but really puts me behind some time.  This is not as much of a problem with me working 3rd shift, but still a balancing act.  How can I shut up a hubby that wants to talk about his day and cook  

We don't have any kids (yet), but lots of family and close friends in the neighborhood.  I started working 3rd shift, and put of a sign that says, basically, Day Sleeper, and unless you have an appointment, don't knock or ring the doorbell, have a great day!  Also, I learned how to say no, no, no, and delegate.  I follow a fairly strict schedule, to allow for social time, etc.  So far, so good. 

BTW, at one point hubby big-time slacked off on his part of the house work (vacuuming, mopping hardwood floors, and dishes [we have a dishwasher]), so I hired a housekeeper and told him I would take it out of his part of the spending money.  Not much $ because our house if fairly small, but still $  Needless to say, Ms. Housekeeper was disappointed when I didn't call her back.