When my youngest son was 3-1/2, he was SM
Posted By: Chickadee on 2006-03-23
In Reply to: The biggest mistake parents are making... - SM
talking to my mother on the telephone. She said to him, "Jeremy, I can't take you to the beach (weekend trip) because you're not potty trained yet." He threw the phone down and ran over to me and yelled, "Mama, put 'unnerwares' on me RIGHT NOW!" LOL...I did and he never had another accident from that day forward.
Just give your child lots of love and encouragement...and bribe him if necessary!  He'll get it sooner or later.
Chickadee
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my youngest started
kindergarten this year and it made a HUGE difference in my production! I am definately glad I was home for those years, but it was not easy for sure. Now my husband is self-employed and has winters off.... I think he is worse than the kids! :) It was really nice to hear some averages of other MTs as far as line counts to kind of know where I was at. I am no super anything, but I think I do okay... So thanks for the post!
When my youngest is in school... (SM)
I'll be going back to teaching, which I left years ago to stay home and have babies. I started doing MT when we had a financial problem when our "baby" was two, but this working early in the morning and late at night and during the summer when I'd rather be out playing with my kids is killing me! Considering how much of my own money I always spent on buying supplies and putting money in kids' lunch accounts and buying kids shoes and coats when I was teaching before, I'm sure I will make less as well... But I can't wait to work a normal schedule!
Good luck to you! Your family will surely be blessed by your decision. 
What part of KY are you in? My 2 youngest sons--sm
live in Nicholasville. Just came back from a month's visit. Love the state and would love to move there but my husband is from FL, we live in NC and he can't stand the snow!!
After 25+ years in this profession and youngest is a high school senior..sm
There is no way, in my experience, I could meet my quota as a full-time MT with my young children at home under my full supervision. I had to hire a sitter to come to the home or send them to a home daycare during their infant and toddler years. I have always had strict turnaround times and have done every specialty out there. Many of these specialties involved an intense fund of knowledge be acquired during the learning curve, not to mention meeting my line counts. I have been working from home for a very long time, and speaking from my own experience, unless you want to be a part time MT, you cannot achieve the disciplined focus to do the job right if you are trying to care for your children at the same time. If you have a spouse who works opposite shift, wonderful. My spouse always worked the same shift as I did, so for my success I had to pay for child care. My best situation was having a sitter at my house where I knew my children were safe, but at the same time I could lock my office door with strict instructions that I not be interrupted. It was nice to take a break or have lunch with them. My youngest is now a senior in high school, one is a sophomore in college, and the other is a college graduate.
I think I used Maalox when my kids were small. Poor things, both youngest boys had them everywhere
It was 100 degrees out that year. They spent a week in the house in the tub with Aveeno and more Benadryl than I think they had in their entire lives.
Yep, he's smart! A tent sounds great! My youngest just got her's 2 months ago, and my poor hus
Well, suffice it to say, he just shuddered...and got a tent...
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