For instance: my son took far longer than my daughter to potty train. I finally got so tired of looking for sheets and clean mattress pads, etc., in the middle of the night that I came up with a solution. I layered his ped with a waterproof mattress pad topped with a sheet, topped with yet another mattress pad and sheet, and then a third set. When he wet one, I whipped it off, leaving two clean and dry sets in reserve, tossed it in the hamper on my way back to my room, changed his jammies (hung in a mesh bag from a hook next to his bed) and was asleep within 5 minutes of being woken up. So was he.

To be honest what’d scare me off faster than anything does still come down to two words: no martinis.

Talk about scary!