Adventures in Potty Training....

Bug is starting to get more interested in the potty. When he was at the sitters we discussed having him start potty training and I was going to send pull ups for him but as soon as we decided to send him to school we decided to hold off. We knew that potty training was a big part of what the kids would learn in the 2's room. After his first week he started coming home with lots of stamps on his hands. Turns out Bug is very motivated by stamps and was doing great going pee in the potty. He started to occassionally want to pee in the potty at home too, which was great. I went and got him a pack of Buzz Lightyear underwear, to which he responded "I wear diapers." Hmm.....so he's continuing to do great peeing in the potty, waking up from most naps dry and showing even more interest at home. The school asked that I bring in pull ups for him since he was doing so well. I pulled a few out of the pack to save for at home. Doesn't look like he's used any from the pack at school or home and we're still getting the same "I wear diapers answer."

Peeing in the potty is great but getting him to poop in the potty, now that would be awesome! I've been asking him for a while now to poop in the potty and over the weekend he tried a few times but relented that "it's so hard," to poop in the potty.

On Sunday the kids were brushing their teeth and getting dressed and Bug proudly walked in with a towel in his hand. What was that I was looking at, was that what I really thought that was? Yes indeed, Bug was so relaxed brushing his teeth on their red stool that he pooped on the stool while brushing his teeth! Too cute and he was so proud. We told him that he was doing great and to try to get it in the potty the next time.

Yesterday morning while we were getting ready for work, the kids were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. I noticed that Bug was hiding behind the shower curtain and asked him to try to poop in the potty if he needed to go poop. He took off his diaper and I helped him on the potty and he pooped on the potty! We were all very proud of him, even bubba Roo.

It's funny, Bug insisted on wiping himself, though I made sure he was clean after his effort as opposed to Roo who for the longest time insisted that we wipe him. It'll be nice to have 2 potty trained kids in the house, but we're not rushing Bug into underwear or pull ups, he'll eventually tackle that part when he's ready.

Potty Time for Bug

Bug has been getting interested in the potty recently. He's really enjoying going potty using the little baby potty before he gets into the bath. On occasion he'll ask to go at other times. We're not putty any pressure on him. Roo didn't potty train until he was 3 1/2 but he did it all at once, day and night and very rarely had an accident; I can probably count on one hand the number of accidents he's had. Bug has a long way to go before he'll be night time potty trained since he still goes to bed with a cup of milk. So, we'll go with the flow. The daycare he's starting at focuses on potty training in their 2 year old room, so hopefully it'll really build his confidence and interest and he'll want to wear the cool Buzz Lightyear underwear we got him!

Big Boy Roo

We're so proud of Roo. He's doing such an great job potty training. He pooped in the potty again today and was so excited to show me how big his poop was tonight. He wore big boy underwear, real underwear, all day today and didn't get them wet at all! I even sent him with two changes of clothes! And while Mommy and Daddy were out today, we got him a mattress and box spring and put together his big boy bed...his crib converts to a full size bed. And we put his cool new sheets with cars and trucks and comforter on it and had it all ready for him when he got home.

He was a little hesitant at first but he loves it. And he went to bed like such a good boy. And so far he hasn't tried to get out.

Roo's sleeping in a big boy bed and wearing big boy underwear!

Wow, it's amazing how fast they grow up. And props again to Kristin for figuring out when and how to potty train him. Because honestly, I was not at all interested!

By the way, shopping for little boy underwear is very exciting, finally a boy accessory I can shop for :)

Slacker Blogger...And Baby Dinosaur Backpack

Yes, that's me.  I'll update sometime this weekend.  I am way behind.  Roo peed in the potty.  The boys bathe together now, Love Bug in his big quack quack floating in the tub and Roo makes faces at him.  Dada's truck is fixed and has returned, but seems to have 2 additional full size doors...Roo's super excited!  The baby dinosaur backpack arrived.  And so much more!  How's that for a teaser :)

Just Because He's 3...

Doesn't mean that he's ready for the potty.  I feel like there's been all this pressure to get Roo potty trained since he just turned 3.  But just because you're a day older doesn't mean that you are all of a sudden ready to pee and poop in the potty.  It's not like we're ignoring the fact that we do have to potty train him, we just know that like everything else, it'll be a lot easier when he's ready.  

In the car to/from the sitter's we watch Elmo's Potty Time, and we watch in the car on the weekends too.  Roo gets the fact that Elmo doesn't need diapers anymore and uses the potty to pee and poo but he hasn't translated that for himself yet.  I got him a pack of Elmo underwear today when we were out in town; last week I got him an Elmo toilet seat.  When we got home, I changed him into it.  When the first pair got wet, I told him to make sure he lets mommy and daddy know when he needs to pee.  When he wet the second pair he got really upset about getting all wet and asked for his diaper back.  

The rest of the night he just had fun playing with his underwear.  When he's ready, we'll put forth a full effort, but neither one of us really thinks he's ready yet.  And trust me, we'll let you know once he's potty trained!

Because Every Parent Must Talk About Their Kids Poo...

Because it's Roo it was funny; plus it's my blog to document what we want to remember and teast the kids about when they're older.  Stop now if you don't want to read about poo. 

Here is how the conversation went.

Dada:  Roo, what are you doing?

Roo:  Poopin'

Roo:  Uh oh, it's stuck, oh no!

Roo had some poo issues this weekend, he hasn't had them in a long long time...but he was definitely one of those babies that had a hard time pooing.  When he was just a little newborn all you heard was him tooting in the baby monitor.  We had to go so far as to put Karo syrup in his bottles.  So finally, after 2 days of effort, shortly after the conversation above, he was successful.  I'm sure the prune and the juice we gave him to help everything along will cause the opposite problem a day from now.  Hopefully he'll potty train in the next year :)