Thursday, November 11, 2010

Dire Straights
















I need some serious feedback on this post. I have some excellent news. My smaller boy, the one who just turned 2 over the summer, came up to me one day. He says, "POOP".

I say, "You want to poop in the potty?"

He nods his head. I take him in there and to my surprise he is clean in his diaper and proceeds to poop on the potty! He does this the next day and the day after that. One day I reminded him and for two weeks straight he does not poop in his pants!!

WooHoo!!!

I decided not to push the issue, but encourage him as much as I could. I tried to get him excited about underwear. He wanted nothing to do with them, but he liked to pick out his own diaper and give it to me to put him in when he was done. I was trying not to get my hopes up, but in the back of me head I am thinking, "Smaller boy will be potty-trained before my 6-yr-old!"

Alas, it is my children, this is my life, and of coarse it does not last. The last three days he has pooped in his pants, without a peep. I had no idea. I couldn't stop it.

I can't help thinking that I lost my window of oppurtunity with this one. I have been potty training constantly for the last 4 years, without success. So yes I have some experience, but nothing has worked for me so far.

What do you guys think I should do on this one. Let it go and work it out later? Try to force underwear on him because now I know he can do it? I have already tried to bribe with treats. I wish I knew what to do. Does anybody have any advise for me besides telling me that I totally screwed this one up by not doing something ealier?

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Thank You





Here are a few photos from the time we spent with Mongee and Grandpa J. We stayed at their house for a while when school started, until we were able to get into our house. I don't know that they have a single breakable trinket in tact at this time. The littler boy fell out the second story window one night when he was supposed to be in bed. Their poor Koi fish are now dead. I don't know if they will ever allow us into their house again, but we wanted to say:

THANK YOU!!!!!!

We love you guys and are super happy that we had that time to spend with you two! Thanks for all you do! Sorry about all the broken and/or dead items!