Potty Trainging Progress

MY SON ROCKS!  If i have not made that clear, let me state the fact now.  HE ROCKS!  We have been full on potty training since Monday morning and he has done AWESOME!  On Sunday, we played in our big boy pants and got a taste of what Monday and the rest of training was going to be like, but we really count Monday as his start date.  I took him to daycare (yes, i am not training him alone.  I have help from Kim - WHO IS AMAZING).  Immediately upon dropping him off, he was in big boy pants.... here is his training score card (as i like to call it).

Monday - Made it to the potty the first time, got a little side tracked on the second one and "dribbled" in his pants.  Diaper on for nap (which is when he goes #2 now) and then 2 more potty successes.  Put a diaper on him for the ride home, which he messed and then went potty twice that evening.  Diaper on for bed, which he messed.

Tuesday - Made it to the potty first thing in the morning (messed his night time diaper, but i was expecting that) and then made it to the potty each time during the day, except for nap time but the diaper was on.  Once home, he went potty again and then dribbled on my floor for his second pee pee of the evening, but stopped and finished on his potty. To me, we made huge improvements because he had learned to stop and wait till he was sitting on the potty. We put another diaper on him for sleeping.

Wednesday - Messed his diaper and did not do a morning pee pee in the potty.  Pee Peed all day, in the potty, and made no accidents.  Diaper was on during nap time again.  Once home, we went pee pee in the potty and then we went outside to play.  We were outside for a while and he told me he pee peed.  I thought it was in his pants because of the way he said it.  We slowly walked in from the backyard, slowly walked in to the house, and eventually made it to the potty.  The whole time telling him that he needed to let mommy know when he needs to go and so on.  Poor thing was probably freaking out because he had not got yet.  He did have 1 tiny drop on his underwear which he thought was him messing his pants.  I sat him down on the potty and surprise..... he held it that whole time till we got to the potty. I was one proud mommy!  He continued to rock the potty training for the rest of the evening. He slept in a diaper again.

Thursday (today) - This morning, I was in the shower and when I got out I heard LOUD screaming, high pitched which normaly means pain, and immediately thought that he decided to use this morning as the morning to try climbing out of his crib.  I had bad visions when i ran towards his room but when i entered, he was standing in his crib saying that he needed to go potty.  Poor thing.  I am not sure how long he was crying because he is never awake when i shower in the mornings, but the important thing is that he held it.  As soon as i put him on his potty, he started going and had a smile on his face that i know was from relief.  He was so proud of himself and so was his mommy.  Oh and his diaper was DRY!!!!!

All in all, training is going better than i could have ever imagined.  Seriously, i have heard so many horror stories of people trying and trying and their children not getting it or really caring less about the whole potty concept.  Harlen has picked it up amazingly and seems to really like it.  He gets SO excited and proud of himself and it melts my heart every. single. time. 

Until next time...... i will be handing out m&m's, doing potty dances and praising my son for his deposits to the potty bank. 

Potty Training 101

The time has come and Harlen has no idea what is about to happen to him.  My sweet little boy is starting on the potty training train and there is no looking back.  I know he is ready, but I am not sure that I am ready.  Potty Training means that my baby is becoming a boy.  The only thing that stands between me and having a baby vs a boy is that he still sleeps in a crib and uses a pacifier.  I am anxious, excited and lost about this whole potty training adventure but one thing that I do know is that I am one lucky mommy to have a daycare teacher that knows that the hell she is doing.  She keeps reassuring me that we are doing the right thing, that she will be with me every step of the way and that we will get through it together.  Saying that I am blessed is an understatement.  I thank my lucky stars, every single time that I drop him off or pick him up, that Harlen gets to spend his days with her (and her mother) and today was no different.  I dropped him off with a few extra outfits, 5 pairs of underwear and left knowing that Kim would help me in this crazy thing we call "being a big boy."  It is so hard for me to believe that we are at this point, but ready or not....... it is time. 

Here are a couple pictures I snapped of Harlen in his new "big boy pants."  I don't care what anyone says, seeing a little boy in underwear is one of (if not the most) adorable thing in the world.  His chunky thighs and tiny booty is probably one of the most precious things I have ever seen. 



Seriously....this kid is the most adorable thing I have ever seen.

This pictures cracks me up.  "whats that mommy!"

 

 

 

Wish us luck and pray for an easy transition for him.  Until next time.....if you need us, we will be in the bathroom :)

Photo Dump

We have been busy, busy, busy lately.  I wanted to post a few (ok, well maybe a lot) of pictures of random stuff we have done over the last couple weeks.  We have had a ton of family time, mommy and Harlen time, shopping time (getting spring/summer clothes for Harlen), outdoor time, and tons of fun.  Harlen amazes me on a daily basis.  He communicates so well and surprised me sometimes with what comes out of his mouth.  He is speaking "full" sentences now and can have a pretty good conversation (for a 2 year old).  I absolutely LOVE our conversations that we have to and from daycare each day.  He fills me in on what he plans to do during daycare each morning and what he has to eat or what he played with during our ride home each evening.  It is amazing how you can hear his vocabulary grow on a daily basis. 

Anyways, enough rambling.... here is a glimpse into our daily life.

Playing with the classic, Slinky!  These two bring pure joy to my life.

A picture we sent to daddy while he was away for business. 

 

Shopping with the shades on! 

 

 

 Tried out Sports Clips for the first time. Harlen loved it there. He did awesome getting his 4th hair cut.

 

 

Finished product with a sucker as his reward.  Happy Boy!

 

 

Only my son would be obsessed with shoes.  He insisted on sleeping with his new shoes (no he had not worn them out of the house yet so they were clean and mommy approved as his sleeping buddy for the evening).

 

 

 Happy boy!  Fuzzy picture but LOVE his smile.

A boy and his best friend. 

I watched all 3 boys last Friday and these two decided to watch Spider Man with a pallet on the floor.  LOVE THEM.

Making breakfast with me this past weekend.  He wants to help with every little thing I cook.  Maybe we will have our own little gourmet chef someday.

Harlen had pink eye this past Tuesday.  After we picked up his prescription, we headed to my office for the morning so that I could get some much needed work done.  My office is not the best place for a 2 year old, but he was so excited to see where I spend my time after I drop him off at daycare each morning.

BTW- I hate trying to add a caption to my photos.  It never fails that something is wrong and i dont have the time to try to figure it out.  Sorry for the crappy formatting. 

 

Until next time.........