Potty Training Round Two

Ain't nothin' but a gansta potty...



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A Visit to the Children's Museum

We told Tommy after a solid month of #2's in the potty, we would visit the Children's Museum.  We have only been one other time and it was two years ago. (Check out the post! It was sooooo long ago. I can't believe how little Tommy looks.) 

The day finally came where we could go so we went! It was super fun! We bought an annual membership because they are going to have exhibits for Transformers and Ninja Turtles this fall so we'll be back! 

 We visited the dinosaurs exhibit.  Tommy LOVES dinosaurs.  In fact, I think Charlotte likes them too.  There were lots of caves to climb in so that explains the bum shot picture. :)

 They had little play tables with dines on them which the kids just love too! They can totally do this at home but for some reason, they love doing it here more!

 The train section has lots of areas to climb underneath also.

 Plus more play tables! Something else they can do at home but LOVE Doing here.  I heard at least 5 parents say, "Come on, let's go! We have this at home! Let's go see something else." Haha!

 I didn't get a picture but we ran into the Staffords when we sat down to eat lunch so we ate lunch with them.  That was super fun! Andrew looks ticked but don't worry, he was not. :)

 With an annual pass, we were able to ride the carousel for free.  Yay! Kids loved that!

Tommy reallllllly wanted to ride a tiger even though it didn't go up and down.  He didn't care.  He loves his tigers (because they start with T).

 Charlotte loved her black horse.  She wasn't complaining.  Thank goodness you can tie them on those things.  Seems dangerous!

 After the carousel, we played in the Science Works Center.  There are lots of boats and canals and running water for the kids to play in.  You can tell from this picture that we had to carry Charlotte out of there in the football hold kicking and screaming after she had wayyyyy too much fun dousing herself with water.  Yay for a good time! She got over it. :)

 We got a picture in the Indy 500 car of course.  Tommy was disappointed the steering wheel didn't work.

Charlotte LOVED the polar bear.  She kept growling at him and then waving.  It was ridiculously cute.

We had a really great time at the Children's Museum.  We didn't cover hardly half of what we could have.  I guess we'll just have to go back!

Milestones!

Soooooo potty training.  How 'bout dem apples, eh? The worst.  We've been working on it for about a year now.  Things are going well with only a few accidents here and there.  The hardest part has been the  number 2's.   He also decided a month ago that he was too big to wear pull-ups at night.  So we had to do a lot of talking to convincing him to get out of bed at night to go.  

But he finally started to get out of bed at night!! Hooray!! It scares the crap out of me every time but I'm super proud! 

For his efforts, he was rewarded with a giant foam sword.  What every kid wants! :)

Another reward we've been using is ice cream.  Ice cream for a kid with a dairy allergy?  Qué?? Yep.  Not only ice cream but chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream! It's made out of coconut milk.  It's pretty tasty but you have to be able to deal with the coconut flavor.  He LOVES it.  It's kind of crazy that this ice cream has no milk, eggs, or peanuts.  I'm always excited about new delicious treats.  Also how funny is Charlotte throwing in a photobomb?

So wish Tommy luck to get through this final step of potty training.  I know he can do it.  We just have to get over the hump.  Night time potty training is super fun! :)  

Adventures in Potty Training

So we've been potty training for awhile now.  We're not rushing things because we're just not in that big of a hurry.  Plus Tommy isn't really too stoked about going on the potty just yet.  But he's getting there.  I saw someone on Facebook was using the trick where you have Naked Days and it kind of helps things click for a child.
(Now I debated putting this on the blog but then I thought- Hey, this is my blog.  I'm going for it.)

So I tried a little mini naked day while Andrew was mowing the lawn. You can tell how well that turned out.

Sorry Applesauce.  Tommy has christened your room for you.  Not my greatest parenting moment but I have to say, I think the idea became a little more concrete for him.  He actually told me he needed to poop in the potty (after he did this so it didn't really help me out any).  But I think it might have a helped, if only a little.  We might have to try this again... only this time, let's stay on moppable (I wish that were a word) floors.  

Sidenote: A great description of potty training a boy (all in pictures) came from one of my favorite bloggers.  You must check out this post. Very worth it.  It's spot on. 

 So Tommy has been involving Scout in lots of pretend play lately.

 I'm not really sure what kind of pretending is going on here but he's having a great time.

But I thought it might be fun to get Scout in on the potty training action.  Here's Tommy holding Scout who's modeling his Sully pull-up.

"Say cheese, Scout!" He's enjoying the fact that he can "teach" someone else to use the potty.

 He also really gets into it.  Scout had to wear a nighttime diaper instead of his pull-up when he went to bed.

Even though this picture isn't really in focus (stupid iPhone), I really enjoyed the artistic side of Tommy's pose.  I should get on Instagram or something. He's got the talent of a Zoolander. :) 

Poor Scout.  Is that diaper big enough for ya???  

Potty Training is so much fun! I'm sure there will be more updates in the future.  Hopefully with less pictures of poop on the floor! 

The 4th of July 2013

July 4th fell on a Thursday this year.  Boo.  Since I'm saving up for my maternity leave, I still had to work Friday.  Double Boo.  But we still tried to go have some fun on Independence Day.  

 We made some last minute plans to go to this party in Monticello where my parents, lil bro, and Steph were.  Tommy was quite the hit in his one sock.  Yep, one sock because while potty training, Mama accidentally dipped his foot in the dirty toilet.  Whoops.

 We hung out on the deck until it got dark.  Look at that silly face.  Cutie.

 The deck was decorated so cute with the lights and solar rockets.  Loved it!

 Then we went down to the dock to wait for the fireworks.  He sat with Adam and Steph and waited patiently.

 Then he waited with Grandpa.

 Then we found out that the fireworks weren't supposed to start for another 20 minutes!! We went up to the house again to chill and wait for the fireworks.  We even looked for a late-night Mickey episode to pass the time.

 Finally the fireworks started.  So many people along lakeshore had the expensive, seemingly illegal fireworks and were shooting them off all night that Tommy hardly noticed a difference when the real show started.  He kept asking to go back to the house for snacks.  Indiana Beach's show was not impressive.  Oh well.

 Since we had to stay up so late for the fireworks show and then drive back from Monticello, Tommy was exhausted.  He fell asleep on the way home.

He even slept through a final nighttime diaper change.  Poor kid was TIRED!

So barring the toilet water sock and sad fireworks show, it was still a successful 4th of July.  Happy Independence Day!

Patiently Waiting

You are looking live (Brent Musburger anyone?) at the progress we've made with potty training.  Yes, we finally got him to sit on the toilet.  That's it.  Yeah, baby steps, but we are really excited.  Look at how patient he is.  He knows what is supposed to happen.  Some of his classmates are working on it too.

He sat there for a few minutes. Finally he stood up and said, "It's not wokeeng" (working).

But seriously, we are so excited.  Sensitive skin diapers are not cheap and we can't wait to trade them in for underpants (and about 20 diapers a day once the ladies arrive). Any progress is fantastic!