potty training - to be continued?

Well, we had some luck for a while with Gavin being all jazzed about using the potty, but apparently his own personal throne has lost its appeal. He was insisting that "I want potty too!!" anytime he saw one of us on the toilet (hooray for no privacy). Since he usually asked to go potty just after going in his diaper, he would just pee a little trickle, so it went from "YAY!" and clapping for himself for each little trickly effort to "I'm done" after a half-hearted pee effort. He is more interested in flushing the toilet (I'm blaming the engineer genes for that) than in actaully using it these days. He no longer asks to go in the potty like he had been, and when I ask him if he wants to try he says no. He will tell me right after making a poo that he wants his diaper changed, so he's still aware of what's going on down there, he's just not so terribly interested in making it happen in the potty.

I don't really care if he gives up for a while. At least I know he knows what to do on the potty. It's just a matter of realizing it before it happens. Since he hates having a poopy diaper, that will probably help us out later on. He doesn't care about a peed-in diaper, but when I'm home all day I can put him in underpants so he gets really uncomfortable really fast if he pees (if necessary). Plus, with the baby coming in 3 months (ack) we'll undoubtadly hit some road blocks again. So, yeah, not pushing it. When he's ready, he'll go on the potty. He's too much of a neat freak to go in his diaper forever :)

2 blog posts in a row all about Gavin's poop and pee. Ah, the joys of motherhood.....

potty training

Oh boy.

Last night, when Gavin and I got home from dinner with Missy and Bryant, I had to pee. Like, 10 minutes ago. So I went into the bathroom to take care of that, and Gavin followed me in, saying "want potty too!" He was covered in applesauce due to a spoon malfunction at dinner, so I stripped him down (it was bathtime anyway) and he sat on the potty, holding his milk cup. I took his discarded clothes to his hamper right next door, came back, and noticed that something had happened - Gavin was staring at his boy parts in wonder? shock? who knows, and there was pee in the potty! We clapped, we said "Yay!" and threw our hands in the air, and generally celebrated like idiots. I was proud of him. He enjoyed the praise so much, in fact, that getting him off the potty and into the tub for a bath was a bit of a struggle. :)

Today, we had fried chicken with macaroni and cheese for dinner. (Not the healthiest, but it sure was tasty!). Gavin gave up on his fork very early on and took to shoveling the mac & cheese in his mouth with his fingers. He was c.o.v.e.r.e.d. in cheese sauce by the time he was full. Yuck. I got a washcloth, cleaned him up a bit, and stripped him down. Before starting the bath I asked if he wanted to sit on the potty, and he sat right down. (The potty is a favorite place of his. Like father, like son, I guess.)

I asked him if he could pee, and he started pushing/straining/whatever, and a little pee dribbled out. The look on his face when he looked up at me was priceless! It's like he peed gold or something, he was so tickled. He clapped for himself, I clapped for him, and then he tried again. He peed about a gazillion pee dribbles, and a few short streams, in the little while he was on the potty. Then we heard it - the fart. Little boys make big noises. And where there's noise.... A minute or two later, Gavin pooped on the potty! He wasn't quite as shocked by the poo as he was by the pee (he's more used to the poo in his diaper I guess) but he really did like pulling his feet up so he was squatting on the little potty so he could have a peek at his handiwork. Weirdo. He was so proud of himself. He asked me twice for a hug while he was still on the potty. Goofy, and adorable, and I can't believe he's starting to use the potty.

My little baby boy is growing up! (Is there a way to make it stop???)

photostory

We had a technology training at school today, and I used Microsoft's Photo Story 3 for the first time. I made a quick little thing about Gavin, so I thought I'd post it. You can download the program for free here. I made this photo story at school, so I used some pictures I had on my computer here, but I am a little geeked out at all the possibilities with the pictures I have at home. It's just another way to make a slide show, but it's fun to play - why yes, I am a big nerd. :)

Oh, and the music is kinda odd, I do realize that, but I didn't take the time to go back and change it.

happy halloween!

Before we could put his costume on, Gavin had to sit for Daddy in the make-up chair.

Gavin was awesome - he was really patient and sat nicely to get his face painted. Doesn't he look great already??

Then he had to go to the wardrobe department - me - to get into his costume. Jake helped.

The hat was the final touch. It really finishes off the outfit!

Gavin was the talk of the neighborhood. Even people we don't know were commenting on how he had the cutest costume they'd seen all night. Can you blame them?


After we visited a couple of houses on our block, we spent the rest of the evening hanging out in the driveway passing out candy.

Gavin and his daddy are the two cutest boys I know!

We finally went inside about an hour after Gavin's usual bedtime. Can you tell he was ready for sleep? :)

He had a quick bath and was out like a light almost before his head hit the pillow. I'd say this Halloween was a success!