Yesterday was WONDERFUL! He caught on so fast. His only accident was his first pee of the day. He came and stood next to me and had his accident, right in time for me to watch it run down his leg and onto the carpet (he only got to wear underwear and a shirt yesterday). He started gagging because he had pee on his foot. The rest of the day he made it every time. He actually wanted to go ALL the time, I think to get candy and stickers. Which I guess is a good thing, but it was a little tiring to go through all the motions of pulling the pants down, getting on the toilet, wiping, flushing, pulling up pants, washing hands, drying hands, only to turn around literally 2 minutes later and do it all again for only a few drops of pee. But I can't complain! I didn't change one diaper yesterday! Today I keep finding myself thinking "when did I last change Hudson's diaper? Oh yeah, he's not wearing one!" Funny, you would think with all that sitting in the bathroom it would be ingrained in my head by now. Oh, and he even stayed dry during his nap! (We'll see if that continues.)
I guess my only complaint would be about the potty itself. I bought him a Bob the Builder seat that you just put on the toilet, but the protective shield for boy pee is pretty much non existent, which leaves Hudson's "aim" pretty much straight out and onto the floor or the front of the seat. So we went out and spent another 20 bucks on a little potty that had a nice shield. Turns out he didn't want to use that (which I'm a little thankful for. I didn't want to be cleaning that thing out.) so it's back to the Bob. I took the shield off the little potty and rigged it to attach to the Bob seat, but then it was an obstacle for Hudson to get on and off the toilet, so I took it off today. Yesterday I would just put him on and pull him off the toilet, but I want him to learn how to do it himself. SO, that's a little irritating. I don't know what to do.
Anyway, I'm so proud of my little guy! Now I'm just nervous about taking him anywhere. He seriously wants to go at least 5 times an hour. And he refuses to wear those plastic liners over his underwear. I'm getting stressed out just thinking about it.
Well, thanks for for reading the potty blog.
And here is the "love note" that Jeff left for me tonight. Can't get more romantic than this, can it? I take what I can get.
I just wanted to share what we did as a little family a few nights ago that was fun. We built a fort in the front room with the couches and chairs and blankets. Then we turned out all the lights and played Whac-a-Mole in the dark in the fort! The moles hats light up when you are supposed to hit them, in case you're wondering how we played in the dark.
This is the birthday card I made for Natalie!
This is probably the closest to looking alike Natalie and I will ever get! When I first saw this picture I laughed at how similar we looked! April '05
I'll admit, I have a "little" crush on Bear. Can you blame me?
I have a terrible toothache.
Does anyone digitally scrapbook? I know you do. I want to learn but I really have no idea where to start. Is it worth it? Do you love it? Is it easy to learn? I find the cutest sites for the cutest things, but I wouldn't know what to do with it. And I don't have Photoshop. HELP!
I have started to potty train Hudson today. So far he's had one accident and one tiny tinkle on the potty, but I still made a big deal of it and he got a matchbox car, treats, and stickers. He was pretty excited and wanted to go again right after to get another car. I hope this all goes smoothly because I hate sitting and waiting in the bathroom. Neither the side of the tub or the floor is very comfy...
I took all these pictures after church and he was so giggly and wouldn't hold still, so I was chasing him around the yard and trying to get him to sit down, which he wouldn't, and he thought it was hysterical. It made it really hard to get pictures, but at least he was smiling!
I saw this tip in Parents magazine in the "It worked for me" section. You can go to Home Depot's paint department and get these cute Mickey Mouse shaped color samples and use them as a match game. Hudson had fun with it and hopefully it will help him start learning his colors since everything to him is BLUE!
I thought I'd never see the day, but we are actually starting to finish a little bit of our basement. We got the storage room mostly done today. I am so excited to start putting stuff in there (we were too wore out after we finished to start putting things away). And I have to brag about how amazing Jeff is at doing projects like this. He's the man. Love you, babe.
Hudson has had fun playing with all the tools and helping us. He's also used the 2x4's as "roads" for his cars.
Me using power tools. Yesterday I started to cry when I couldn't do the job Jeff assigned me with the drill, so today he resorted to giving me easier, hormonal wife-free jobs.
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My goal for 09 is to have a baby. When I hear this song (it should be playing), I apply the lyrics to how I feel about my whole infertility issue (in addition to feeling a little frustrated, emotional, sad, depressed, angry, overwhelmed, self pity....at least when it comes to this topic). The "you" is the baby we're waiting for, the "they" is everyone who is pregnant or has a baby or is just blessed enough to be able to have a baby. I had a whole novel written out about how I'm feeling right now, but I figured this explained it simple enough:
