1 step forward... 2 steps back... I presume.

2 wet diapers is all that Ryden had today. The rest of it went in the potty and one time on the floor. I know this probably means nothing, because it usually takes a LONG time for children to potty learm. I also know that he is much younger than most when it comes to potty learning.
However, unlike most others, I have been working with Ryden and the potty since he was a little over a month old. Never all the time, just some of the time. Well, now I am wondering if some of that is actually paying off.
Most of his wins have been because of me and timing. That is how it has always been. But as of the past couple of days and maybe a few weeks, I have noticed a couple of changes.

1) He has started to say pee pee at times, although it is usually after he pees. There was one day last week when he said it, I rushed him to the potty and he pooped. I flooded him with cookies (which only live in the bathroom) and he was quite delighted.
2) I think he is starting to hold it. Which if this is the case, I am beyond excited. The only diapers he peed in today, was the one I put on him right after he woke up and the other was at my mom's house. I tried to give him a pottytunity there, which he was having none of because we had just walked in and he wanted to play with all of his toys at grandmas. I also gave him a pottytunity at Publix. :) The other time he peed was right before his bath and it was immediately after Eric took his diaper off. It had been a couple of hours since his last pee, so, I think he waited. Even if it was on the floor, that is fine by me. :)
3) Lastly, he knows what it is and whenever I put him on the potty he tries. Even if he doesn't have to go- he still tries. It is so cute.

I know better and am not getting my hopes up. But each day I take off dry diapers and he pees in the toilet, I feel we are progressing. I also think this is an optimal learning time, because he still is in to pleasing us and hasn't become the ultra negative two year old!!!

No matter where this gets us, I will run with it!!!!!!!!!

love,
one super happy mama

The New Life.....

Well, the little man is now 1 month old. I can't believe that much time has passed already. The first week and a half was us getting to know each other, the week and a half after that we got to spend with my mom here and this last week or so, with my mom gone and Eric back to work, Ryden and I have started to get a routine down. It really gets better and more fluid each day.

I don't half a lot of time to write, but I am going to post a couple of videos.

This one is Ryden cooing a couple of times. I recorded it a couple of days ago during his morning time-happy time. It's when he is really alert and just likes to look around.




and this one is from today. This is what a full time, stay at home mom does with her time. A couple of days ago, I started to try a little EC-elimination communication with Ryden. I know y'all are probably laughing at me, but I haven't changed a single full on poopy diaper in like 4 days. He still ends up with little skid marks on his diapers from when he toots and he had a really small poopy diaper the other morning when he woke up, but that's it. I don't EC in the middle of the night. The rest have been in the toilet. However, the pees are a lot harder to catch because he does them every 30 mins. or so when he is awake. I miss a lot of them, but I'm getting better. Eric recorded this video this morning and it is him pooping over the toilet incase you don't want to see it. I would understand. We found it quite funny!




anyhoo, I am nursing and typing right now (not so easy) so, I will write something more substantial later.

michele