I don't remember what happened yesterday and I apologize for missing a day of blogging but hopefully today's AMAZING update will make up for anything missed yesterday. This morning, after getting up and doing our normal weekend thing (breakfast, potty, coffee, whatever), we went out to run some errands. We put Henry into a pull-up and packed the potty into the back of the wagon (station wagon, that is. We didn't take the Radio Flyer out on the town). After being out for about an hour and a half, I asked Henry if he had to go potty, figuring that he'd be wet already and that he'd say no. To my surprise, he said yes so we set up the potty in in the back of the wagon in the parking lot of Lowe's. More to my surprise, when we pulled down our boy's pants, we found his diaper to be totally dry. I was so happy! Then, even to my further surprise, he peed as soon as he sat down on the potty. A lot. I have to think that he was exhibiting bladder control because he peed a ton as soon as he sat down. And to reiterate, his diaper was dry. Hooray Henry!
He did poop in his diaper before his nap, but I couldn't even be that disappointed because he did such a great job holding his pee. We ended up going out to lunch while we were out and he didn't pee in his diaper at all.
Later, Matt took him over to Grandma and Grandpa's for about an hour and I guess Henry actually told him that he had to go pee. And then peed as soon as he sat down. Then, I got to witness the miracle myself here at home after they got back because he did it again! He actually told us that he had to go and then went as soon as he sat down! I can't actually tell you what it is that he says when he has to go, but he has a word that he uses. It's new enough that I don't remember what it is. After a few more days, hopefully I will. Anyway, I'm so so so proud of him right now that I can hardly express it. We're still working on it, obviously, and we've still got a long way to go but I can see progress and that's what I'm most thrilled about. I'm so proud of you, good, smart boy!!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Day 7, pm - Poo x 2?
That's right, folks! You heard it here first: Henry boy pooped in the potty TWICE today!! No, that is not an exaggeration or a Tale from the Crypt but an actual second doody into the potty. I'm stunned, shocked, excited beyond belief! Also, which is kind of even more exciting, I was folding laundry when Henry started to pee and I jumped up, saying, "no no no!" and he stopped. I whisked him onto the potty and as soon as he sat down, he started going again. Now, he didn't tell me that he needed to go, but he was able to stop when I asked him to. And that seems like a big deal. Yes, I had to clean some more pee up off the floor but it wasn't much and he ended up going a lot in the potty.
As far as our second poo goes, I had some hints that we might get there before bed time. We were outside watching daddy mow the lawn (and jumping like a crazy man on the trampoline) when mommy decided it was time to come in and get a drink. I picked him up and he tooted all over me. It's not poop and he's a baby, but I have to tell you, it's not fun when anyone toots on you, grown-up, baby or otherwise. Funny, yes, but fun? Not so much. Anyway, we sat on the potty while mommy got dinner ready and had a nice big cup of watery juice. During dinner, he peed in his chair again (d'oh!) and then got really fidgety. I thought, at first, it was because his chair was wet but he rocked to the side hard enough once to let a big toot fly. I asked him if he was done eating and we got out to sit on the potty. It hadn't been 30 minutes yet, but he'd already peed in his chair again and those toots had me thinking that there was going to be some number two action a-coming. Sure enough, I heard a few more toots on the potty and when I came back down from running his bath, he'd gone both numbers one and two. Way to go, big guy!! Mommy is so proud of you!!!
As far as our second poo goes, I had some hints that we might get there before bed time. We were outside watching daddy mow the lawn (and jumping like a crazy man on the trampoline) when mommy decided it was time to come in and get a drink. I picked him up and he tooted all over me. It's not poop and he's a baby, but I have to tell you, it's not fun when anyone toots on you, grown-up, baby or otherwise. Funny, yes, but fun? Not so much. Anyway, we sat on the potty while mommy got dinner ready and had a nice big cup of watery juice. During dinner, he peed in his chair again (d'oh!) and then got really fidgety. I thought, at first, it was because his chair was wet but he rocked to the side hard enough once to let a big toot fly. I asked him if he was done eating and we got out to sit on the potty. It hadn't been 30 minutes yet, but he'd already peed in his chair again and those toots had me thinking that there was going to be some number two action a-coming. Sure enough, I heard a few more toots on the potty and when I came back down from running his bath, he'd gone both numbers one and two. Way to go, big guy!! Mommy is so proud of you!!!
Day 7, lunch time - Poo poo in the Potty! Poo poo in the potty!
Hooray! After a number of disappointing set backs, Henry boy pooped in the potty! As I mentioned before, I gave him lots of juice so he had a bunch of accidents. But he didn't tell me he was having them. He didn't tell me that he had to pee but he also didn't tell me that he had gone. And that was very disappointing to me because he'd been so good about that until now. During lunch, he peed in his chair, so I got him off and put him on the potty, telling him that pee pee only goes in the potty and he needs to get on the potty or tell mommy when he needs to go. He said ok and I left him there for awhile, much to his chagrin because he was still hungry. After a few minutes, I let him get up and run around for a few minutes before our final potty try at nap time. Haha, he started running circles around the kitchen table and diving on the rug in front of the door to the porch. It was adorable. He must have done that for about 10 minutes straight.
So then I put him back on the potty and left him there while I answered some email and cleaned up from lunch. He told me that he'd peed again and I sang a song, congratulated him and asked him to stay there for a little while longer. When I was ready to take him upstairs, I got him off the potty and was delighted to see that he'd pooped!! I showed him and he looked legitimately surprised to see it in there. I don't know if he was surprised that it had come out of him or just at what it looked like, but he had a little furrowed brow as he looked at it. Then he said "bye-bye" and we took it to the big toilet to be flushed down. Of course, we did big dances on the way, though.
He just got up from his nap and was dry. I'm assuming that's because he peed so much before his nap and not because he's gaining bladder control but it's nice to hope. :) Hooray, Henry!!! Everyone said there'd be setbacks and not to get disappointed. And that's just how things seem to go. There are enough setbacks to know that we've still got a long road ahead of us but enough successes that I don't feel like it's completely useless. The day he tells us anything about having to go is going to be a BIG day. Hooray!!
So then I put him back on the potty and left him there while I answered some email and cleaned up from lunch. He told me that he'd peed again and I sang a song, congratulated him and asked him to stay there for a little while longer. When I was ready to take him upstairs, I got him off the potty and was delighted to see that he'd pooped!! I showed him and he looked legitimately surprised to see it in there. I don't know if he was surprised that it had come out of him or just at what it looked like, but he had a little furrowed brow as he looked at it. Then he said "bye-bye" and we took it to the big toilet to be flushed down. Of course, we did big dances on the way, though.
He just got up from his nap and was dry. I'm assuming that's because he peed so much before his nap and not because he's gaining bladder control but it's nice to hope. :) Hooray, Henry!!! Everyone said there'd be setbacks and not to get disappointed. And that's just how things seem to go. There are enough setbacks to know that we've still got a long road ahead of us but enough successes that I don't feel like it's completely useless. The day he tells us anything about having to go is going to be a BIG day. Hooray!!
Day 7, am - Mommy's home today
I'm working from home today so I'm hoping that I can get him to go in the potty a little more regularly. He went this morning when I got him up but then he was at the door watching the trucks building the house next door I heard the tell tale sounds of a boy tinkling on the floor. I rushed over to see him standing there, watching it. I ran over to grab him and when he saw me, he pointed it out, very interestedly. There was no, "uh-oh!" or anything at all. Just kind of a, "hey mom! Look what I can do! Cool, huh?" So I put him on the potty but by the time we got there, he was all done. I left him there while I cleaned it up then went over and sat in front of him. When he saw all of my paper towels and Lysol, I got the "uh-oh" I'd been expecting. I made him turn off the iPad and look at me and told him that pee pee only goes in the potty and if he has to go pee pee, he needs to sit on the potty. It doesn't go on the floor. Only in the potty. He said yes. So we'll see. He had breakfast and is back on it now, but I don't expect any more pee. I did give him more juice and he LOVED it again so we'll get him drinking a lot again to encourage more peeing so we have more opportunities. I'm HOPING that we can get him to poop on the potty again. I feel like the more successes he has, the more likely he is to truly understand what we want him to do. I mean, when he's hungry, he goes over and tries to get into his booster seat. He doesn't exactly say, "hungry" but he'll point at the fridge and again, try to get into his chair for dinner. So if he can do that and recognize that signal, I have to think he can figure out the potty thing. Keeping my fingers crossed for better success today.
Day 6, pm - Not so hot
It doesn't appear that Henry had any more successes throughout the day. It's kind of what I expected when he started going to Aunt Amy's. I can't imagine he's going to want to sit still for long enough to concentrate and go, let alone stop what he's doing to sit down. I guess he'd gone a little in his diaper during gymnastics but daddy brought the potty along with him and he went a little more in potty the parking lot after. Way to go Henry! Then they ran some errands and went straight to Aunt Amy's. And that was pretty much it for successes before he came home. I guess he pooped a couple of times in his diaper, one time getting upset and one time not. He didn't pee in the potty at all. Very disappointing. When we came home, he did a good job of peeing in the potty before dinner so I guess that's another success.
I'm kind of the mind that he's training us instead of the other way around at this point. But again, if after three weeks he's still not telling us that he has to go, we'll take a break for a while, I guess. I sure hope we don't have to do that. That would be discouraging.
I'm kind of the mind that he's training us instead of the other way around at this point. But again, if after three weeks he's still not telling us that he has to go, we'll take a break for a while, I guess. I sure hope we don't have to do that. That would be discouraging.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Day 6, am - Home (and out and about) with Daddy
This morning, I was still home at 7 am when Henry got up, so I went up to get him. I put him on the potty right away and then went into my bathroom to get ready. A few minutes after I sat him there, I heard little foot stomps running around, so I went back into the living room to see what was going on. I found him sitting happily on the steps to upstairs, watching the iPad. The potty was peed in. Again, baby boy went in the potty, realized he'd gone, probably came looking for me to tell me but didn't know where I was and decided he didn't need to be on it any longer. What a good boy he is. :) We flushed it and then brought it in with me while I continued to get ready so that he could try a little longer. I've found that most times, he goes a little bit then thinks he's done but he's actually not. So I had him sit for a bit longer -- especially since he hadn't pooped -- and sure enough, he went a TON. This time he didn't tell me, though. After awhile, when I got him up, I asked him if he'd gone pee pee again and he said yes. When I looked, I couldn't believe how much he'd gone. Just tons. So we dumped it in the potty, flushed it, and waved bye bye before getting a waffle for breakfast. I set the timer so we could try pooping again before he left for gymnastics.
I left shortly after, so I don't know how the rest of the morning went. He had gymnastics at 9 am with daddy and then they had to run to Walmart to pick up a bean bag chair for Henry's big boy room and to Montessori to pick up our CSA delivery for the week. All in all, I expect them to be out for about 2.5 hours. I don't know what daddy ended up doing. Did he bring the potty with him? Did he bring the seat so Henry could try on the big potty? Did he just say "forget it" and not bother trying? I hope it's not the last one, but who knows?
All in all, I think Henry boy is doing a great job. He's more successful at home than he's been at Grandma's or Aunt Amy's, but I suspect it's because he's trained mommy and daddy better than he's trained the others. I'm guessing we're more trained at this point than he is, though I do think he's learning. He's still not really telling us when he has to go, but it's not been a week yet so I'm not too worried. Yet. The websites I've referenced say that, if they're not telling you they need to go within a few weeks, then it's probably time to stop and try again in a couple of months. But again, we're just in the first week so I'm hoping he'll be ready to tell us by the end of next week if not sooner. Fingers crossed!!!
Day 5, recap - Hits and misses
Henry boy spent the early morning with Grandma and then moved on to Aunt Amy's for the late morning and afternoon. Here's what we have from both of them:
"Henry was very wet when he woke up. The top of his pj bottoms were damp. We sat on the potty right away but no action. We took the potty downstairs. he tried again four more times before we left for Amy's at 9:30 and we went a little bit one time. In between, he wet his diaper quite a bit once and also pooped in another. he had been on the potty shortly before the poop and again, he got very upset about pooping his pants. He cried during the entire clean up and even for a short while after, in spite of me repeating it was ok."
"Henry was very wet when he woke up. The top of his pj bottoms were damp. We sat on the potty right away but no action. We took the potty downstairs. he tried again four more times before we left for Amy's at 9:30 and we went a little bit one time. In between, he wet his diaper quite a bit once and also pooped in another. he had been on the potty shortly before the poop and again, he got very upset about pooping his pants. He cried during the entire clean up and even for a short while after, in spite of me repeating it was ok."
- Grandma, 11:27 am
"Hanky Pank went pee on the Elmo potty before his nap. He took a long nap today, 2.5 hours. As soon as he woke up I put him on the potty but he couldn’t go. We sat there about 10 minutes before I let him up. I’ll be trying again in about 25 minutes (he woke up at 3:30)."
- Aunt Amy, 4:02 pm
"My timing must be off. When I went to put Henry on the toilet he had poop in his diaper. I’ll try again soon, it was hard to tell if there was pee in the diaper too."
- Aunt Amy, 4:26 pm
Daddy picked him up from Aunt Amy's and took him home for dinner. He went pee pee in the potty before dinner, ate a HUGE dinner, then tried again before his bath. He didn't have any success then but did a great job after his bath. I was sitting right in front of him when we went and after going, he got up off the potty and came to sit in my lap. So it really does seem like he knows what he's doing and that he can get off when he's all done. Good job, little buddy.
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