Well, we've been taking it easy with Steven. Taking him potty if he wants to, and letting him pee in his pullup if he wants. You see, the trick ,especially with boys, is for them to want to. It has to be fun, exciting, a really big deal. I don't know how many stories I've heard, my kid potty trained in just a week. Wow, really? You're kid is a girl, isn't it. Why yes, how did you know? Maybe this makes up for later when their bodies bleed once a month, who knows. I don't know anyone who potty trained a boy in less than 6 months. Fully potty train(not just pee in the potty). My nephew was very easy for my sister to train. With my first son, I got this brilliant, kind of, idea how to get my son to potty train. Her son is very eager to please so he potty trained in around 6 months. Mikel did not care about the potty, he had better things to do. Like play cars. It's funny, just one day they up and start saying I have to potty!
We didn't start Mikel's training till around 2 ½ years old. We waited till his little brother was around 6months so he wouldn't get confused with the upheaval of a new baby. Friday night, I forgot to pull out something from the deep freeze. So, I cheated and was cooking spaghetti with no meat. Once, after I stirred the noodles, I turned away from the stove. Is there a point, you ask? This has nothing to do with pottying. Oh!, but it does. What did I see, but my 2yr had pulled his pullup just far enough down to have his 'thing' out to pee on his bedroom floor. His mistake. He let me know that he does know when he has to pee. Oops! Trying to put underwear on him is like pulling teeth. Nooooooo! He pulls his legs out, he screams. He takes them off and gets a pullup. Yesterday he was all for standing or sitting to pee. Daddy was home, that's why. This morning he's already peed all over his underwear and won't go near the potty. My kids inherited my stubborness. They will scream for hours if they want to. When they were smaller, before words, if they couldn't sleep, they'd scream. Mikel holds the record at around 6 hours, and no he didn't go to sleep, he was 4 months old. Actually, Mikel screamed for 6 months, quiet only when eating for the most part. Trust me when I tell you, gas drops for the bottle! Always. My sister in law figured it out. You know, no one tells you what to expect when you have a new baby. It's like they all forgot when their kids were very little. They only tell you about tylenol, how to take a temperature, that's pretty much it. Those books for new parents are useless. Every kid is different so not one really works. Unless you are reading one to find out what kind of food your kid is supposed to eat.
Ah well, the plants are great. All four are up now. I'm going to have to thin them soon. Will be transplanting most likely next week. Cilanto and garlic chives! They won't be ready for use for a few months yet, but they are perennials. They come back every year. I'm going to have them in the house, so they may not 'die' at all. Have fun!, it's Monday. |