Potty Training and Scooching

You might wonder what this picture has to do with potty training...well, I'll spare you the tot on the potty pics.  I'm thinking Evan wouldn't appreciate that as he gets older.  What you can't see in this picture is his bare bottom, which is how he spent much July.  So I had been wanting to start potty training, but was apprehensive to start.  It was going to be really difficult to be consistent on top of things, while also taking care of a young baby.  So I was planning to wait till August or September to start.  We have been talking about potties and the whole process for a long time, probably since he was 15 months or so.  Then around 18 months, we'd have him sit on the potty before bath time.  There would be an occasional success.  He showed spurts of interest and we really took advantage of those times!  Then July 4th, Evan saw his little friend use his potty while they were over.  The next morning he said "No Diaper" well, he didn't need to tell me twice.  So the next two days we went completely bare bottom.  The first day you could see him figuring it out- he got better as the day progressed.  The next day, he knew what to do!  We kept up the bare bottom practicing for a while.  The only time he wears diapers is for nap time and bedtime.  We've moved onto wearing training undies.  This is a bit more of a challenge, as it's hard for him to pull them down and he wants to do it all by himself.  And he's incredibly stubborn (ahh...2 year olds) and doesn't respond well to me trying to get him to sit on the potty.  He doesn't have any accidents when bare bottomed.  And he hasn't had any accidents while we are out and about.  So he can do it.  We just have to work on cooperating while at home and wearing clothes.  All in all, I'm thrilled with how he's doing!  Go Evan!

Oh little Cooper!  Our little mover!  He doesn't stay in one spot long.  He's not crawling yet, but he scooches like a champ.  He does some impressive push ups too and rocks back and forth on his toes or knees in his crib too.  Evan never did this.  I have a feeling Cooper is going to be crawling earlier than Evan did.  I'm sooo in trouble.  Better get used to climbing over baby gates again!