Potty Training

We had planned to start potty training Brady as soon as we got back from Hawaii. That came and went and we decided we weren't really in that much of a hurry. Plus he was still in the toddler room at daycare, so there would be no potting training help going on during the days. We would randomly ask him if he wanted to go potty on the potty and the answer was usually no. We had tried sitting him on there just to get used to it, but nothing happened.

On Monday he started in the "2s" room. Their philosophy is every time we change their diaper we will ask if they want to sit on the potty. We thought great, now we have some support during the day, he'll see other kids doing it, etc. Guess what!? He went potty on the potty Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings.

Today was a whole other story. He had a bad night sleeping, he woke up earlier than normal, and wanted nothing to do with going potty. I'm hoping it was just because of the bad night/morning. I was really getting my hopes up that this whole process might be easier than anticipated. We were going in to it thinking it was going to be a rough go since he wasn't showing a ton of interest. Fingers crossed tomorrow is better!

Any tips/suggestions for potty training would be much appreciated! There's so many different theories on potty training out there. It's impossible to know which one, if any, will work for your child. God knows, none of the sleep training tricks have worked! At this point, I think we're going to take it slow and not push it. If he's not ready, forcing him to try to do it is only going to lead to frustration for everyone.

Two

Brady turned 2 yesterday. That also means that it's been 3 years since we've lost Claire. I can't believe it. Seriously, where did the time go.

We had a great day yesterday full of family, pizza, cake, and playing with water outside. I got a little emotional yesterday after everything was all over. Brady is my world. He means everything to me. I know I blogged about my pregnancy with Claire, but I'm not sure I was able to fully put in to words how I was feeling and what I was going through at that time. Yes, I got pregnant pretty easily with Claire and Brady, and I feel so blessed for that, but we went through so much to have a take-home baby. To have him here and healthy and turning 2...it's just so much to take in. He's so stinking smart and despite the tantrums every once in a while, he makes everyday worth getting out of bed. I'd have 10 more kids if they were all like him. Minus the sleeping issues!

Right now he loves music, playing in water, trucks, the minions from Despicable Me, and the Lion King. He has a couple best friends at daycare, Tommy and Eva, who he talks about all the time. He's awesome at puzzles and will talk your ear off. His favorite phrases right now are, "What's _______ doing?" and "What's that noise?" He still isn't sleeping through the night every night, but it's slowly getting better since he's had tubes put in. (At least I'm telling myself that.)

Here are some pictures from our day yesterday -

 

He loved his #2 cake.

 

He was pooped after everyone left, so we let him take a cat nap on the couch!

 

Claire got a lot of love yesterday too!