Well- not even a full day of potty training and I'm already giving up. For those of you who know me- you know I always try things too early (switching to a twin bed before Carter was ready). And I guess this was one of those things too. I just thought he could do it. Here's the problem- he knows how to hold it (which is pretty much what he did all day), and he knows how to go (which happened twice in the toilet.) but he just doesn't want to. And I don't know HOW to make a kid go to the bathroom when he doesn't WANT to! Is this normal?! We spent countless times on the toilet singing songs, talking about all the other "big boys" who also go to the potty on the toilet, played with the toilet paper holder, made our pooping faces (in an effort to help him push), and tried to aim into the toilet (which isn't natural for a boy sitting down), all this while Brady watched- (Carter was pretty excited to show Brady how big he was... for about 5 seconds.)
So ANYWAY, after about 5 cups of juice, and a concerned Carter playing uncomfortably, and trying really hard to hold it as long as he could- I decided to put the diaper back on. AND he went. Aaahhh... relief for him. Frustration for me. I guess that's what I get for starting too early.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Happy Birthday Carter!!!
It seems that I am always playing catch up. I don't know why- but I have a hard time finding motivation to update our blog! I love looking at everyone else's and I finally decided I better document Carter's birthday (which was in July!) So Happy Birthday Carter!
The first thing out of his mouth in the morning was "Birthday Cake?" Well... um... no. We had to remind him throughout the day that we didn't get cake until after dinner. But he sure had fun opening presents all day long!
Do you think he was excited about his remote control truck?
And here's his cake. He's not really in to 1 thing right now- but he always loves "Monkey George" so that's what I did. And next year?... We'll do a store bought one.
And here's my sweet baby boy. Oh I just love those squishy cheeks!
I'll have to do a video sometime- but Brady was giggling so hard just watching Carter talk to him. Carter thought it was pretty cool. "He's laughing Mommy!" Was all I heard (repeated over and over) for about 10 minutes!
I'm glad they love eachother so much.
The first thing out of his mouth in the morning was "Birthday Cake?" Well... um... no. We had to remind him throughout the day that we didn't get cake until after dinner. But he sure had fun opening presents all day long!
Do you think he was excited about his remote control truck?
And here's his cake. He's not really in to 1 thing right now- but he always loves "Monkey George" so that's what I did. And next year?... We'll do a store bought one.
And here's my sweet baby boy. Oh I just love those squishy cheeks!
I'll have to do a video sometime- but Brady was giggling so hard just watching Carter talk to him. Carter thought it was pretty cool. "He's laughing Mommy!" Was all I heard (repeated over and over) for about 10 minutes!
I'm glad they love eachother so much.
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