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[ladymouse]

DS walked up to the potty and peed in it of his own accord for the first time just now!  YAAAAAAAAY!  Makes up for the three puddles I've had to clean up today.

Any other older-child AWing?

Edited because DH was potty-trained long before I met him.  lol

[nettje]

That's awesome! I wish DD would be interested in the potty but it's a no go right now.

DD: mommy!!! I poopy!
Me: do you want to poop in the toilet?
DD: no. I hiding.
Me: ok. Come get me when you're done.

At least she tells me most of the time when she poops. Not so much when she pees though. Potty training will be a long drawn out battle I feel.

On the AW side:she now tells me "I lub you"

[PurpleIris]

My 5 year old killed it at swimming class today. He was totally the fastest and most coordinated in the class by far, and this was the first day of moving up a class.

(Soccer, on the other hand... it's best if I don't pay too much attention to the game. His skills are decent but he's not aggressive enough to be able to try to take the ball away from another kid so he just kind of runs around with the pack.)

[wormgerm]

Apr 30, 2015 17:55:50 GMT -5 ladymouse said:

DH walked up to the potty and peed in it of his own accord for the first time just now!  YAAAAAAAAY!  Makes up for the three puddles I've had to clean up today.

Any other older-child AWing?

I assume you mean your son, not your husband. It was really funny to read the way you typed it. Yay hubby!

(really though good job, kiddo!)

[tatersalad]

Yeah, my kid shits his diaper, we ask him if he pooped....

Noooo!!!

It's gonna be a while before we potty train.

[silv3rlining]

Apr 30, 2015 18:08:02 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

Yeah, my kid shits his diaper, we ask him if he pooped....

Noooo!!!

It's gonna be a while before we potty train.

Sounds like mine though he did poop on the potty a few weeks ago when I asked if he needed to potty. His new thing is to tell me no then poop then come stand by me with his back to me to check his diaper. But I figure with new baby and a move there is no point in pushing PTing until things settle since I know regressions ate common.

OP I also chucked at it being your DH

[lunalovegood]

Whoop whoop! Happy dance for you.

[sully326]

DS in the car today...

DS: "Ummm. Mom? I sink you needta pull over soon because I sink I needta poop and I don't wanna poop in my underwears."

::get in the store, take him to the bathroom::
Me: "Make sure you go pee."
DS: "I don't needta pee, juss poop."

::Less than 5 minutes later::
DS: "Mom. I needta pee."

-_-

[bendherova]

DS1 made a 'watershed' with play-dough today and then explained it to me. he wasn't far off. Blue is water (the big one is a river, smaller are lakes and ponds), red is land. Easter eggs are houses and 'hiding places'. (all from school. we do tend to have extremely nerdy convos at home- gravity, states of matter, space and planets, climate change, math, sharks and other sea creatures, carnivores vs herbivores, but never this one)

[Widget123]

Yay for your DS ladymouse!

DD is desperately trying to memorize the names of all of the disney princesses, does that count?

On a less happy note, DDs daycare teacher was telling me that she thinks DD is depressed because she knows the baby is coming. FTR i think she is totally wrong, if anything i think she misses daddy, aka the fun parent, because he has been on the road a lot, but i still didnt like to hear the teacher's thought.

[ladymouse]

Apr 30, 2015 18:05:21 GMT -5 wormgerm said:

I assume you mean your son, not your husband. It was really funny to read the way you typed it. Yay hubby!

(really though good job, kiddo!)

LOL  Thanks for pointing out that particular typo...

[tiffbot]

I posted yesterday about DS putting himself down for a nap, which I found completely adorable.

A couple days ago we were visiting friends and him )almost 22 months) and another boy (around 19 months) got into a fight over a toy. After DS cried it out, he went and took it over to the boy on his own, and later they were sitting beside each other playing with something else, and 'the toy' was between them, DS looked at it, and picked it up and held it to the other boy until he took it. I know sharing is a hard thing to learn, and especially at these two ages they can't talk to each other, and with DS currently being an only child, it does make me happy when I see him make progress. I can at least tell he processed it that it was something the other boy wanted and he didn't need it also.

[nettje]

Apr 30, 2015 18:08:02 GMT -5 tatersalad said:

Yeah, my kid shits his diaper, we ask him if he pooped....

Noooo!!!

It's gonna be a while before we potty train.

DD regresses and does this as well every couple of weeks. She does really well asking to have her diaper change and then she goes to denying that she's pooped. 

[sully326]

Apr 30, 2015 18:56:06 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Yay for your DS ladymouse!

DD is desperately trying to memorize the names of all of the disney princesses, does that count?

On a less happy note, DDs daycare teacher was telling me that she thinks DD is depressed because she knows the baby is coming. FTR i think she is totally wrong, if anything i think she misses daddy, aka the fun parent, because he has been on the road a lot, but i still didnt like to hear the teacher's thought.

My kid cant keep his hands off his peen. I can't tell you how often I say, "Get your hand outta your pants!!" or "Leave your peenie alone or it's gonna fall off!!" He doesn't have to pee and he has no infection. He's been potty trained for over 2 years and he's been doing this off and on since then but its gotten worse the past year... He has a penis and he's male. That's really the only explanation I have for it.

[bendherova]

The hands down the pants things seems to be normal from our experience too. He did it at school while I happened to be there and his teachers responded 'isn't it fun when that stage starts?' like it was something they experience all the time. (the teacher with the least experience in his room is finishing his 10th yr this year, so, they've seen a lot, too!)

[billyhorrible]

Today is my cousin's birthday. I tried to get LBB to send her a birthday greeting. He refused to do it unless he could wear his iron man mask. And then he refused to say her name.

[missjenniebean]

Apr 30, 2015 19:23:10 GMT -5 sully326 said:

Apr 30, 2015 18:56:06 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Yay for your DS ladymouse!

DD is desperately trying to memorize the names of all of the disney princesses, does that count?

On a less happy note, DDs daycare teacher was telling me that she thinks DD is depressed because she knows the baby is coming. FTR i think she is totally wrong, if anything i think she misses daddy, aka the fun parent, because he has been on the road a lot, but i still didnt like to hear the teacher's thought.

My kid cant keep his hands off his peen. I can't tell you how often I say, "Get your hand outta your pants!!" or "Leave your peenie alone or it's gonna fall off!!" He doesn't have to pee and he has no infection. He's been potty trained for over 2 years and he's been doing this off and on since then but its gotten worse the past year... He has a penis and he's male. That's really the only explanation I have for it.

I have no other children but this reminded me of my brother who did a similar thing and then announced to my mom in the grocery store that he could make he pee-pee stand up and wanted to show her. Lmao. Sorry random Jennie memory of the day!

[Widget123]

So cute billyhorrible ! These are the kind of moments I'm really looking forward to having with my son

[veggiemo]

Apr 30, 2015 18:56:06 GMT -5 Widget123 said:

Yay for your DS ladymouse!

DD is desperately trying to memorize the names of all of the disney princesses, does that count?

On a less happy note, DDs daycare teacher was telling me that she thinks DD is depressed because she knows the baby is coming. FTR i think she is totally wrong, if anything i think she misses daddy, aka the fun parent, because he has been on the road a lot, but i still didnt like to hear the teacher's thought.

I mentioned to DS's speech therapist that I expected to see some overall regression once the new baby arrives. She shrugged her shoulders and said "meh" and explained that her theory is that at first the babies are so new and little and sleep a lot. Once they get big enough to be awake more often and start taking up more of your time, the younger child is already used to having the baby in their life. Basically she thinks it's a slow enough introduction that it shouldn't affect them as much as people think. I have never heard that side of it before, but she does have 4 kids of her own (and is amazingly good with DS) so she's not totally in the dark. Plus I would love to think this transition is going to be easier than expected so I like that theory even if there is absolutely no truth to it!

[junch817]

My 3 year old knows the pledge of allegiance and I had no idea. She found a flag in our basement the other day and BAM, put her hand over her heart and rattled it off perfectly. Apparently they do this at school?! Haha I had no clue. She's pretty freaking awesome.
And as a side note to anyone questioning if a 2 year old could benefit from preschool, my answer is absolutely. I sent her this year at 2.5. She goes 2x/week for 2 hours. It is perfect and she loves it. If your preschool offers a 2 yr old class and you are debating, I say go for it! I don't have one regret. She only has 4 classes left this year and I could cry thinking about how much she and I will both miss it...her teachers are AMAZING.

[islandgirl14]

I'm behind on this, but that's awesome ladymouse! Congrats! That's some serious forward progress! DS wants nothing to do with the potty still. He'll gladly sit on it to hang out with his pants up when he feels like it, but the minute his pants are off? Nope nope nope!

[sugarkissed]

My DD just climbed out of her crib... so much for my plan to hold off on the toddler bed for awhile! Her crib has been my sanity, and I don't know how I'll get her to nap now.

I'm not thrilled about this situation, but when I opened her bedroom door she said "Mama!!!" and ran up to me so proud of herself. It was adorable. Just, why.... already?!

[tatersalad]

My kid is vacuuming his face with the dust buster right now. One proud mama right here.

[billyhorrible]

My kid wrote a song yesterday that he sang all morning. The lyrics, which are repeated over and over (and over and over...) again:

If you move too fast, you might turn into a kid.

[noeliav]

billyhorrible
My DD makes up songs all the time. It's really cute. The one she was singing this weekend went something like "And you never! Neeeeeveerrrrrr! Neverrrrrrrr! Gooooooo! Outside!" with tonal inflections and all. Hilarious.