Potty training

I mentioned in my last post that I was starting to potty train Beckham and I wanted to just update on how it's going. So, Monday we started as soon as Beckham woke up with having him try to use the potty. Days before we talked about the potty and how big boys use the potty...all of that. So, he was definitely used to the idea, but prior attempts showed that he really wasn't ready. Although, this was really the best/only time for me to be home consistently and I knew it was now or the Summer, and I really wanted to have him trained before his 3rd birthday. OMG my baby is about to be three....please excuse me while I cry myself to sleep. :(

Anyways, Monday we attempted to try the naked three that I mentioned in my previous post. As soon as Beckham woke up, I said okay let's go use the potty and he DID! Without hesitation, he just used the potty. I guess I need to note that I bought a new potty Sunday night. We had the small seat that goes on top of the actual toilet but he couldn't get on it himself, and I thought that was part of the problem the first time. He is VERY independent and I thought he might like an actual potty more his size. So, back to Monday- after he used the potty we praised him, jumped up and down, sand the potty song, did high fives, you name it! I made it a HUGE deal that he used the potty. He was so excited and proud of himself. He also got to choose a prize from this jar I made of M&Ms, jelly beans, and gummy bears. I told him no more diapers and that diapers were for babies and he was my big boy. I was going to try the naked three but that literally lasted all of one minute after he pottied. He literally said, "Okay now put me a new diaper on." So, I said again that we didn't have anymore diapers and he wasn't going to wear diapers anymore. He said he wanted big boy underwear so I got some from his room and put them on him. I downloaded the Pull-Up potty app hoping the reminder would help me stay on track and remember to remind him. However, I didn't need it. It was all I could think about. All. Day. Long. I probably asked him 100 times Monday if he needed to use the potty. We talked about how we need to 'try' even if we don't think we need to do. We also talked about how drinking juice, tea, etc. would make him teetee and he needed to remember to tell me when he needed to go. I'm so lucky he communicates as well as he does, and really comprehends what I'm saying.

So, Monday he had ONE accident all day long. LITERALLY- ONE!!!!! AHHHH!! I was freaking out. I was/am so proud of him. A couple of times he has minor accidents where he went a little but then realized he needed to go to the potty...which I don't count as accidents. I was really expecting the absolute worse with potty training. I mean, he is so opinionated and stubborn that I just knew he would shut me down at the first talk of using the potty, but he didn't! Monday was pretty stressful for me for a couple of reasons... 1. I had to constantly watch Beckham's every move and ask him 3537289202 times if he needed to use the potty and 2. We were stuck in the house. We are both pretty busy-bodies and it was a pretty day, but I just couldn't risk going outside and losing track of time and then him having an accident. Monday we literally stayed inside all.day.long. and I really think that was the hardest part.

Tuesday- Okay, so day two of potty training wasn't that bad at all. Beckham had one accident which he caught in the middle of having an accident, then he threw a bit of a fit because I wanted him to finish on the potty, but it was like because he started in his underwear he needed to finish in his underwear- and he would no cooperate with me and finish on the potty. So, he got a spanking. Not for having an accident, but because he was throwing a fit and not listening to me. He got really upset, which I think was in part because he had an accident and part from the potty. It was a meltdown actually and I really thought it was going to throw off all of the progress we had made with training, but after a few minutes he chilled out and actually used the potty (finished what he started with the accident). The rest of the day was great, no more accidents.

Wednesday- So, today we started off the same way- woke up and when straight to the potty. He's wearing pull-ups at night because I honestly don't even know where to begin with the night situation. I need to research it. Anyways, all day today was GREAT! We were outside most of the day cleaning up the yard and moving all of his outside toys to the new house. He had one accident around midday and it was partly my fault. He had just had breakfast and we went straight outside and I didn't think to have him try to use the potty. Anyways we got outside and he said he needed to go, but then he just started going. He did finish in the potty, which I count as a success, but still I was hoping for a no accident day! But, really I can't complain he's had one a day which is FABULOUS if you ask me. Like I said, I was really expecting the worst, which I guess is good because I am so pleasantly surprised!

Fingers crossed that tomorrow if our first day without any accidents! I still just can't believe my baby is basically potty trained...or that he is about to be three...or that it's even time to think about potty training. Ugh! I feel like if I blink he will be in high school. :(

running around in his undies

bffs

18 month checkup at 22 months

I said in this update that we didn't make the 18 month doctor visit so here's technically the 18 month update although he was 22 months old...don't judge. I had good reason to not take him to the doctor in the middle of flu season. And I stick by my decision!

So last week we finally made our 18 month check up. Beckham at 22 months weighs 28 lbs and 6 ozs (75%), he is 34 inches tall (50%), with a head circumference of 19.5 (90%). His pediatrician was happy he was back in 75th percentile weight range since he had been in 50th for so long. She is still pushing for us to switch to whole milk, but his stomach just can't handle it. It's no fun, and not worth it in my opinion. He's not a skinny baby- he's all muscle. Beckham is seriously talking up a storm. He now says 4 or 5 word phrases. His favorite phase has got to be "Sit Mama's lap, play phone." Seriously, he could/would play on my phone for hours if I let him. And the sad funny thing is he's usually watching videos of himself. My favorite thing that he says is, "What's that about?". It's so cute. Speaking of cute, he loves to show me random things like blocks, puzzle pieces, etc. and say "Awww cuuttee!". He also loved to wear sunglasses, or any glasses actually and look at himself in the mirror and say, "too cute". I've given up trying to count how many words he says, however he has a book of 101 first words and he knows every single one (and it doesn't have most of the words that he says), so I'm guessing he knows around 200-300 words total. Our pedi was shocked when he said "sit Mama's lap, play phone" while we were in her office. She said that was a 3 year old phrase.

Although he does so much beyond his age, we are having a few issues. Namely, his bed and potty training. First of all his bed- he officially hates it. I have NEVER been one to put him in our bed, we would play in the bed but never lay down for bedtime in there. However, he wakes up like clockwork around 12:00 every night crying and saying Mama a million times. I put him in our bed the first few times and now it's an every night occurrence. I. Don't. Know. What. To Do. He usually falls asleep watching TV in the living room, so I'm thinking when he wakes up in a different place he is scared. I honestly don't know. I'm just trying to rationalize an almost 2 year old. So, we put a big bookcase with a TV and DVD player in his room and I am hoping that will help and he will want to stay in his bed. I think it's a little early to transition to toddler bed, and then I am dealing with the whole -stay in your bed- issue. I'm not ready for that!

Now to the potty issue. Okay so, he HAD a lot of interest in the potty, he even went 6 nights in a row using the potty before his bath, so I thought it was time to try to potty train. I set aside a few weeks to stay home and have some consistency. I bought all kinds of underwear, pull ups, a potty seat, all of it. We talked about how the underwear were different from diapers and big boys wore underwear. We talked about how if needed to use the potty he needed to tell me and not go in his underwear. The first day he did great. We only had two accidents and before his bath that night he used it before his bath. The next day he would have nothing to do with it. That morning I said, "let's go try to use the potty" and he said, "no". I kept asking if he wanted to go try and he kept saying no. UGH! So, I have no idea what to do about that either. I don't want to force him because he is still young, but I don't understand how we had a good first day and from then on he wants absolutely nothing to do with the potty. At. All. I'm at a loss. Therefore, we are holding off on potty training for a while, hopefully in the next few weeks he will show interest and we can make it his idea to use the potty. I just hope it's before I go back to work in August.

That's pretty much all we've been dealing with lately. He completely runs the show around here. It's undeniable. Monday we are getting his playhouse- which is an early birthday present. I'm so excited about it and can't wait to see his face when it's all put together. I opted to get it early so that we can play with it all summer and we'll have it for his birthday party. Speaking of birthday party, of course I am in full-on planning mode. I can't wait. But, I also can't believe he is about to be 2! WOW! It seems like a month ago I was planning his first birthday. :'( Anyways, that's what has been going on around here lately.