Weekend Wrap Up

After a really long, stressful week, I can honestly say I am glad that tomorrow is Monday. I was sick with strep all last week which made me really tired and really irritable. Not a good time to be feeling that way. Saturday night we had family in town so we decided to be brave and take Avery out to dinner with us. He did pretty well until the end of the night. He asked 4 times to go potty (I think he really liked the paintings of the naked ladies in the men's bathroom at Cafe San Miguel's) but never went. At his fifth request, I asked him if he really did need to go and he began to pee in his pants. Luckily, we were prepared with a change of pants and clean undies. It didn't make a mess, just a little hassle going back and forth to the potty in a very crowded restaurant.

Nap time yesterday was a struggle. He was up every 5 seconds pulling new toys into his bed, and he had two accidents in his room while he was supposed to be sleeping. It was a long 2 hours until he finally went to sleep.

Today was much better. He didn't have any accidents. He woke up really early this morning and came into our room. I took him to go potty, changed him into his big boy undies and he got him bed with us for a much needed additional 30 minutes. Cory was sweet and got up with him so I could sleep a little longer. He napped much better today. Got up a couple of times, and then Cory went in there and actually rocked him to sleep! Not an everyday occurrence, by any means, but it worked for today! We ran a couple of errands after all the snow melted, and he did great. He asked to go potty at Target, but it was a no go. He was, however, impressed with the automatic flush on the potty, "WOW!"

We got new bedding for his toddler bed. It's really cute with robots. I want to repaint his room now, so that will be next on our to-do list.

He's Just Such a Big Boy

Today at work I received a sweet little picture from Avery's sitter, Jeanette. They were practicing relaxation techniques on the potty! He just looks so big sitting there reading on the potty. It cracks me up!

The only accident Avery had today was at nap time. He woke up really early this morning, so by nap time he was pretty exhausted. I was told he was sleeping pretty heavily; so much that he was talking in his sleep! He must have been so sound asleep he couldn't wake up in time to go potty, and Jeanette said he was pretty upset by it. He had a pretty rough day after that; crying at every little thing. Poor guy! Other than that, no real accidents. He did give Jeanette a bit of a shower during one potty break. Sorry Jeanette!

He's doing great, though!

Day 2 - First Half Update

We got up around 7:30 again this morning. I woke him up and took him to the potty, but he didn't go. During breakfast he told me he needed to potty, so I took him and he went. He didn't go again until around 10am. So far this morning, we have only had 1 accident (very minor...I caught it in time) and he has gone pee pee 7 times on the potty! He still isn't telling me that he needs to go. I am mostly just picking up on his cues, like the little pee pee dance he does, or he will say that he is peeing, when really he is just trying to tell me that he needs to pee.

We still haven't seen the No. 2. I'm loading him up with fiber to see if that will help any. He is down for his nap, but not asleep yet. I'm waiting for the quietness so I can finally take a shower!

Today definitely feels easier than yesterday, but I know we still have a long way to go. I actually thought today would be a whole lot worse than Day 1. Let's see how tonight goes!