Progress, Not Perfection

Accomplished this weekend:

1. Progress on potty learning: Boy is consistently wearing undies/peeing in the potty. He asks for a diaper to go no.2, which is totally fine with me. Just that he's A, realizing that he needs to go and B, making arrangements to do it comfortably is awesome. If you think about it, potty learning is a HUGE new skill for a child who has been diapered. Not only is he learning to pay attention to his body's cues for the first time, his brain now has to learn to be two places at once: on the task at hand (playing, drawing, walking, whatever) but also paying attention to his bladder/bowels. Kind a huge step.

2. Kitchen was taken apart, cleaned, sanded, painted, and then put back together again. It was a big project but finished in less than a day, thanks to the...

3. In-Laws. Who stayed with us all weekend. They were so sweet to drive here and help us paint and buy us dinner and take the boy/dog for walks and etc. etc. I am so petty that I always end up being annoyed by little things when they are here (treating bathtime like a spectator sport, eating noisily, asking mildly invasive questions), but I'm also able to see the big picture: we have folks who adore us, support us, and just generally help us out with anything.

4. Sleep. Yeah, not so much.

One Small Step for a Toddler...

...a Giant Step for Mama...

Suddenly, we're potty learning.  Well, maybe not suddenly...the little guy has been using the potty before baths and at other random times since he was 18 months or so, but now?  We're full on:  Rockin' some mean Buzz Lightyear underwear, peeing standing up, kicking ass and taking names. 

It seems kind of random, but I just had a hunch this weekend that it might be time.  I can tell he's going through something developmentally (crazy verbal/hyper all weekend, huge leaps in vocabulary, sleeping really hard, eating a ton) and it seemed like a window of opportunity.  He's had little bouts of underwear-wearing here and there (a few hours at a time) but yesterday we rocked it all. day. long.  Except for nap.  But!  He was dry when he woke up.  Rock star!

He was so excited to wear underwear to school this morning, too.   I think he peed in the potty 4 times before we left the house.  "Just in case, Mama," he said. 

I just hope it goes well and that everyone is positive and encouraging to him.  I know that he's at a great place and they potty train A LOT of kiddos so they know what they are doing.   And there really is something to be said for peer pressure.  He was the most excited to show his best friend in his class (who's been potty trained for a couple months) his undies.

I really love his teacher and I know that she will be supportive and patient with him but I still have this little knot of anxiety about it.  I'm going to have to stop myself from calling once an hour today, probably.

I know its just the first of many achievements I'll be nervous for him about.  Ok, it's 8:11 am.   I might have to call them now.  Heh.