Potty Training: DAY 1

Day 1 started off a little rough, not because he didn't know what to do or he went all over; it was for the pure and simple fact that he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He usually LOVES sitting on the potty, but that morning he was off it. He got annoyed when I put books in the bathroom for him to look at while on the potty. So I put it off for a few hours and looked on the internet for creative ideas to help start the process.

I found a website that said to get a doll they like and ask the kid to show the doll what to do and get excited when the doll uses the potty. So I grabbed Mickey and put big boy underwear on him and did my BEST Mickey voice I could and told Zayne: "Mickey needs to go potty, but doesn't know what to do. Can you show him? He is scared." Well that was it, Zayne showed Mickey where to sit and how to pull down his underwear. After the Zayne was all for the potty.

He went 7 times in the potty that day. The weird thing is, when he has big boy underwear on or pants he has accidents, but when he is "Free Balling" it he makes it EVERY TIME.

Anyone that knows Zayne knows he has an obsession with shoes and wearing them CONSTANTLY! So I snuck a pic of watching t.v, with 2 shirts on, no pants and his snow boots on.

All in all it was a GREAT 1st day of Potty Training... I will update on how his next few days go!

Oh the joys....

I remember just a few weeks ago thinking to myself, "I can't wait til Zayne starts talking more, and can tell me what he wants..." Boy what was I thinking?!?! I now here the word NO over and over again each day, but it isn't the nice polite no, it is the yelling NO! Zayne is getting such a personality/attitude... can't decide how I feel about this quite yet, hee hee.

It amazes me how much he changes week to week... one week he is barely talking, the next week he is throwing out sentences. One week he is a kind gentle little boy, the next week he is growling and yelling No constantly. I swear I blink and my baby is gone and my toddler is throwing fruit snacks across the room at my head. He still has his cuddly times where he remembers he is my little man, and I adore those times. My heart melts every time I am just sitting there and he walks up to me and kisses me on the cheek, or my forehead, or when he grabs my face and kisses me on the lips and yells "I LAU!" (I love you).

I have decided to start potty training him on Friday.... LET THE FUN BEGIN! haha. I think about how nice it will be when he is potty trained but I also find my heart ache at that part of him being a baby also being gone.. what is next?!?! So I will make sure and let you all know how this goes haha.

Guess I just need to come to grips with the fact that my baby can't be a baby forever, but no matter how old he gets he will ALWAYS be MY baby!

(Oh and I will post Christmas pics soon, my Grandma has most the pics on her camera so I am going to see if she can e-mail them to me)

Z's New TRAIN =)

Zayne got his 1st Train Set today.... and he is in love with it! He sat and watched it forever today after we set it up... I LOVE seeing my little boy happy...CHOO CHOO!

Doctor Check-Up

Zayne had his 2 yr check-up a couple of days ago and I am just finally getting a min to post his new stats... so here they are...

Weight: 25.4lbs.

Height: 33.5 inch.

Head: 18.75 inch.

He is finally in the 12th percentile in his height and his weight is up to the 10th! =) He is getting so big.. but he is still tiny....

He finally has started popping out words like a pro.... and he said his 1st 3 word sentence.... More milk PLEASE! Ya that is right his first sentence had a please in it! Gotta love my polite little man.. he is getting so grown up. He is so ready to potty train it isn't funny. He loves to sit on the toilet and just chill, when he is "done" he takes toilet paper and shoves it in the toilet... I think Christmas will bring him a potty so he can master his goal... Can't believe my tiny baby is getting so big, I started to cry last night thinking about how fast time is going, before I know it he will be going off to preschool, then kindergarten, then the next thing you know he will be driving, graduating and starting his own family.... I love being a mom, but hate how fast time is going! I wish he would stay this little forever....*tear*