Potty Training, Take 2

I am babysitting a super-cute little boy this week named Ryder. He is almost three months old, so it's a little hectic at time with my Super-Toddler, Marina, and Ryder. Since I knew I wasn't about to try leaving the house with three kids (two of them not walking, nor even sitting up yet!), I decided it would be a fantasically great idea to potty train Megan. (See earlier blog post: I am an overachiever).

Thus far, the score it: Potty Chair: 2!! Various other messes around our house (including the couch, my pile of clean clothes for after I got out of the shower, and the coffee table): 8. However, we are fixating on the two major successes she has had! It's great. Both times she told her Dad she had to pee and went into the bathroom. The other eight times...well...let's just say it's day 1, and we're still getting the hang of it. So hopefully tomorrow will be even more successful. After she peed the first time, we got on the horn and let her call Aunts and Uncles. Since it was too late on the East Coast to grace her Grandparents or Godparents with a shout-out, we are saving them for tomorrow. Also good to note: M&Ms make Megan hyper. They are her treat for peeing in the potty chair. Both times she peed (and three times that she didn't!!) were after 6 pm, so she ran around like a loony for most of the evening. My "favorite" mess of the day was when she took off her jammies and her diaper, and promptly squatted over my pile of clean clothes to take a whiz.

Also amusing is the fact that we had our friend Dan over for dinner tonight. He's Dn. John's age and single, but was a super good sport about Megan running around in naught but her Elmo undies, and the two of us basically doing a dance of delight when she successfully peed for the first time. Poor guy. I'm sure he had things he'd rather have been doing then watching our two-year old pee, but such is life. I made him a good dinner, I hope that makes up for it.



This is a delightful video of my kids playing. Marina makes this funny heavy-breathing sound when she's happy, and Megan has been imitating it lately. They're laughing at each other too...it's so cute.