We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The things I am thankful for are too numerous to count. On Tuesday before Thanksgiving we went to Uncle Mike's house. Jack completely entertained himself in Tyler's room for most of the day. Of course, I picked up about 100 army men and crayons before I left. But Jack helped and Tyler was a good sport and didn't mind. He also had some quality time with Lindsay "playing" video games. We had lots of good food and lots of fun getting to spend time with everyone.
On Thursday we were at Grandma and Grandpa Gruber's. I think everyone took a turn pushing Jack in his swing, especially Aunt Amy and Grandma. Uncle Joey and Uncle Josh even took Jack for a hike. He loves that. Jack somehow managed to avoid a nap all day and passed out at 7pm, for the night. He also managed to find Uncle Josh's huge collection of hot wheels. We picked those up a couple of times. Again, really nice to spend some quality time with our family.
So, on to the potty-training issue. We have been kind of casually working on potty training for a couple of months now and just letting Jack do his thing without pushing him. A couple of weeks ago we decided it was time to get serious about it since Jack is constantly taking his diaper off! I'm still working nights and Jonathan days. The other night Jonathan rolled over in bed and there was Jack, stark naked! Jonathan, knowing that he had put Jack in his little footed jammies, gets up to investigate the situation. He finds Jack's diaper and jammies laying just beside the toilet with his elmo potty seat in place. At this point we decided he was definitly ready to be pushed a little. I picked Jack up new underwear that he was really excited about because they had Buzz Lightyear and Nemo on them. When we got them home we had to put all eight pairs on at the same time! Even though Jack has been sitting on the potty for months now, he had not had any success until last week. He was in the bathtub and stopped playing suddenly and looked down. I asked if he needed to potty, he climbed out of the tub, up onto the potty and success!! Number 1 that is. Today, we sat on the potty reading books for about 30-45 minutes and had success with number 2!! I now feel like Jack is well on his way to a diaper free life!
On Thursday we were at Grandma and Grandpa Gruber's. I think everyone took a turn pushing Jack in his swing, especially Aunt Amy and Grandma. Uncle Joey and Uncle Josh even took Jack for a hike. He loves that. Jack somehow managed to avoid a nap all day and passed out at 7pm, for the night. He also managed to find Uncle Josh's huge collection of hot wheels. We picked those up a couple of times. Again, really nice to spend some quality time with our family.
So, on to the potty-training issue. We have been kind of casually working on potty training for a couple of months now and just letting Jack do his thing without pushing him. A couple of weeks ago we decided it was time to get serious about it since Jack is constantly taking his diaper off! I'm still working nights and Jonathan days. The other night Jonathan rolled over in bed and there was Jack, stark naked! Jonathan, knowing that he had put Jack in his little footed jammies, gets up to investigate the situation. He finds Jack's diaper and jammies laying just beside the toilet with his elmo potty seat in place. At this point we decided he was definitly ready to be pushed a little. I picked Jack up new underwear that he was really excited about because they had Buzz Lightyear and Nemo on them. When we got them home we had to put all eight pairs on at the same time! Even though Jack has been sitting on the potty for months now, he had not had any success until last week. He was in the bathtub and stopped playing suddenly and looked down. I asked if he needed to potty, he climbed out of the tub, up onto the potty and success!! Number 1 that is. Today, we sat on the potty reading books for about 30-45 minutes and had success with number 2!! I now feel like Jack is well on his way to a diaper free life!
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