Pregnancy, babyworld, toddlerdom and beyond
“A portrait of my children, once a week”
Little O: interested in seeing his name written down, fascinated by this “old technology”
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Baby E: Wants to do what we do, eat what we eat, sit where we sit
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Weekly portraits of the boys, linking up with Che & Fidel.
Little O has made even more progress with potty training this week and has been wearing “big boy pants” each day after we come home from preschool and sitting and peeing on the potty. He’s had one accident, on Wednesday, but for the first time he actually realised that he had had an accident and told us that he had peed. He seemed ashamed about it too, which seems to be a good thing in potty training terms, even though it was sad to see. I’ve read as well that you should not say “It’s okay” after an accident as they need to understand that they should not be having accident, but that is so hard. Instead, I’ve tried to remember to say “Accidents happen at first” and “It’s part of learning how to pee on the potty like a big boy”. He even peed on the potty at preschool today, apparently.
I never imagined that I would feel so proud when writing about pee on the internet!
A perfect outfit for days like today when it has pretty much rained non-stop. A typical June day in Sweden, unfortunately…
As I mentioned briefly yesterday, we have started potty training Little O. We’ve been doing a gradual process of introducing him to the potty and “big boy pants” and the idea of earning stickers for peeing on the potty.
So far, he’s had good days and bad. Some days he wants to wear his “big boy pants” but then has an accident and wants to return straight to nappies. We have obliged him in these cases as he can be quite stubborn and we don’t want him to dig his heels in and refuse to try the potty. He has been given a sticker each time that he has successfully peed on the potty but most of these times he has done so because we’ve encouraged him onto the potty, rather than because he has asked.
This weekend, however, we had a breakthrough. He wore his “big boy pants” for most of the day on Sunday, earned three stickers and even at the times he was wearing a nappy, he let us know that he had peed. We were so proud. It feels like he has made great progress from starting just over a week ago with sitting on the potty just before bed.
Let’s see how this week goes. Any tips for potty training boys? I’ve heard it can be a longer process than for girls!
“A portrait of my children, once a week”
Little O: train, car, truck enthusiast
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Baby E: still putting everything in his mouth
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Weekly portraits of the boys, linking up with Che & Fidel.
It’s all been about potty training for the past week. We’ve been making slow progress, but today Little O had a breakthrough. Today was a three-sticker day. There were high fives and cheers all round.
“A portrait of my children, once a week”
Little O: inquisitive, talkative and able to throw the most amazing tantrum over a slice of toast
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Baby E: ringlets, curls and a healthy dose of cheekiness
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Weekly portraits of the boys, linking up with Che & Fidel.
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Yesterday was not exactly the warmest of summer days, and I realised that maybe I also need a little inspiration for how to dress the boys when the sun decides it does not want to shine. I hope there are not too many such days this summer, but who knows what the weather gods have in store for us.
