Will's potty-training: Day Two

Will continued his hot streak for peeing today - almost no accidents (two close-calls - one on Patrick's lap and one on Patrick while Will was on the potty). He peed every 30 minutes until nap-time and then only when he needed to in the afternoon. He and Patrick spent much of today in Will's room, painting and playing inside of the box from Maggie's crib. FINALLY, around 8:00 pm, he pooped in his potty. Hooray!

The plan for tomorrow is for Will to go whenever he needs to until nap-time and then he gets to wear his first underpants in the afternoon. He loves his Thomas underwear so we think he's itching to get them on tomorrow.

Will's potty-training: Day One

We've been talking about it for weeks and marking the days off of the calendar and now it's here - Will's potty-training weekend! Three days of Patrick and Will trying to make the magic happen!

Despite weeks of talking about it with Will, Friday morning started off scary. Will flat out refused to go into the bathroom until we bribed him with the promise of treats and movies. From that point on, however, he was an A+ student.

Will went all day Friday without a diaper or pants so that he could feel if he was beginning to go. Despite our worst fears, he didn't have a single accident. We tried to use the potty every 30 minutes and he went pee all but two times. Better still, he ran up to us and told us that he had to pee three times. He was so proud of his successes.

Best of all, Patrick got to spend an entire day playing with Will. No work, no twins, no housework - just Will and Will LOVED that. So the plan for day two is more of the same, and hopefully Will will poop. He REALLY had to yesterday but he told Patrick that he was scared. It didn't hurt his appetite though so we're expecting something today...

Expanding boundaries

Stella has been shimmying around on the floor for more than a week but she's really getting quick now, especially when she slides onto the hardwood floor. She's starting to drive Will bonkers because she always wants to get into what he's doing. She'll crawl over to his trains, trucks or whatever and it's not long until we hear Will say "Mom, make Stella stop."

Maggie was content to sit and play for as long as we'd let her but in the last day or two she started crawling in earnest. On Wednesday night, Maggie grabbed onto a basket and she pulled herself to a standing position. Later, she pulled herself up next to the couch and then stood holding onto it for a few seconds. The girl might skip crawling.

Will has been trying more and more new things at school. He's finally started taking part in art projects - before racing off to play. It doesn't seem like he sings much at school, but he appears to know most of the words when we catch him singing around the house.