Last night we had another exciting thing happen in our family. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this on the blog, but Sammy has been lately been showing signs of potty readiness. I recently purchased him a bright red potty and Patrick has been a very good older brother, trying to teach Sammy how to use it. I’ve been very laid back about everything, since we had several false starts when it came to teaching Patrick, but something happened last night that is making me think that Sammy might train a little earlier than his brother did…
I was getting the boys ready for bed last night and I had just put a fresh diaper and a pair of wool pants on Sammy. I stood him up and he seemed very upset and started crying. He was pointing sort of in the general direction of the kitchen, so at first I thought he was still hungry, or perhaps a little miffed that we hadn’t given him dessert. It didn’t seem to bother him. I tried asking him questions as to why he was upset and finally I asked him if he had to go potty, and immediately he said he did. So I quickly pulled off the pants and diapers and stood him up to see him run to the potty. I followed closely behind, to see if this was really happening. He sat down and immediately went… not just a little tinkle like he’s been doing for the most part, but he really went… almost like he had been holding it in order that he could make it to the potty. So, that was definitely very exciting. I definitely hadn’t counted on him learning anytime soon, but I’m thinking that we might not actually be as far away as I had thought! Yay!
