Nov 30 2009
Big Boy Jonah
As many of you know for a while there when asked his name, Jonah would reply, “Big Boy!” Now we can get him to say “Jonah” and even squeeze his last name out of there sometimes.
Today he really was a big boy. Today was the first day with big boy underpants. After his nap Kate and Jonah tried sitting on the potty for a while with no success. Then shortly after he got up he stopped, drew in a quick breath and said, “peepee coming.” So they ran back to the potty and went. After that Kate thought it might be good to leave pants off for a while. When I saw him getting ready for snack time with a bare bottom I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to pull out the big boy underwear I had stashed as gifts for the holidays. We pulled out ones with cars and ones with Mickey Mouse. We saved the big guns for later (Thomas).
He got one pair a little wet but otherwise did a really good keeping them dry. At dinner he did the same, “ooh, peepee” so we rushed him to the potty and he went. I think it’s pretty cool. Not sure how a longer period of time will work, or how we’ll do for #2 but I think the fact that he knows he has to go before he does is a promising sign. If we could get him solidly potty trained before this next baby arrives that would be great. Keep your fingers crossed for us. At the minimum he has to be potty trained to go to preschool in the fall.
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