So It Begins: The Potty Training Odyssey

As you know, I have a little boy and I thought we wouldn't be dealing with this for at least another six months, but the cloth diapers are working! On Monday, we were visiting Maggie and John to help them to get ready for their move to Sacramento. Alton handed Aunt Maggie and diaper and lay down. He was soaked and needed changing. This morning, he was tugging at his bottom and I asked him, are you poopy and he said "Yes." So we changed his diaper. I am not buying training pants or anything crazy like that, but I am going to start putting Alton on the toilet when he wakes up from his naps and at every diaper change so that he can get used to the toilet.

Alton is not about to let his verbal development take a back seat to his physical development. Yesterday he said clearly "Doggies!" when we came home from the Gedeon's and Jack and Lucy ran to greet us. This morning, he was terrorizing the dogs in their beds and Travis picked Lucy up to save her from Alton. Alton grabbed Travis's leg and said, "Lucy!"