Justin Milestones XXIII

It's official. Justin has achieved (drumroll please...) Big Boy Status! He has joined the ranks of the potty trained. As for the progression, we first took forever just teaching him the idea of what the potty is used for, then he used the potty chair for about 2 or 3 weeks, and the potty cushion on top of the toilet for another week or so... but quickly got hip to the fact that mommy and daddy don't use either one... so both got boycotted as he proceeded to master the art of toilet balancing...



Hilarious. In any event, the result is the same: Justin now wears draws... ahem... I mean underwear. We are so proud of how he did with the entire process that we are just beside ourselves. I would've never thought that it would go so smoothly and so quickly (granted it seemed like forever when we were scrubbing carpet stains for days in a row...) but our little boy is out of diapers... out of pull-ups (which was a phase that I think lasted all of 2 days... size 5 pull-ups, anyone?)... off the potty... off the potty cushion... into toddler briefs... and smack dab on the toilet. I waited an extra week to post, but I knew it was a done deal on his birthday last week when, while soaking wet and playing at the water fountains, he stopped everything, left the fountain, came to get us, and endured the walk to the restroom to handle his business. And he did that twice. That may not seem like a big deal, but I know a handful of older kids (and probably a few grown folk) that wouldn't have thought twice before going right there in the water park (oh don't give me that face... stop acting like you've never peed in the ocean before)... Anyway, speaking of control, the part that surprised me the most is that at 2 years old, he has already figured out nap-time and nighttime control: waking up dry for at least two weeks now. Amazingly, we're still at zilch in the bedtime accident category (which means that tomorrow morning I'll find a wet sheet in his bed... that good ol' blog jinx of mine)... But either way, I've gotta say Way To Go Justin. $60 a month back in daddy's pocket from diaper purchases. You're awesome, kiddo! No, but seriously, we could not be more excited. Congrats to you, Justin.