I am finding I rarely have the chance to post even the most blog-worthy events anymore! So I am thinking I need to just do shorter entries whenever I can squeeze them in, in order to record some of the things that are happening in our lives. So here's one:

Samuel loves to go potty on the potty seat. Last night, when I changed him before bed he was completely dry after about an hour and a half in that diaper. So I asked if he wanted to go on the potty, which of course he did, and instead of just a tiny amount like the other times he has gone, it was a regular amount! I was so excited! Then, this morning he wanted to go on the potty again, but only had a little bit to pee. I put a pullup on him thinking I would let him try again later. But before we could try again, he came to me without the pullup on, holding a wet wipe and trying to wipe his own bottom but needing help. I found the pullup discarded with the poop in it, but Samuel had run in to sit on the potty seat before I could wrestle him onto the changing table to get cleaned up. I let him sit there for a bit, dumped the poop from his pullup into the potty so he could flush it, cleaned him and toilet seat up. Then I decided to put underwear on him to see if maybe he is actually ready to be trained. (I don't think putting them in pullups is really effective for serious potty training, just for letting them gain some familiarity with the process before they are really ready to start going on the potty consistently.) He didn't want the plain white underwear on because his pullup was cooler. But then I got out the Spiderman underwear. He said, almost reverently, "Spidey!" and eagerly put them on.

Unfortunately, he wet in that pair fairly quickly. But he was immediately concerned and told me about it. (Some kids are oblivious and will continue to run around wet until you find the puddle.) He sat on the potty to see if he could go any more, then we found a pair of Cars underwear for him. I have a timer set to put him on the potty again. I know it is really early for this, but he seems to want to learn if possible. I'll let you know how it goes!

(sorry for the poor quality; it's a phone picture - here he is wearing the beloved Spidey underwear)