I think that Mom and Dad are going to have a huge party. They are celebrating, maybe a bit prematurely, but celebrating nonetheless. Can you guess why? We are all (for the most part) potty trained! Tessa was the last domino to fall, and last weekend she asked to go outside and pee. Sound familiar? OK, yes, it does seem that we are potty training more like puppies than like toddlers. But, hey, pickers can’t be choosers.
In retrospect, it seems like a good move, allowing us to use the doggie door. In T-bone’s case, however, she’s still too little to get her pants down by herself. So, although she will get to the potty or to the backyard, once she’s there-if she’s there alone-then it occurs to her that she still needs a tag-team partner to be successful in this endeavor. Regardless, we have a well watered lawn, and if mistakes are made, they are largely made outside, which enables an easier clean up. Again, another reason to celebrate!
Because we are so very close in age, we are super supportive of one another. Tessa was just finishing up going potty and when Riley heard Mom and Tessa woo-hoo’ing he chimed in from inside his pillow fort, “Good job, Tessa!” And if Tessa opts to pee outside like the boys, Riley will show her where to go and say, “See, Tessa? Watch me. Pee here!” What a great role model. (Except that once Tessa started peeing outside, Riley decided that squatting looked like fun and he tried it too. Not only did he end up peeing on his own feet, but he fell over in the dirt. No fun.)
Anyway. If you have never had kids or if you only had one, you may not think that this accomplishment was worthy of a blog post. We invite you into our home, try it out for a few days, and then see what sort of things you celebrate. The bar is suddenly dropped VERY low and you take your hoorays where you can find them. Maybe it is getting dressed all by yourself, maybe it is a full nap that day, maybe it is just that you decided to sit at the dinner table for more than 5 minutes that night. These are all great things, depending on the situation.
Yay, us!
Emmett, Riley, and T-bone
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