I’m starting to get really, really afraid that Dekker wants to potty train 🙁
He is 20 months old today, and Brady and I have little planned for potty training at this point. So far, our “plan” is to not even go near potty training until after baby #2 comes, and really only get on it once Dekker is totally used to having the baby around. Baby is due the day Dekker would be 25 months old. However, recently, I’m getting really nervous that Dekker is getting interested. The things I’m seeing could possibly be related this diaper rash and the general discomfort tied to that, but his bum looks better today than it has in a couple of weeks and the signs are still here. I really hope this will pass right along with his diaper rash. Soon!
Sign #1: Dekker is a very timid and cautious kid, but he loooves the toilet! Not in the way that he throws things in it (yet) or tries to play with the water. If someone is in the bathroom, he wants to witness the whole process. He loves the flush and will run up to it and watch the water swirl. Yet things much quieter scare him. Who knows. Just an interest in the toilet I guess.
Sign #2: He has started to alert us when he’s wet or dirty. Not every time at all, but if he’s pooped in his diaper, he usually comes over pretty quick and gets clingy, or if we’re downstairs, he’ll walk over to the stairs and just stand there, waiting for us to bring him upstairs and change him.
Sign #3: Dekker has a poo place. The last few days, he goes over to a certain place, and when he surfaces, he’s pooped. I have heard this is a pretty specific sign that something is happening. Like, if we made his poo place the toilet, it would just work. Maybe.
All these things aside though, the kid is still sopping wet every morning. I have heard some people say that kids are ready to potty train when they wake up dry. But seriously, everyone has a different idea and every method will work differently with each kid. One thing I have read that I really agree with is that the parents have to be just as ready as the kid when it comes to potty training, and I am feeling pretty much not ready at all. I’m hoping I’m wrong. The signs have been around for just a few days really so maybe they’ll pass soon. Who knows. Sigh. Just needed to get the thoughts out I guess.
On a completely separate note, I am 18 weeks pregnant today!!! Yes, this is the exciting time when people like to find out the gender of their baby. And ya, I’m not going to lie, we definitely will be finding out if baby cooperates! However, the clinic I’m using in this pregnancy was pretty insistent that the ultrasound not be done until 20 weeks or after. Lame. So we wait. But that aside, 18 weeks apparently means that the baby is the size of a large mango, which I quite enjoy! Yes, I enjoy mangos, and knowing the general size of my baby. However, the size is another thing I want to touch on quick. I was WAY bigger at this point with Dekker. My belly was an actual pregnant belly. I dont have a belly shot for you at the moment because I’m too greasy and not going to put that on the internet, but what I discovered this last week is that I actually can still suck in my entire belly and not look pregnant at all. Does that even count as a bump?! Weird hey? I’m somewhat baffled by it. I also have a bigger bump in the morning and can feel the top of it pretty much right in my belly button, but partway through the day if I lay down to feel it, its waaay the heck down there! I know the baby moves around, but does my uterus really shift that much?? That being said, the baby is moving more and more, so I can be confident that things are going as fine as we can know, despite the small (or even lack of) bump.
Is anyone still singing the duck song from yesterdays post? Got any grapes??! I do! Yum. Best bathtub snack ever!
My boys would wake up with a soaked diaper every morning, so I was worried about doing night time potty training with them. When we potty trained them a couple months ago, we thought we may as well try doing the night at the same time. I was very nervous about this, but they did AWESOME!! They woke up dry the first night. They wet the bed just a couple times in the first week or so and have been dry through the night ever since. Not every kid will be like that, but I just wanted to let you know that waking up with a soaked diaper in the morning does not necessarily mean they aren’t ready to be potty trained.
Good to know!! I know its a hard issue to comment on because every kid is totally different, but I’m glad that being wet in the mornings doesn’t close the book on potty training 🙂 Thanks so much!