Update

All is still going very well with potty training. I finally broke down and bought pull-ups for nighttime. Luckily he doesn't mind them.

Otherwise, we got his Halloween costume (Spider-Man)on Sunday and he has worn it every evening since then. It was a battle to get it off the first couple of nights, but that is improving. He will at least wear a jacket while eating meals so he doesn't completely ruin it before Halloween.

I'll get pictures up soon.

Sign of a Good Day for a 2 year old

If a two year old could have a concrete measurement of a good day, I am sure it would be by the amount of dirt between their toes. I'm pretty sure Gavin had a fun day today.

We spent the morning at the Down Syndrome Indiana fundraiser called the Buddy Walk Downtown. It was a cold, but beautiful day. However, from all the rain this week, it was a muddy muddy mess. I wish these pictures truly showed how dirty he reality was. His pants, shirt, and shoes were covered in mud. He insisted on wearing crocks, which I wasn't thrilled about with the cold weather. In hindsight, they were probably perfect because they are so washable. The bad thing was they would get stuck in the mud and he would walk out of them.

The other "interesting" part of the day was this was our first truly public/large group outing were there were lines for a bathroom (portalet). Luckily we never had to wait for more than 1 person, but the portalet was absolutely disgusting!! I thought they were bad to go in myself, but imagine a 2 year old and everything he wants to touch, let a lone needs to touch just to get up on the potty and pee. Luckily I bought a potty seat to take with us places so he doesn't fall in and this was the first time we really used it (THANK GOD!). On top of that, imagine the level you must bend down to to help a 2 year old get their pants up... It was not fun.

Luckily they also had portable hand washing stations with running water, soap....

Later that night we went to hear Allen play in the Muncie Music Festival which was cold, but fun. Gavin enjoyed watching his daddy play drums and the music. Of course, again we were at a large public place with limited bathrooms. This time there was alittle more waiting, but at least it was an indoor bar bathroom (not exactly my first choice, but after the morning a major improvement).

Days 12-10/9/09

OK...I'm tired of keeping track of actual days now that we are in double digits, but I can't believe it has only been 2 weeks. Gavin is doing so well, you'd think we've been working on this for quite a long time. We have not had any accidents since last Sat (day 11) and I am very proud of him. Last night we had 2nd public outing with a family gathering for Allen's grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. His 4-year-old cousin, Jackson, was there to play with (who is of course potty trained) so it was good for him to see another kid have to stop what they are doing to go to the potty. We haven't seen his other cousins (twins) since we started this process.

We also are on day 3 of trying undies at night. He has been waking up at night dry and really fighting the diaper, so we reluctantly tried it. So far....so good with that aspect of potty training too. I'm sure that is where our biggest trouble will be, but no yet.

Potty Training Day 11

Sorry for the delay in posting. Been busy I guess. Today (Sat) he woke up dry again which is making us consider undies at night because it is definitely a battle to get the diaper on him. But we did have alittle bit of a rough morning. We finally got him dressed (luckily shirt only) with undies and we were in our bathroom while I was getting dressed (We were going to Monkey Joe's the bouncy house in Castleton) and next thing I know Gavin is standing on our step to the sink and peeing everywhere!! I mean everywhere (he woke up dry so there was a lot of pee). I grabbed him and put him on the potty (undies and all) where he finished.

When asked why, he said he just wanted to pee. That made me alittle nervous for our first outing to a public place, but we went anyway. He had no trouble at Monkey Joe's. FYI, they have a toddler size toilet in the women's restroom. I was glad our first public outing went well. I was worried he'd get distracted and pee in the bouncy house. That place is fantastic, by the way. He was so exhausted by the time we were done he could barely keep his eyes open.

Potty Training Day 10

Gavin did well at school. He got distracted watching TV and peed in the living room :(, but at least we didn't make 10 trips to the potty trying to poop/stall going to bed.

Potty Training Day 9

Another successful day. Today he was doing a combination of stalling so he didn't have to lay in bed and trying to poop (it was hard for me to tell which). Poor little guy pushed till he was red in the face, but was very proud when he was successful. Of course, as soon as he layed in bed he popped up and said he had a giant poop that he had to get out. So, back we go; me waiting in the bedroom and him in the bathroom door shut by himself-scary. When finished, he was very proud ran to the top of the stairs and told Allen that he had one giant poop and one tiny terd! Very exciting.