We had been working on potty training E for a while before Caleb came. Nothing too intensive or serious, but offered the potty often and Eli would go whenever we put him on it. He just wouldn't stay dry in between potty breaks. Well that all changed once BABY Caleb came home. Just days after C came home, Eli decided he was going to the a BIG boy. He started tellling us he had to go potty AND was staying dry in between. After a few days with dry diapers all day, we switched to undies and very few accidents... maybe 2 the whole first week. Since he has had the occasional, I waited too long to make my way to the potty moments... but has had very few accidents where he just let it go. He's been in undies ever since and boy is it nice to not have 2 sets of diapers to change!
I didn't much care how he sat on the potty as long as he made it in the potty! I am proud to say that he now gies potty like a big boy, standing and all :)
Along with potty training came middle of the night potty breaks. For about 2 months, Eli was coming in multiple times a night to get Andrew or I to take him potty (we still put diapers on him overnight). Very quickly Andrew was put on Eli duty because I wasn't getting any sleep getting up with Caleb 2-3 times a night and another 2-3 different times with Eli. But I am happy to say that Eli only gets up once a night IF that now. He sure is getting to be a big boy!
Some of my favorite phrases E is saying lately:
"Ok, i will do that"
"Oh hi my friend Daddy" or Mommy/whoever he is talking to
"Caleb Ryan, stop crying"
"When the sun comes up, I will play with my toys"
"The sun goes down, that means it's nighttime"
"Just a lil bit" as he holds his index finger and thumb abt a centimeter apart
"when i'm not a good listener, it makes mommy and daddy cross"
"i'm ready to make good sicions"
"when caleb gets bigger, he will _________ with me" (fill in blank with whatever Eli is doing at the moment)
"mommy's a mam and daddy's a sir!!!" (thank you thomas lol)
"lets go on a nature walk"
"swab the deck/hoist the main sail/walk the plank" (everything is about pirates!)
"I SEE A FIRE TRUCK/WICE (police) CAR!!! IT SAYS WOOOOOWOOOOOOO"
he used to call Laura "Urla" which made me giggle everytime, but has graduated to "aunt laura"
What's daddys name? "Daddy Carl Bridges
What's your name? "Eli James Bridges"
What's Caleb's name? "Caleb Ryan Bridges"
What's mommy's name? " Mommy Carl Bridges" LOL not quite!
What's Grammie's name? "Grammie Girl Bridges" If he doesn't know the middle name, it is boy/girl accordingly.
E can:
-count to 20
-name/identify the colors- Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green, Black, Brown, Pink, Orange
-name/identify the shapes-circle, elipse, square, star, diamond, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, heart
-say the days of the week in order
-sing his ABC's
Things E likes:
-LOVES to sing to Jake and the Neverland Pirates soundtrack and Veggietales Sunday School Songs
-LOVES to ride his bike and pedal fast
-asks for PB&J almost everyday for breakfast AND lunch
-trains, trains and more trains
-everything comes back to pirates somehow.... everything! He uses his baseball bat, paper towel roll, and pretty much anything that is long and round as a periscope.
There is so much more that Eli does that makes me laugh and smile... it is impossible to recall them all. So maybe if I can get better at blogging, I can write them down as they happen. Bottomline, I sure do love this boy!!!
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