We have been working on potty training with Ethan for the last 3 days now. Obviously we haven't had any results but at least he is sitting on his potty. I have decided to put him on the potty after breakfast in the mornings b/c he usually messes his diaper then. I figure if we get him on the potty at a time when he does tend to stink his diaper then we'll have quicker success. Each time he just sits on his potty we praise him & clap for him. So this morning I got him up & he didn't have a stinky diaper which happens once or twice a week. I put a clean diaper on him & after breakfast took him to the potty. By that time he already stunk up his diaper. I still made him sit on his potty for 10 mins we watched Alf on the portable DVD player. Then he got a new diaper & we headed downstairs. Maybe 20 mins later he stunk up his diaper. I couldn't help but laugh. He waited till I took him off the potty to mess his diaper. What a little stinker! He thought he was cute. We'll put him on the potty again this evening when he gets ready for bed. Right now we are just doing 2 times a day as an introductory phase. Our original plan changed b/c he does have a poop schedule so we are trying to go by that. Typically when Ethan is successful at something he'll begin to do it more & more b/c we constantly praise him. He gets all kinds of hugs & kisses & clapped for. We know he knows it was good when he starts to clap for himself. I think we can get the same results with this as anything else. Potty training is going to take time & patience. I've got the time & the patience he should do well. He's already sitting on his potty longer than 5 secs w/o a complaint.
Ethan was a little social beast last night! My cousin is turning 21 so a party was held for her last night. Ethan was all about running around showing off his walking skills. I gotta brag here, he's doing awsome with walking! He picked right up on it. No more crawling for Ethan! While Ashley was opening her gifts Ethan had to be right there with her so he could play with all the colorful tissue paper. He was all about the tissue paper. Some pictures were taken as soon as I am able to get a hold of them from other family members I will post them to his blog.
Ethan, Ethan, Ethan, what am I going to do about you?! Ethan has gotten himself into some mischief this week. On Tuesday he decided that he was not going to accept the word no when it came to the chord to a small fan that I had up on our mantle. Several times I said no & took him away from it. But he managed to slip between my fingers & yanked the chord. The fan knocked over a photo frame which in turn knocked over a burning candle which hit the floor (fortunately extinguishing it) & spilling wax onto the carpet & getting onto his clothes. What a mess to clean up. We had no idea how to get it out we had to ask for help. Freezing his clothes did not aid in getting the wax off. A friend of mine told me to take a paper towel & place it over his clothes where the wax was & then iron the paper towel. The heat melts the wax & the paper towel absorbs the wax. It worked. It left a stain which I treated with Shout & it looks like that might get the stain out. Then this evening I was drinking lemonade. While I was talking to my mom on the phone Ethan managed to knock over my glass from the bar stool it was sitting on. The glass hit the floor fan & shattered. Here's the kicker, it was my Steelers mug that was a wedding present. I was not a happy camper about that. The mug was a set for us one was Steelers one was Browns. Tuesday night we rearranged the living room & the computer room. We put a chair in the computer room & them arranged the furniture in the living room to cover the chords. Everything that we can put up is up out of his reach. But there are a few things we are trying to work with him on to leave alone. The floor lamp is the major one. It's the only light we have in the livingroom. Welcome to toddlerhood Ethan is definitely no longer a baby. For the most part he's a good little boy. Even on the days where he has us wanting to pull our hair out as soon as he flashes us a smile or gives us a kiss it's all worth it. This morning I was hanging out in the living room with him playing with his ball (he tries to throw it to me) & watching a tv show I DVR each week. I sat on the chair after a while due to the floor making my rump hurt. Next thing I know Ethan starts to climb up into my lap & ends up snuggling & rocking with me for a whole 5 mins then he was done & wanted to play some more. It was still a very nice 5 mins.
