My Baby Is A Big Kid

When Lil' Spitfire turned 3 we decided it was time to hit the potty training with a little more intentional effort. It's amazing how much more laid back we were with potty training our second child and how it seems they will still be fully trained at the same age in spite of us starting much later this time. We've had very little trouble this go around, due in large part to his "I DO IT!" personality. Lil' Spitfire was begging to be put into the big kid undies he got for his birthday (yes, we are apparently the kind of parent who gifts underwear to their children, but only because he was excited about them, I swear!). We managed to start the training but stave off the donning of the undies until we returned home.

After about a week he had his first day with no accidents so we went out for chocolate milk at Books-A-Million and to let him pick a gift for doing so well. Being the Wall-e freak he currently is he picked a Wall-e hoodie that lights up when he moves, good choice little man. He now wants to wear it every moment of his life and has to learn the hard lessons of life such as: Mamma is never going to let you wear a smelly, smudgie, mystery goo covered hoodie out in public no matter how high pitched a noise you make.

I know there are people who are probably sarcastically thinking "umm, yea, thanks for sharing." but it's incredible when you become a parent how proud the little things make you and how fun it is to find all those milestones and turn them into mini celebrations, little chances to show your child how special they are.