Owen had a great Christmas and a very special firetruck from Santa amazed him! He had so many presents to open he almost got frustrated because he wanted to play with all his new things! We had a wonderful time with both families and Owen had a BLAST playing and trying to keep up with his older 2nd and 3rd cousins at Aunt Jane's house.
Once we settled down at home we decided to try take 2 of potty training. Owen really wants to wear his diapers and pants. The first morning it was a battle to get the underwear on him, struggling and crying, but after a minute and a distraction of his favorite meal of yogurt and cereal bar he was fine. The next morning it was easier to convince him to wear underwear. The biggest struggles right now are pooping in his underwear and he doesn't tell us when he needs to go. So, it seems that when I get distracted or we are somewhere doing something we all forget and he has an accident. He doesn't seem to distraught when he has an accident and I wish he would care more. The kid would run around wet and covered in poop on his butt if we let him, but get a little jelly on his hand and he will FREAK! I am going to give it another couple of days and see how we do. If we can get one poop in the potty then I have hope, if not we will wait until he is more ready.
Owen is still napping in the afternoons and I feel it is short lived as it is taking longer for hims to go to sleep and then when he does nap it takes him a long time to go to sleep in the evenings even though he is exhausted from the day.
This little boy takes after his daddy for the love of music and songs. Whenever I think up a new song he asks me to sing it again and again! Owen can sing quite a few songs all the way through or with just the slightest help to stay on track. To name a few: twinkle twinkle, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Jesus Loves Me, Rain Rain Go Away, Mr. Moon, London Bridge, Mary Had a Little Lamb, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Its Raining Its Pouring, Ring around the Roses, Row Row Row your Boat.
He can count to 12 some days and he knows how to spell his first name most of the time. He knows the 3 word name of the road we live on and the road both of his grandmothers live on. He remembers from almost a year ago when he threw up in Target and everytime we see their logo he tells me he "wont spit up in there today". Recently, he has been interested in the first letter of our names: Jesse, Mommy and Daddy. He surprised me when a tv show was talking about the letter D and busted out that it was like Daddy!
He loves his baby brother! He helps by bringing him toys and once a day he gives him a special kiss and hug unprompted!
Returning to continue this post...umm its only been at least 2 weeks! LOL! We are committed to underwear. We know accidents will happen and poop has only happened in the potty once. Last night he had to go so bad, but held it till nighttime when we still put diapers on because some nights he soaks through them onto the bed. We are starting to do naked nap times and several times he has stayed DRY! If he is naked he will run to the potty on his own, but if he has underwear on he will pee in it. Except at school he has been doing great staying dry! Every day I immediately look at his pants to see if they are the same ones I sent him to school in!
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