The Boy ...

My blog is going to need a name change ....

In September of 2009, only 2 in this photo were potty trained. In November, that number increased to 3 (unfortunately, it was a human). February 2010, we discovered that Girl 3 was blaming some urine on the floor on the dog ... so he has been trained longer than we thought ... and Girl 3 not as long as we thought.

Today we decided we are through with diapers ... at almost 3-1/2, the Boy has refused to part with his diapers and my husband and I decided that we were going to force the issue. If we do indeed move, that is only going to delay us having an opportunity to do this. So with spring break this week, here was our chance.

The plan was to start Saturday morning. The night diaper would come off and all the diapers would be removed from the house and we were going for it.

So, we did exactly that ... and there we were at 1 pm and he was still naked ... he was refusing to put on anything other than a diaper and we were standing our ground that he was not getting one.

Oh ... I know what you're thinking ... Where was he using the bathroom? Well ... he has no problem using the potty ... he just doesn't want to be without a diaper.

But finally, he came around ... you see ... the boy loves chocolate ... and he adores his dad. And daddy had just gone to the store with only the girls ... and he had to stay home because he was naked ... And, dad and the girls had returned with chocolate bribes.

When daddy said, "You can have a piece of chocolate if you put on your underwear" ... he ran to put them on.

So, day 1 of potty training was a success with zero accidents.

I thought this would be a great time to do a post about Jack ... the happy boy :))

Issues with his head have been a theme for the majority of his life so far ... luckily we had a Pediatrician who was VERY experienced with this issue ... she jumped on the problem early and the misshapen head and neck muscle issues were corrected in just 3 months (we have since learned that when this is left to sort itself out with just parental involvement ... it will many times lead to more issues that may rquire physical therapy and long term helmet use, instead of permanent correction). Thank you, thank you , thank you to our wonderful Pediatrician back in California.

Having a big head has other problems ... when he falls ... he ALWAYS hits his head. As a baby learning to sit, he never would put out his hands to stop his fall and that is pretty much how he is today ... we have a lot of these bumps.

He is a detail guy and insists others are also ... and, yes, they ate them all ...

He loves Thomas ... but not having a picture taken ...

He loves Spike ... but not having his mouth cleaned.

Being a detail guy, he knows what we need to have lunch in the park and packs the appropriate lunch ... He did this all by himself ... I just took it out of the lunch bag to take a photo.

This is his dad's face looking back at me ...

Jack ... the one most likely to be like his dad and we love that about him ... and we just love him, period.

P.S. Now we know that my kids WILL be out of diapers before I'm in them (I'm assuming that occasional sneezing accident doesn't count). And, my husband has informed me that I'll shortly need to change my blog name to "My Life As A MoM Over 50" ...