There have been lots of changes for our Nolan lately. First, at the beginning of the year he graduated from Nursery and is now a Sunbeam!
Here's a picture of him holding a photo they took of him when he first started Nursery.
Meeting his teachers and coloring an 'about me' page.
Again, he can't figure out which hand to color with ☺
He took his Darth Vader PEZ with him the first day to keep him company.
I asked him the questions on the form and wrote them as he told me. I'm sensing a theme here ☺ Also, are you impressed with my DV?
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Potty Training
We really didn't have any intention of potty training Nolan anytime soon. I had trusted friends who've been there many times tell me not to even bother until they're well into 3 or even 3 1/2. So I wasn't in a big hurry, plus I was kind of in denial and have heard so many horror stories that I just didn't want to deal with the hassle of 1. learning how to potty train, and 2. teaching Nolan how. Also, I'm lazy. I liked being able to go out and go on long road trips without having to worry. I could change diapers on my time, when it was convenient for me haha (and by 'me' I of course mean 'we' because Justin is awesome and changes just as many diapers as I do ♥).
So, why start now? We sort of stumbled on the right motivation.
Justin is really just a big kid and has been loving playing Star Wars with Nolan. So he checks the prices on new SW toys daily and since they fluctuate greatly in price, he nabs them when they're cheap. I didn't know this until we got a package and told me there were two new SW toys inside haha. He said he wasn't sure when to give them to Nolan since there's not really a good occasion coming up. So I brought up the idea of using them for potty training motivation when the time came. Justin was on board with that and showed Nolan the next day. He told him he would get the Tie Fighter when he went potty for the first time (he's been saying he doesn't want to until he's 4...or 20 haha).
I don't think we realized just how motivating those toys would be!
Nolan was all in. That first day we came home from church and he pooped in his diaper (we hadn't even officially started training yet) and he came up to us so upset and said "he just forgot!" Luckily I had already bought some undies months ago in case so we put them on and we were off and running. He went on the potty the very next time he needed to go! I hope I never forget his look of surprise, pride, and joy all at the same time ♥
So excited about his new tie fighter!
We were pretty brave (or dumb, can't decide) and took him that night literally probably 3 hours after we started potty training so Gm and Gp Bailey's for dinner 35 minutes away. He was good in the car, but had one accident when we got there (sorry Gm and Gp!). I stayed home from work the next day and he did great. We even went to Costco that night! And then Jeanni took both he and Branson to the library on day 3. Again he did great. Basically, once again Nolan has made incredibly easy a transition that is supposed to be really difficult. We love that boy!
He's been going potty for a month now and he's had less than 5 accidents I think and he's only ever wet at night once! Wow! One funny story I have to tell is from night 2 I think it was. I saw Nolan running to his regular 'pooping spot' in the corner of the kitchen so I jumped and said, "Nolan! Do you need to go potty?" He stopped in his tracks and said, "Oh! Yah!" So we started running to the restroom, him behind me. As I'm running I hear Justin say from the couch, "Oh, oh!...too late." haha. Apparently Nolan couldn't quite hold it in and as he was running little poop pellets were flying out of the sides of his underwear like popcorn ☺ Justin said it was hilarious to see. When N and I got in the bathroom I took his undies off and as I was cleaning up Nolan sighed, hung his head, and said, "so embarrassing." hahaha. Cute, sweet boy!
We made a potty chart for him to fill out and after a week he earned his second surprise, Kylo Ren's Tie Silencer (pronounced by N, "syencer").
Just telling Jedi stories and going potty.
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