A Week of Learning

This has been a week of learning at the Hales' home.  We have been learning to go pee and poop in the toilet, to fall asleep without being held, and to have patience.  (I'll let you use your imagination to determine who's learning what.)


And while each of us has had our triumphs this week, it hasn't been perfect.  There have been lots of accidents, lots of crying, and even the occasional temper-tantrum from both the two-year-old and the 20-something and it's OK because we are learning hard things around here.

Trevor is doing such a good job using the toilet.  Occasionally he refuses to wear underwear and begs to either go naked or wear a diaper, but so far so good.  He loves to get treats (jellybeans left over from Easter...haha) and stickers on his potty chart.  In an effort to help Trevor with potty learning, I was hoping to have a couple of "Popsicle, Play and Potty Dates" with friends.  What I had in mind was a morning of eating lots of popsicles, playing in our backyard and practicing going potty.  If you're interested in this rare sort of play date let me know.

Austin is doing AMAZING!  For the last two days he has cried very little or not at all each time I have laid him down in his crib to sleep and last night he slept from 7:30pm until 3:30am without even so much as a whimper.  Way to go Austin!!


I am doing better than I thought I might at being patient with Trevor's accidents.  I think it has helped a lot that I use cloth diapers, so washing wet and poopy underwear is no big deal.  In fact, it's better because whereas I was handling a wet/poopy diaper every 3-4 hours, now I am changing wet underwear only once or twice a day.

So three cheers for us.  My boys are growing up and I'm so proud of them both.