Growing Up

Well, right before our very eyes, Jaxon is growing up!  He's not a little baby anymore.  A few weeks ago, it was a cold, gross weekend and we didn't really have any plans.  I randomly put Jaxon on his little potty and then I blinked my eyes, and I swear he was potty trained.  I'm not even sure I did anything.  It was the weirdest thing. I don't even think I changed any accidents.  Of course, I put a pull-up on him at night...we're not quite there yet, but he just goes on the potty.  That Monday, I took him to daycare in underwear and he was good to go.  The easiest kid I've potty trained...even though I really didn't do a darn thing.  My only problem now is how to deal with the boy issues...like....when do you teach them to stand up? And trying to get the correct positioning so it doesn't spray anywhere.  He's fine on his little potty, but sometimes, with the big potty we have a few issues, but it's not his fault...he's doing a fantastic job.  I'm pretty sure the driving force in all of this was his beloved candy.  I started to give him candy every time he went and I swear it got to a point where I had to tell him to STOP going potty because he simply couldn't have anymore candy!  Lucky for Jaxon, I really don't have a lot of potty pictures, but here is one that was sent to me from daycare!  He'll appreciate the picture when he's older, I'm sure!



So anyway, we got the potty training out of the way and the next week he decided he would start jumping out of his bed.  After he continued to do it, we realized we had to take his crib apart and turn it into a toddler bed.  We couldn't risk having him get hurt every time!  He was beyond excited and proud to have a "big boy bed".  He wanted to show everyone!  The first night...awful!! He kept coming into my room with a sweet smile..."hi, mommy".  It was only cute the first time.  I think it took over three hours to put him to sleep.  I was like.... oh great, we are in so much trouble because I am certainly not doing this every single night.  Fortunately, it was only a one night thing!  He seems to go to bed fairly decently...after being rocked!  I think I've said it before, this kid is going to want to be rocked until he's a teenager!  But anyway, he's been staying in bed until I wake him up in the morning in which case he never even wants to get up!  So, I do what any good mother would do...I bribe him with fruit snacks if he'll get up like a good boy and let me get him ready to go! Hey...it works!

So there we go...he is on the path to becoming a big boy just like that!!