Potty Training

Potty training is probably one of my least favorite duties as a mom. I had such a hard time with Hudson. Granted, I was miserably pregnant with Cooper and didn't feel like messing with it...but it still proved to be a daunting task for me. I really have not been in a hurry to potty train Cooper. I knew for sure I'd wait until his 3rd birthday and possibly even this summer to start. Like my pediatrician once told me, "they are all trained before they start kindergarten so who cares anyways?" So, so true! The last few days, monkey has been showing some signs on his own that he's ready. The other day, the boys were in the bathroom and Cooper kept saying "me go potty" so I put him on and guess what? He went. Before this, he had only gone one time and I think it was a fluke. I put him on right before bath and he went but after that he showed no signs of being interested. Yesterday, he went 4-5 times. He woke up dry today and when I took him, he went. So, looks like we are starting the official potty training phase. His first time in pull-ups.

He was pumped about the Lightning McQueen pull-ups. This morning after he went potty, he asked for "cars." What a big boy!!

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One huge advantage of having boys born in the same season is that you get to hand down clothes. Don't feel bad for monkey, he gets his fair share of new things but it's also so nice to open a big bucket and find loads of pajamas and basics like khaki shorts. This orange shirt brought back some memories for me. Hudson wore this shirt not long after Cooper was born. I took some pics of them together and wanted to take some of C to compare at this age and see if they looked similar. He wouldn't cooperate with me yesterday - guess a photo session wasn't on his agenda before school. Oh well, another time maybe.

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Today, Hudson is under the weather. It actually started yesterday. I could tell that he wasn't feeling great but he went on to school and Mad Science but by late in the afternoon he was really dragging. He kept complaining that his leg hurt and he just wanted to lay around. By evening, he had 101 fever and this morning it was 99. I decided to keep him home - there goes the perfect attendance award (just kidding!)- so I'm hoping he gets better soon. It's such a rare thing for Hudson to be sick. He's always such a healthy guy!