The Comedian

In the past two weeks, Daniel has unlocked the following milestones:

• He's telling knock-knock jokes (haphazardly, but he enjoys them)
• He recognized his first word, unprompted, by sight (to the best of my knowledge, Christy may know differently): He recognized "Jam" on a Pearl Jam CD I got for my Mom for her birthday. Note: Yes, I know he already gets "EXIT," but it seems to be linked to seeing an exit sign, otherwise he mistakes other words for it, like "Next."

Attention Deficit

Brian called me this morning, and while I was talking to him, Daniel was jumping on the couch and hollering at me. So I went into the kitchen, and he followed me, throwing his ball at me while I was trying to talk on the phone. Yay! Brat!

Bombs Away!

Christy noticed that D was looking a bit strained & fidgety while watching TV, so she asked if he needed to poop in the potty. Miraculously, he agreed, and he was successful in pooping in the potty.

This is a big development, because after our initial success on Pooperbowl Weekend, he has not pooped in the potty since, and even worse, he has been holding his poop for up to 3 days at a time. Today was actually Day 4 of our current Poop-Watch.

He must have felt confident (and perhaps a bit backed-up), because he has pooped three more times today, for a grand total of four voluntary, self-initiated poops in one morning!

Daniel Takes Matters Into His Own Hands

Daniel did his first-ever self-initiated, solo trip to the potty today (to pee).

I didn't realize it was going on, because I was filling out a survey for Naropa online. It was until I heard him rinsing out his potty in the sink that I realized he'd taken matters into his own hands, so to speak.

On the downside, D is holding his poop for days. We are on day 3 of Poop-Watch right now.

The Joys of Being a Boy

Daniel informed his Mom that he wanted to pee standing up. She agreed to let him try, and he nailed it. He has taken to the practice with great vigor, peeing standing up at least a half dozen more times today.

The Rise of 'Why'

About a week ago, the 'why questions' started.  Like many questions Daniel asks, he often knows the answer before he asks.  He also likes to repeat the same 'why' to see if the answer changes.

Potty Party Continues

I went back to work on Monday.  Daddy and Daniel kept the potty party going.  Daniel used the potty consistently all day with one small accident over nap time.  Today, I worked from home.  Since Daddy wasn't feeling well, Daniel and I decided to go to My Gym class.  About halfway through class, we decided to try the potty and Danield PEED in the POTTY!  Our first away from home success!

We hung a star above the potty in the bathroom and put a race car sticker on it for each productive potty visit.  The star is nearly full after 3.5 days of training.  I'm thrilled and relieved.  We may have a relapse or two, but the launch was extremely encouraging.