He's Free, Free at Last!

Andrew has quickly reached another milestone...watch the video below to see a fairly accurate reenactment.

Last night, as I was hosting my ladies Bible study, the boys had been put to bed and Phillip pokes his head out and says, "Mom! Andrew's out of bed." I thought to myself, "Lord, no, please don't let him have said what I think he just said." So, Chris goes to check and, sure enough, Andrew has crawled out of his bed and gotten in Phillip's bed. I knew it was only a matter of time, but I'm just not ready yet! He proceeded to do it 2 more times. He was very proud of himself and kept wanting to show me (Chris kept going in since I was trying to do my Bible study). So, I guess the crib is being turned into a toddler bed tonight. And I have a feeling that it's going to take them a looooong time to get to sleep tonight, with them both being able to get out of bed now. Here are the step by step instructions...

Step 1: Stand up in the crib with mischievous smile

Step 2: Hold on and do a roundhouse kick up to side of crib (while smiling proudly)

Step 3: With fierce concentration, lean forward, drop leg over side,
and bring other leg up and over

Step 4: Drop other leg over, step to the floor, and give a shout of victory!!

See ya later alligator...

Another Potty Training Milestone

When starting the whole potty training process, I read several things that said that staying dry at night was a whole separate thing, so that's something we haven't even been worried about. You really can't teach someone to wake up when they feel like they have to go potty and Phillip is a very deep sleeper, so I haven't even been worried about it, thinking that it would happen later rather than sooner. Phillip has just been sleeping in a pull-up since he became potty trained and it hasn't been a big deal.

To our amazement, about a month ago, Phillip started waking up and going to the bathroom on his own. It was pretty incredible that this just started happening on its own. But, he wasn't doing it on a regular basis, so we praised him when he did it, but left things the way they were.

Then, we noticed that starting a couple of weeks ago, he was waking up both from naps and regular sleep with a dry pull-up. This was quite an accomplishment, but we wanted to make sure it wasn't a fluke, so we didn't change anything just yet. After several weeks of dry pull-ups, we decided to take the plunge and go pull-up free. I'm proud to report that Phillip has slept in his underwear and has gone accident free since Sunday night!!! Now, I really hope I'm not ginxing his streak by bragging about him, but I had to tell you all the good news. This is a pretty major milestone that puts us close to being completely done.

The following pictures are not of him actually sleeping in his pull-up. These were taken a couple of weeks ago. When I went to check on the boys before going to bed, this is how I found him. Maybe he was hiding from the boogie man?!?

See ya later alligator...

The Booster Chair

Up until now Andrew has been eating in his high chair. He's still pulled up to the table, but it keeps him completely restrained and the tray helps curb the messiness (at least a little bit!). A couple of weeks ago, he started running and trying to get in Phillip's booster chair and letting us know pretty clearly (like pitching a fit when we'd put him in his high chair) that it was time to move him up. It's always hard when they physically move from something 'baby' to something more grown up. And it would be so nice just to keep them where they are...This booster chair think is such a nightmare, Andrew is one big giant mess at every meal. The compete opposite of his brother! But, I'm learning to deal - slowly, but surely. Here's a few pictures of the big boy.

To be honest, this is actually the booster chair that Phillip has been sitting in since we moved him to one. We bought a nice, new one for Andrew, but the waist strap wouldn't fit around his waist!! And the child absolutely has to be restrained during meals, so he gets to use Phillip's old one and Phillip got the new one since he doesn't need to be strapped in anymore.

See ya later alligator...