Big Boy Decisions

Louis was pretty much diaper free most hours of the day before Gabriel came along, then Gabriel was born and he wanted to be back in diapers. It didn't really bother me as at the time he wasn't even 2 years old and if I'm changing 1 diaper every hour or so? Honestly another is not a big deal. I knew eventually he'd come around to wanting out of diapers. Regression in sleep, pottying and other behaviors are common when a new sibling is introduced-especially when children are closer in age.

My attitude with most of these so-called milestones has been to take things in stride. No use stressing about it because it will only happen when Louis wants it too. Much how I feel about when/where the kids sleep, how long they sleep for, when they eat and what they're eating. It all works out and demanding/pushing on the children doesn't make it happen any faster.

This week he saw his underwear sitting in his dresser drawer and asked me to put it on him. I talked to him about what the purpose of the underwear is and he told me "I know. I use potty." So off we went.

It went pretty well. I noticed that if he is diaper/underwear free he goes on the potty right away when he feels like he needs to go. When he is wearing something it tends to be the actual peeing/wetting action that sends him to the potty. I know he'll figure it out so I didn't stress out over the few misses I had to clean up. I don't want Louis to have this whole potty learning thing be a source of anxiety for him. He's having fun with it so I'd like to keep it that way.