So Young Now...

IT'S POTTY TIME!
Once again our little Jack left the Dungan household in amazement tonight! It was a pretty hectic time in our kitchen --- we were all going in different directions and little attention was being paid to Jack, when he started yanking on his diaper and asked to sit on the potty that has been gathering dust in the corner because no one (well, because I) haven't had the time to start potty training. He also only just turned two, so I didn't think he would be ready yet---I only wanted to get the idea in his head at this stage! He has been exposed to the potty very little---has sat on it a few times at irregular intervals, but we weren't even sure he understood the mechanics of his body and the potty! So Kurt placated him and said "sure, you can take your diaper off and sit on the potty," and we were all kind of thinking that it was so cute that he wanted to sit there. A few seconds later, our jaws were all dropping as we saw some pee leaving his body and going right into the potty! We were jumping and screaming as he sat back down and said he needed to go some more. He sat there for a while pretending (we thought) he was pushing it out, and we saw some more pee come out---and when he got up and I went to empty it, I saw there was some POOP in the potty also!! Kurt, Nicole, Max and I were all screaming in excitement, and jumping around, and Jack was screaming "I did it! I did it!" He sat down again and again, each time leaving more poop in his little potty as the noise level around him rose to hysteria!

I am sure we have a long way to go before he is potty trained, but he took a pretty great first step on his own today!! Nicole was fully trained at least a few months before she was 3, and coaxed with stickers. Despite what everyone told us (that since Max and Nicole were so close in age, Max would just follow Nicole right into potty training at a young age!) Max took his own sweet time and was coaxed with increasingly extravagant gifts as the months (and our frustration) wore on. Come to think of it, maybe that smart little lad had us figured out early as he sat back and watched his rewards get steeper! :) Max really did struggle with it, but was finally fully trained a few months before he was 4. I can only hope that Jack "gets it" early, encouraged by our hugs, kisses and excitement---or at least "gets it" before big brother and sister tell him that he should hold out for the bigger prizes he will get if he just waits us out...