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Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
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Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Potty Training ?'s
I'm trying not to get too excited, but Jake has become totally interested in PTing all of a sudden. He peed into the potty last night, and every single time he's had to pee today, he's warned me and run to the potty. He's doing so well. Is this usually how it starts, or am I psyching myself up for nothing?
Also, I offered him big boy undies today but he didn't want them. Should I just nonchalantly as him if he wants them when he gets dressed in the morning? Or should I wait until the PTing is more consistent?
Jake blowing out the candle at Katie's coming home party
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Katie Belle
Kristen, Chad, Jake, Katie & Sadie the Wonderdog, est. 6/17/06
Re: Potty Training ?'s
James has been inconsistently into using the potty. He has been using the integrated seat we installed on our toilet for a few months now, but we're no more than 50/50 with daytime #1 & #2. I think we're going to try more aggressively when we get back from Hawaii and get through his birthday. We'll try to do more potty time, maybe try cloth diapers without inserts/pull-ups, and start giving sticker rewards like they do at daycare. I won't move into undies until he's showing signs of being consistent- kind of like a reward. I feel like for us if he got the undies and kept soiling them during the learning process, we'd both end up with a negative feeling, in addition to a lot of laundry.
James has no problem going when we put him on (if he has to go of course) but sometimes he's just too busy to be bothered with telling us ahead of time- or even after when it comes to pee. And he consistently goes in his diaper first thing in the morning instead of calling for us. But I figure every poop in the potty is a wonderful thing and we overpraise like crazy. This morning's poop was called in to Grammy so she could praise him after I sang the Pooping on the Potty song (it's an Erika original, complete with butt wiggling action)!
I don't plan to push too hard though. My perception is that he just needs to learn that potty time isn't supposed to be a "when you feel like it" thing, but an all the time thing. But just because I think that's the only thing to get through to him, I could be wrong and am not about to stress the kid out with forcing him to hold it if he isn't quite ready, especially since he isn't even 2 yet!