potty peeves

Just a quick update on the potty training situation.

JoJo will still not do his BM in the toilet, will not sit on the potty, will not sit on the toilet, flat out REFUSES. And trust me when I say this, I have tried everything. He just won't do it. 

So, we are at our wits end.  We have told him, NO MORE (new) TOYS until he goes poop on the toilet. He knows and he understands this perfectly well.  We used to buy him a new toy almost every weekend.

Well, we are saving ALOT of money right now so what does that tell you.

A box came in the mail yesterday, and he knows those AMAZON boxes usually have toys in them, well he wanted to open it. We told him no. He had a meltdown. The box is hidden and unopened. And it will stay that way. We are not budging. He knows where he's supposed to do his poop, and he's not getting a darn thing until he does.

It's on.

Bring it.

independence

you see this?

it's called "attitude"

and it can start as young as 4 years old, if not earlier.

I have no clue how this happened.

I mean, I certainly don't pull my shirt up like that and make a face like "you wanna piece o' me?"

but it happened nonetheless.

my little gettingbiggerbytheday man just wants to do E-V-E-R-Y thing by himself. Which is great, awesome.
....and time CONSUMING!! lol

so in the morning, he goes into his room, shuts the door (you know...for privacy)....and goes into his closet.
He picks out his underwear, his shirt, his pants and his socks.

He will parade around naked for a while, then proceed to dress himself. He can even put his own socks on now, which was a bit of a challenge at first. He can put his jacket on and now do up the zipper.

He goes into the fridge, gets his own juice, or chocolate milk....goes to the "snack:" cupboard to get a snack (he has to ask first though).

We just leave a little (ok double) the time that it would normally take...and we're good to go.

He recently started asking for "money".

That's my boy. He's awesome.
I thank God everyday for him.