The craziest stuff has happened with us over the past couple of days. I can't hardly believe it. One, we received a call from our social worker Friday. Newborn twin girls coming home from the hospital on Monday, clear for adoption! Both weighing over 5 pounds each, both in perfect health and no drug use in the pregnancy. They were born Friday. I literally about shit my pants. It was so very hard to say NO, as y'all know I'm wanting to build my family with another child, via IVF or another adoption. But, I just feel like I need more time with my son. More one on one time. I want to spoil him a little longer and enjoy the only child thing. I feel like he still needs me even though he's getting so independent and turning into such little man now.
You should have seen my husband's eyes when I said twin girls, he looked very very scared. I think if we did not have Bryce I would have been thrilled and over the moon but I now know how hard ONE newborn is, let alone two. I know they will find a wonderful home for the little girls but right now it's just still a little too early for us. I completely have the up most respect for mother of multiples, my son kicked my ass when he was a newborn, I can't imagine two. My best friend was really trying to talk me into adopting the twins. She was like, "well, Bryce had reflux, it might not be so hard with the girls, they might sleep all night from the get go, they might not be as sick, etc." No way dude, can't do it right now. Just can't do it! That is unless you are going to run my buisness and become my full time nanny without pay because staying at home is not an option for me and daycare for 3 is craziness.
The next topic that's totally amazing me is that my son is potty training, it's the craziest. He's not even 16 months old yet. Let me start off by saying before anyone jumps the gun on this. No, I'm not forcing him to sit on the potty.
Here's how it's all started.
Since he was old enough to run around starting at about a year old we've had the same routine every evening before bedtime.
We take his clothes off, he takes them to his laundry basket. We take his diaper off. We let him streak around the house naked for about 15/20 minutes before his bath time. I noticed about 3 weeks ago that he was pushing as hard as he could to pee pee and when he would pee pee he would look down at it and laugh hysterically. Well, after 3 weeks of this and me chasing him around the house cleaning pee I decided why not buy a damn potty seat. I mean obviously he knows what he's doing at this point! So, last Monday I bought a potty seat. I basically let him play with it and sit in front of the TV with it with his clothes on. When it was time for his nightly streak fest, we had previously showed him and explained us pee peeing on our potty. So, we put him on his potty and well, he did it! He made a pee. We made such a big fuss over it he got so excited and clapped with us. He has did it basically every evening since then. Saturday I was home with him and I noticed that he would come up to me and pull at his diaper. I thought, well that's strange. Maybe he has to pee? Sure enough he's had to pee every time that he's pulled at his diaper. He's only had two pee diapers today and this afternoon/evening NONE. He's went to the potty 6 times...
It's the craziest thing I've ever seen. He's too smart for his own good. My mother seems to think he's an old soul as he just acts and seems nuch older. My husband seems to think I'm trying to grow him up to quickly. I like my mother's theory much better.
I'm sure the excitement of the potty will wear off soon but for now I'm just going to go with it. If he wants to potty fine, if not fine. I mean hello, he's only fifteen months so no worries. He'll be 16 months on the 16th so it's still early.
Wow to the Potty Training! I am fighting to get my 3 year olds potty trained right now! :)
Wow newborn twins! That would be some work! I am glad you are taking the time with Bryce as they grow so fast and twins would really command a lot of your time and energy. (Not that that is a bad thing! :) )
Good luck!
Posted by: Soralis | February 10, 2009 at 12:36 AM
Yay for potty training! Sounds like he's really ready for it.
And kudos for saying no to newborn twins for all the right reasons. You are a much stronger woman than I.
Posted by: millie | February 10, 2009 at 06:17 PM