Our BIG boy!

I had some good news to share about Tuff yesterday but I didn't want to jinx it since it was his first day of school in a semi-new environment. Yesterday was day # 6 of no diapers for him. It was day #1 at school with no diapers. Up until day #5 (Monday night) we had absolutely NO accidents. I'm talking number 1 and number 2 in the potty. AND we even went out on Monday to the Dr and to Wal-Mart (for his prescriptions) in big boy underwear with NO accidents. We have been extremely proud of him. It completely came out of nowhere. He just decided last Wednesday night that he wanted to use the potty when we got home. It followed into Thursday and then Friday and so on. I decided to completely do away with diapers Friday night while we were at the store getting a "prize" for doing so well. His prize consisted of gummies, a new truck, Toy Story underwear, and CARS pull ups. He's even been doing well during nap time and bed time. He's only wet his pull up just a few times in the past 7 days! People kept telling me that he'd start using it when HE was ready. I would always think to myself, "yeah, right!" But all the people who said that were right. Now I knew school was going to be a different picture. I knew he might have a little more trouble there than at home for several different reasons. ONE, his teacher's schedule is more than likely different than ours. Ours being every hour. Until he gets really used to it anyways. TWO, she probably doesn't ask him as much as she expects him to tell her. Now at home, yes, he'll tell me every now and then but he's at home. He's not at school playing with other kids (which I think can be a distraction). and THREE, it's just a different environment than home. That's normal to everyone. Even adults. No one likes to HAVE to use the bathroom outside of their own home. He did have 2 little accidents at school because of all those reasons. I did get a very nice note from his teacher stating that she was very proud of him for being such a big boy and that he did wonderfully for his first day at school with big boy underwear on. :) :) :) She also might have added that mommy might want to send more underwear and pants until he is completely used to the school schedule. LOL. All in all, he's done wonderful! I never knew it would be this easy. Now let's just hope it's that easy for Gunner bear one day. So now I can say we're officially a BIG boy. No more pootie (paci), no more diapers and sleeping in his own bed!!!

We got him a cushioned CARS seat to go over the big potty seat.

He loves it.

Oh and as you can see, he's keeping his clothes on now :)

As I said above (and yesterday) both boys have been sickly. We had to take Tuff back to the DR on Monday for the same sinus infection he had a few weeks ago that we never got rid of. I spoke to the DR about possibly seeing an ENT about his issues. Tuff is 2 and a 1/2 and he's kept a sinus infection most of his life it seems like. But now they've gotten so bad that they make his nose bleed and I just can't stand it any longer. I'm thinking he could have an allergy or he could have some kind of issues with his sinuses. The DR decided to put him on a 3 week (3 WEEK!!!) antibiotic to try and get rid of this infection he's had for the past 3-4 weeks and we are scheduled to see an ENT tomorrow afternoon. Praying we can get some answers and he can get some relief soon! Please keep both our boys in your prayers. On a positive note, Gunner Bear seems to be starting to feel better. Hopefully we stay in the clear for a while.

Hope you're all having a wonderful day!