Number 1

Some people call it pee pee, wee wee, number 1.... Today he did it TWICE in the potty chair!!! After breakfast this morning, as I was about to change his diaper, I decided to try something different: "Harvey, do you want to go to the potty?" He squeeled and ran right into the bathroom and sat on the chair with his potty book. I left him there for about 3 minutes and I could hear him lifting up the toilet cover, trying to flush the pee pee that he made. I called to Joe and he came right away and we were so proud! It was as though he had passed the bar exam or something. Joe: "Is he going to be a lawyer? I thought he was going to go to medical school." About an hour later he came up to me and said, "Go pee pee!" I ignored him thinking he was just fascinated with sitting on the chair. A few minutes passed and he said "Go pee pee!" So I took him to the bathroom and helped him get his G-diaper off (I think we might have to switch to pull-ups which unfortunately are not nearly as eco-friendly) which was VERY poopy. I guess I should have listened to him the first time around. Anyway, he sat on his chair reading his potty book. I came back a few minutes later and sure enough there was pee pee in the potty! Joe and I were so excited that I immediately downloaded a potty chart which Harvey LOVES and proudly put his first two stickers on it. If you had asked me five years ago to imagine being excited about potty training I would have laughed out loud.

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