focus, mom....

Over the past 2 weeks I haven't been the model parent when dealing with poo accidents.  I know you're supposed to be positive and encouraging in the face of it all but really, after cleaning it up day after day it wears on you.  So when Grant started saying that he made mommy sad when he poo'd in his wundies I thought I'd better change my ways.  Amazingly (or not so amazingly), it's worked.  The more I encourage and celebrate him getting it right the better he gets at it. 

So last night I went in and was very exuberant in my celebration of poo landing in the potty.  I was cheering and encouraging and yelling "GRANT!!!! YOU DID IT!!! YAY!!!! WAY TO GO!!! YOU'RE SUCH A BIG BOY! HIGH FIVE!"  Finally, Grant grabbed both sides of my face and whispered very solmenly "no, no..shhhhhhhhh mommy... mommy.  you need to wipe my bum".  It completely made me bust out laughing as if he were saying.. get a grip, focus on the task at hand mom.. geez calm down. 

Anyway, he's been doing really well with the encouragement but I guess I'll have to tone it down a bit. 

First haircut.

After a few months of everyone commenting on Henry's sideburns we decided he was looking a little Elfin and needed a haircut. 

We were slightly worried about 2 things.  One, obviously that Henry would freak out as he's been going through some separation & stranger anxiety lately.  But on top of that, Grant just got his haircut at the same place his dad gets his haircut where they have no kiddie car seats, movies playing, nor any toys or lollipops for doing well.  This magical land of haircuts also charges $30 so we were a bit eager for him to move on to big boy haircuts and Cheap Cuts.  :)  We were worried Grant might get a little jealous about Henry getting to sit in the car seat and play with the toys but fortunately Henry was happy to share (or really, unable to stop Grant from grabbing them).  He got a bit annoyed with the spray bottle and clippers but didn't cry at all.

I'm always amazed at how a haircut can transform a baby into a little boy.