Childhood Milestones

Zachary (21 months) has started to talk back to his brother. When putting them to bed a couple of nights ago, Avery was taking something from Zachary and he says "Avery, be nice." Then, yesterday Avery was singing and Zachary says "Be quiet, Avery." It is hard not to laugh when you hear a baby say that and his face is so serious.

Avery, finally, after several long months of potty training, pooped on the potty. It wasn't his first time, but I'm hoping this will be a big breakthrough for him. I can officially say that potty training is difficult. As we are potty training Avery, Zach likes going on the potty too. The only problem with him is he pees every 30 minutes, so he just asks to go after he has a soiled diaper change.

For those of you who are potty training, or will soon, you may find that you need to offer incentives. For Avery the only thing that worked well was taking away TV and then giving him 15 minutes for every pee and 30 minutes for every poop. He gets an M&M treat too and extra if he tells me he has to go and doesn't make a mess in his pull up all day long. It's a complicated system, but we manage. Also, being naked all day long seems to help too. Good luck fellow potty trainers!