Let the Potty Training Begin!

Tomorrow begins our adventure into potty training. I have actually been giving it a test run this afternoon with Justus. He has gone pee on the potty twice. No accidents...yet. I just am having him sit on the potty every 30 minutes or so. He complains sometimes, but he will usually sit there at least for a minute. I am actually going to attempt potty training both boys at the same time. I think I am crazy! I think Matthias is ready, but we will see how it goes. If he isn't responding well after a few days I may wait a few more months. Who knows what will happen. I guess we are about to find out. I am loaded up with pennies for the candy machine filled with M&M's, a few suckers, and some mini candy bars for when they decide to go poo on the potty.

Justus is continuing to do really well. He will be starting speech soon. I have a meeting with the school tomorrow to start the process. Hopefully he will have his first session within a few weeks. The teacher did tell me it's a long process, so I guess I will find out more about that tomorrow. I'm just hoping that he gets enough sessions in to make a difference for his re-screen in April....even if it isn't enough so that he doesn't have to attend preschool...as long as there is progress.

Matthias is doing really well. He was battling some stomach issues up until today. He had been sick on Monday and he has had yucky diapers ever since. Today he seems to be back to normal, so I'm very thankful for that.

Charley has finally gotten the hang of crawling. At first I don't think she understood that she could crawl to get to stuff that she couldn't before. It only took her a couple of days to figure that out and now she is into everything. And now she is realizing that she can crawl throughout the house. I guess I will have to start chasing her soon. She is also pretty interested in pulling up. She hasn't done it yet though, but has crawled up to the couch on may occasions and reached up to grab the couch, but then doesn't know what to do. She is growing up way too fast!

Go Baby Go!

Charley is officially mobile!!

We have a tooth!!! Charley got her first tooth. I checked her gums today and I can feel a little corner of her first tooth poking through. She definitely is getting her teeth way before the boys got their first tooth. I think they were both 10 months old when their first ones popped through. She's still not crawling, but she can get from point A to point B when need be. She can scoot and roll.

Justus' preschool screening went well. He scored low in his speech...19th percentile. We weren't really shocked though. They said he was speaking at a 2 year old level...which is totally understandable since the person he talks to the most is a 2 year old. They said since he did just turn 3 he really isn't that far behind although they did suggest that we start bringing him to the speech therapist. The preschool teacher is supposed to call us back next week so that we can get that all set up. After that, he will go back in for preschool screening in April to see how much progress he has made. They said hopefully him being a couple months older will make a big difference. They are also a little concerned about his short attention span. I'm hoping it's something that won't be an issue once he gets into a structured classroom. We will have to wait and see on that one though.

Matthias is doing really well. Nothing really to report with him. He seems to have hit a little growth spurt within the past couple weeks. He is getting so tall. Today he finally figured out how to open doors. He has been depending on his brother to open doors, but he figured it out today all on his own. His life just got a whole lot better!