Let the games begin!

As I was growing weary of taking Max's diaper off and on (or putting it back on after he sneakily took it off himself), I decided it's time to break out the tighty whities for my little son. We began setting the timer to remind us to trot to the pot every 10 minutes. There we would sit for 5-10 minutes, reading a story, eating an orange, touching baby's head. We made several trips this morning but no action yet. As he ran past me once I thought I caught a whif of something suspicious. Indeed, he had pooped. So we went off to the pot again just to be sure. No action. Just as I was remembering that one can never poo without then going pee, he peed on the floor. I unlatched the baby and off we went again to make sure he was finished. By then it was naptime. It took a little convincing to put the diaper on for naptime but he conceded. I put some shorts on too for extra measure in case he tries to go commando in his bed. I have great hopes that the first pee on the potty will come shortly after nap time. I've upped the time increments to 15 minutes as it was a little much to go every 10. (Except for the time I missed it by about 4 minutes!) He was quite thrilled to show off his underwear to Daddy at lunchtime.

Marty has been a very considerate baby the last two nights, sleeping from 10ish to 6ish! I hope the fuller belly is making a difference. I also forgot to mention in his 6 month report that he loves to squeal. Maybe shreik is a better word. He also kind of squawks. Often when he wakes from a sleep he doesn't cry. Just coos, squeals, shrieks or squawks. Did I say that we've also been practicing sitting? He's getting stronger with that as well.