Throne of Destiny

A few months ago I asked our friends with little ones when they started the whole potty training experience and how they approached it. One of our good friends, who adopted their little girl from Russia, gave us some great info (as usual) and we decided to do a lot of what they did (btw, thanks again Nina). They also have a two-story home and made sure they had seats both upstairs and downstairs. And so we bought two of the Baby Bjorn potty chairs. They're actually pretty cheap which is quite a surprise from that company.

And Andrei has for the past couple of months been fine with sitting on them every now and then. Of course in Russia the kids sat on these potty chairs like 5 or 6 times a day, so Andrei knew immediately what it was for and wasn't really afraid of them or anything like that. However, he also wasn't all that enthusiastic about sitting on them on a regular basis and although he tried to go a few times (mostly with some very interesting facial expressions), he'd bail on the whole process after sitting there only a few seconds.

Well that all changed this weekend. Yes, our little guy decided he wanted to sit in the chair after his bath last night and after staying there for a much longer time than normal he pee'd!!!

Yes indeed, my little man let out a nice solid stream of urine that made me one proud papa. So proud that I'd be happy to share the details of the volume and "stream power" with any interested party. However, I doubt I'll get many takers on that generous offer.

Every other time he sat on the pot and did nothing we'd always say to him, "Oh good job Andrei! And you can try again later." But of course this time both Mommy and Daddy who were present at this most monumental of events couldn't help themselves from cheering and applauding. To which Andrei joined in with applauds for himself and a few "Yea's" to boot.

Of course he's only 2 years and 2 months and this training process will probably take many many many months more, but it's nice to get started. And we'll continue to take it slow and not going to press him. In fact, we probably won't even mention it at all and just continue to let him make the call as to when he wants to sit on the potty and give it a try. But being a stay-at-home-dad and thus the primary diaper changer...I AM SO EXCITED I may have to open a bottle of champagne.