Reflux, Teething and Potty Training SUCK!

I think pretty much in that order too, or at least they did today. Poor Nick has reflux just as bad as Collin did which means he yaks up everything he eats. Bless his heart, he does it with a smile though. I'm not kidding, if he gives you a huge grin, you better watch out because in another moment you'll be wearing whatever he ate last. He spent most of today puking all over everyone who held him. It doesn't help that he's teething so he's drooling all over the place and incredibly cranky. He just wants to be held and sometimes, that doesn't even make him happy. Now on to his brother. Collin is really just starting potty training and we haven't really forced the issue too much. Tonight I was changing him before we headed home and I asked if he wanted to use the potty. He said no so I finished dressing him and, of course, as soon as I finished he changed his mind. Great! We run to the bathroom, pull down his pants and I get his diaper off. I start to take him out of his pants (he sits on the big potty and he can't spread his legs far enough if I leave the pants on) and he begins to pee. I let out a yelp because I'm right in the line of fire. Unfortunately, he thinks this is funny so while my yelp startled him and he stopped for a moment, he begins to go again. Now a smarter Mom would have scooped him up and dropped his little butt on the toilet and let him finish there. I make no such claims. All I could think to do was try to catch it in my hands before it was all over everything. I wound up with a handful of pee, pee on my pants, pee on his pants and pee on his sweatshirt! Then after I dumped the pee in the potty and washed my hands, Collin sat on the potty and peed some more. I really can't wait to be done with potty training!

Bodily Functions

What is it about bodily functions that little boys find so funny? Collin has been giggling at bodily functions for a while now but he's taken it to a new level recently. Someone taught him the word "burp" recently. Now he uses it even when he hasn't burped and giggles like its the funniest word in the whole world. I try to tell him if he's going to burp, even fake ones, he must learn to say excuse me afterwards. That's just as funny as burping in his eyes. Even funnier than burps? Farts. Oh yes, he learned to give arm farts a long time ago and I thought we were beyond that, however I was wrong. Its recently come back, and with a vengeance. Apparently when he was out to dinner with Aunt Bella and Max the other night he began making arm farts on Max's arm. Then tonight, again at the table (this time just for snack) Collin actually farts and says "Did you hear that?" I told him I did and he bursts out laughing and says "Collin poop again!" (he hasn't learned the difference between actually pooping and just farting) Why is this so funny? I have absolutely no idea, but he giggled and giggled like it was the funniest thing ever. I must admit, the part I found funny was when he asked if I had heard it. I giggled and giggled over that. I can't wait till he grows out of this stage. Unfortunately, most grown males I know still haven't completely outgrown this stage so I think we have a long way to go.