The First Week

Matthew started potty training himself 10 days ago now and is still doing awesome!! In that time he has only had two accidents: one was the first day in big boy underwear while he was outside playing, and the other was at 6 a.m. after a long night's sleep. Both times he was trying to get to the potty and didn't make it. He is awesome at remembering to go himself - he doesn't have to be reminded. We are weaning ourselves off of stickers and M&M's, but he often reminds us that he would still like the encouragement ("M&M's, please"). He's doing great at night, waking up dry most of the time (he even wakes up in the middle of the night to go...whether that's good or bad is still up for debate! It just makes for more sleep interruptions!) We're so proud of him!!! He's doing a great job!

Earlier today I told him he was awesome for helping me put some dishes away. When I told him he was awesome, he said "M&M's, please? Sticker, please?" I think he's getting carried away...

Cute quote: I had just finished talking to David about something, and I had addressed him as "David" (not Daddy). 5 minutes later, Matthew starts following David yelling "Wait for me, David. Wait for me, David." At dinner we had a conversation talking about how mommy and daddy have real names. Daddy is David and Mommy is Mary. He then went around the table, first pointing to himself, saying "Matthew Rudolph". He pointed to David and said "David Rudolph". Then he pointed to me and said "Mommy Rudolph".

Last night Matthew was throwing a good fit refusing to try the asparagus I had put on his plate. We told him he just had to try it, and he could spit it out if he didn't like it. After spending the entire dinner trying to get him to try it, we gave up. We told him no dessert and no popcorn for movie night, and he was okay with that. A little while later we were watching a movie. He must have noticed the lack of popcorn and asked for it. We told him he had to try his asparagus, and that it was still on the table. He decided it was worth the try. He and David went to the table to try it. David was ready with a bowl for Matthew to spit the asparagus out (we weren't expecting him to actually like it). Matthew takes one bite and says "Mmmmm! Me like!!!" What a goofball!!! All that and he liked it!!