Caught red-faced

My boy, my sweet little boy, is 18 months old.  When Hannah was this exact age, I was 2 months away from giving birth to this boy. Potty training for Hannah was the farthest thing from my mind. I was about to have a new baby and I didn't want to start potty training only to regress when the baby was born.

(We started a couple months after he was born... but that's another story.)

Every once in awhile I catch Noah in action... you know the action.  The pause. The red face. The grunt. And when that would happen, I would ask a rhetorical question, like, "Noah, are you pooping?" 

Well, here we are... a few months later...

We were outside on Sunday doing sidewalk chalk and Noah came up to me, put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Poop."

And there is was... his grunt face.

I whisked him away to the potty in hopes of getting there on time. I was too late, but I still sat him on the toilet and we celebrated the moment.

Then yesterday, he was spinning around the large, black office chair at the computer desk.  He looked at me from the next room and said "Poop."  And foolish me said, "Did you poop, Noah?" 

I did the ol' sneak peak and saw no poop in his diaper.  So, foolish foolish me walked away.  Not more than 20 seconds later, I see the red-face, the grunt and the deed was done.  I was kicking myself inside for not following my instinct... and following his cues!

Needless to say, we went to the potty, dropped to poop in the toilet, sat him down and celebrated another small moment. To say that I'm excited about him taking the lead on this is the understatement of the year. 

Would it be strange to say I can't wait for him to do it again??




(If you're joining me for Working Mommy Wednesday tomorrow, here are your prompts!

#1. Brag about you... an accomplishment at work, the huge amount of funds you raised for that big project, the fact that you're the talk of the office because of your sense of fashion or your bubbly personality. Here's your chance to brag about you!

#2. When I grow up... when you were little, what did you always want to be when you grew up? )