Andi’s exciting life.

There are many things in life I spend too much time on like choosing mustard or booking travel arrangements, but a biggie is sending Evites. I can never make up my mind about the design, and then I think and write and rewrite the party description until I’m finally satisfied or give up on being witty. It’s just so much pressure to make it good when it’s going to lots of people, and I want to make the event sound as fun as possible.

Now I’m making an Evite for my job, so multiply the agonizing times 100. I’m actually here writing about it to take a break from my indecision. Do I pick a professional-looking design or a funny one? What if my message isn’t what my boss had in mind and I send it out to a bunch of important people? What if it’s too boring because I’m playing it safe?

I don’t know why I’m so neurotic. No one else cares about Evites I’m sure. My boss probably doesn’t care as long as the date is right, and guests will just RSVP without noticing what it looks like. I need to take a deep breath and just send the thing and move on with my life. (But do I pick the picture of a stapler or pencils…)

Falco is still using his potty on and off. Last week he used it once or twice a day for a few days and then seemed to lose interest. Today he had more successes. In fact, he wore the same diaper from 10:30 a.m. until bedtime because he peed on the potty twice during that time. Pretty amazing! I don’t think I would really say we’re potty training though because he doesn’t tell me when he needs to go and can’t pull his pants on/off by himself, which our doctor says is key. I definitely want to encourage any desire to put his waste where it belongs though, and I think this is good progress.

I do have to say, I’m not someone who is eager for my kid to be out of diapers. First of all, his diapers are CUTE! I have tons of customs that I will be sad to see go. The flip side is that I get to buy fancy trainers and then move on to adorable underwear, so I’m sure that will soften the blow. The other thing is that taking a kid out of the house and being on constant accident alert doesn’t sound that fun to me. Maybe he will still wear diapers when we go out until he is pretty accident proof? I don’t know how all that works.

Has anyone else potty trained a kid at a young age (18-ish months)? If so, how did it go? Any tips?

So freaking cute.

It’s not enough that dude is wearing a shirt and tie with shorts (please note tucked in tie), but what’s with that pattern ON the shorts? I didn’t get a close look, but I’m pretty sure that print is pretty ponies, possibly unicorns. The kid is probably clinging to the dad, begging him not to take him to school in that outfit. I have to hope that Matt never becomes this fashionable.

I just got a 10% off coupon from Toys R Us, and I’m pretty flattered. It says “Exclusively for Our Best Guest.” I had no idea I was their best, especially since I have only made about five purchases there ever. I guess I really stand out from the crowd.

Beginning last night, Falco has gone back to going to bed without complaint, which is wonderful. Also, there were no more potty successes today despite a few attempts. I’m sure yesterday was just a fluke.

People, I have news. My child, at the tender age of 18 months, successfully used the potty three times today. We got him a potty seat a few months ago just to get him used to it, but until today he has never shown any signs of understanding what it is for. This morning he joined me in the bathroom (because what mother gets time alone to pee?), and he wanted to sit on his potty. I decided to strip him because I needed to change him anyway, and to my surprise he sat down and peed! I was shocked and excited and clapped and cheered liberally. He looked pretty happy about his fine work. Without going into details, he had two more successful excreting events this afternoon, which is amazing!

This came out of the blue, and I have no idea if it’s a fluke or he’s a toilet prodigy or what. I’m just going to see how it goes and if he continues to show interest in using the potty, but I’m pretty clueless about how to go about this. Plus, I thought I had at least six months before he would be ready. I do not feel prepared to start thinking about accidents and underwear and public bathroom logistics and whatnot. Plus, once he is potty trained, he is a kid and not really a baby anymore. Am I ready for that? Isn’t it enough that he is walking and talking and disagreeing with me? Once he can use the toilet, he’s practically ready to move out on his own. While I relish watching him grow and learn new things every day, it’s hard to see my baby growing up!