Crawl Crawl Crawl away….

I wouldn't say I enjoy Wharton events very much… (because with an active baby, how would you socialize??). Anyhow, today, we were at the Wharton Asia Club BBQ event and Shane was happily crawling on the lawns on 2116 Chestnut St Apartment. I really love the lawn. Clean, plus the grass feels and looks real, and very evenly trimmed.

Shane had so much fun crawling up and down and all around.

So there was this other kid at the event who had a toy. That kid did not want to share his toy with Shane. So… what went through my mind at that moment was…
1. How do I teach my baby to share things with others in the future?
2. How do I teach my baby to react to scenarios like these?

Parenting is tough… I guess I will have to figure this out along the way. But it's something I will have to keep in mind while teaching this little man all about life. It's just not fair. =)

Poopy Business - The Potty & the Toilet Seat

Note: this post may have TMI. So you can stop reading after the first line!

When we saw the little man trying so hard to poop while he was sitting on the high chair, grandma said "just get him a potty". I guess all the poo was just squished together in the diapers and this made fresh ones more difficult to come out. My first dilemma was... Should I get a potty or a child seat (the type where it's place over the regular toilet bowl). Well, since they were not all that pricy, I decided to buy both.

Potty shopping!!!

So what we realized after trying him on a few potties. 

1. There must be a grip for him to hold

2. It can't be too short (yes I know he'll grow. But for starts, it's to get him used to sitting and not standing up immediately.)

3. It needs a back rest - just in case he decides to lean backward

4. 2 piece preferably so it's a lot easier washing it.

It probably took about a week or so for the little man to sit on the potty and poop… Naturally, when he's done…. all he wants to do is crawl away (doesn't matter if there are bits sticking out of his buttocks)

Cleaning the baby up was relatively easy because the poop pieces were mostly in pieces instead of smeared all over his butt cheeks. And because I left his dirty diapers in the potty while he was going about his business, I didn't really have to do a big clean of the potty. Just a simple rinse would suffice.

As for the toilet seat, it was awesome for when he did his big poo poo without the potty and it was all a mess after. We have this bidet handspray in our bath room toilet that we use to clean him up.

The only downside was that the water we use is toilet water (still potable water!!) and is usually cold. So chances of having baby pee is very high after a wash.