Most of the time Asher is not a baby anymore. He is a young boy. He makes poop jokes, acts like a robot, and throws himself on the floor for a laugh. He refuses to eat food, complains about activities and delays bedtime. He looks huge compared to his one year old sister.
But sometimes, usually at bedtime, he still feels like a baby. Tonight he wanted me to read the book about Joshua and the potty. This is a book I started reading to him when he was about two years old. I wanted him to be interested in potty training and this book seemed to be a good one. A picture in the book shows Joshua and all his body parts. From top to bottom Joshua has hair, eyes, mouth, hands and a penis for going "wee wee". Then next page shows him bending over to show where poop comes out. It is all very innocent and cute, and when I read it to Asher tonight his eyes lit up and he looked just as interested as he did when he was two.
We laughed at the page where Joshua pees and poops NEXT to the potty. We smiled when Joshua finally learned how to sit and wait on the potty. Joshua showed his mother his success and his mother was proud. Asher looked proud for Joshua.
I read to him, this day, February 23rd, when Asher is exactly five years and three months old. Before he fell asleep, Asher held up the bunny he has been sleeping with since he was born. He said, "Sometimes I make funny hair for mama bunny." He pulled the ears up to make "sticking up hair" He pulled the ears down, he curled the ears to make "alien bunny" and then he put the ears together to make "one eared alien bunny." I laughed, and I hugged him and as he fell asleep I felt the baby he is leaving behind and the boy he is becoming.
But sometimes, usually at bedtime, he still feels like a baby. Tonight he wanted me to read the book about Joshua and the potty. This is a book I started reading to him when he was about two years old. I wanted him to be interested in potty training and this book seemed to be a good one. A picture in the book shows Joshua and all his body parts. From top to bottom Joshua has hair, eyes, mouth, hands and a penis for going "wee wee". Then next page shows him bending over to show where poop comes out. It is all very innocent and cute, and when I read it to Asher tonight his eyes lit up and he looked just as interested as he did when he was two.
We laughed at the page where Joshua pees and poops NEXT to the potty. We smiled when Joshua finally learned how to sit and wait on the potty. Joshua showed his mother his success and his mother was proud. Asher looked proud for Joshua.
I read to him, this day, February 23rd, when Asher is exactly five years and three months old. Before he fell asleep, Asher held up the bunny he has been sleeping with since he was born. He said, "Sometimes I make funny hair for mama bunny." He pulled the ears up to make "sticking up hair" He pulled the ears down, he curled the ears to make "alien bunny" and then he put the ears together to make "one eared alien bunny." I laughed, and I hugged him and as he fell asleep I felt the baby he is leaving behind and the boy he is becoming.
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