The Letter H & Potty Training

For some reason both of my kids latch onto a first letter.   For Elizabeth it was the letter W. For grant it is the letter H. He recognizes the capital H and pointed out on a regular basis.  Of course  whenever we are talking about a letter his answer is always an H! Every once in a while he is actually right!  He even likes to build his Lincoln Logs and make a letter H.   of course wouldn't you know out of all the letters in theirs names  neither of them have an H or a W!

 Grant has been making great strides in the potty training area. He is only wearing a diaper at nap time and night time. His rewards have been  mainly food. Right now we're on to gum drops, green is his favorite!  If he stays dry for seven days in a row we told him we would buy him the fish.   We did that for Elizabeth and her fish, Mr. Fish, is still with us!   He does a great job and usually goes into the bathroom by himself and then yells for help when he is done or will just run around without any bottoms on!  Often times he asks Elizabeth for help and she has been a big part of his success.  She gets a tinkle treat each time he does potty too!  It seemed kind of crazy to reward her too, but it actually worked out because she became his biggest cheerleader!  When the two of them would be playing together I would hear her say, "Do you need to go potty buddy? We can get a treat!"  I am especially proud that he does both, #1 & #2 on the toilet and not having to change diapers is nice too!  We will see when Grant gets his fish.  Seven days in a row is a lot, but he can do it!  I know some kids can potty train in a weekend, that was not the case with either of mine. It was a fairly lengthy drawn out process, with regression for both of them, but end result is the same! I am hoping Grant has had his relapse and we are on the home stretch and we will be fish shopping soon!

As a side note, Elizabeth would like everyone to know that she can whistle.  She doesn't take not being the spot light of a blog post well! Good job sweetie on the whistling!