Over the river and through the woods...

Yesterday was yet another milestone in Jackson's potty-skills development - in more ways than one!

1) Keisha, Jackson, Ethan and I made our annual trek to Kingston, AR to have Thanksgiving dinner at Keisha's Aunt Becky's house - that meant Jackson had to do without his potty-training-wheels for his first road trip since he has been out of diapers. I am very happy to report that he made it both there and back without incident!! It's about an hour and a half each way, which is a reasonable test even for the most seasoned potty users. Naturally, we were prepared for anything that may have come up. We threw Jackson's potty chair in the trunk and brought a healthy stash of treats just in case the need arose on the road, but we didn't have to break either of them out.

2) Jackson's 2nd accomplishment yesterday, and in my opinion the more significant one, actually spilled over into this morning. As I was tucking Jackson in bed last night (after bath, after brushing teeth, and after reading the same book 4 times), J-man told me that he needed to go potty. I was convinced that he was only stalling his bed time, but I honored his request regardless. It's a good thing I did too, because he wasn't kidding! This would have made the kind of mess that you don't want to be greeted with in the middle of the night, if you catch my drift...

Jackson woke up around 12:30am asking for juice, so I headed up to check it out. Much of our success to this point can been attributed to effective fluid management, so I was reluctant to give him a big glass of liquid only to have him lay back down for 6 hours... That being said, I know what it's like to need a drink at night so there was no way I was going to deny him the relief.

At about 6:30am while I was still laying in bed downstairs I heard the unmistakable sound of little feet hitting the floor in Jackson's room above me. Then a sweet little voice piped up - "daddy, I need to go pee pee!" Jackson had gotten out of bed, gone to his door, and yelled for help downstairs! I ran upstairs and showed him to the bathroom, and everything went off without a hitch. Jackson struggled more with adjusting to the bathroom light (after all night in the dark) than he did with using the toilet! To this day, Jackson has not had any accidents in his bed - whether overnight or during nap time.

Please knock on your screen for me - Thank you.