Now my baby is eating solid foods and in full crawling mode, so things have definitely shifted in the potty training scenario. Because he is discovering so much when he is crawling, he gets so into what he is doing that he doesn’t tell me when he is peeing anymore. Every once in a while when he is sitting still and he has to pee (in the stroller or in his high chair) he will make is “uh-uh” sound letting me know it’s time for the potty. But I seem to be missing most pees these days. My husband and I noticed around the same time that we was not verbalizing it anymore. I think it is just a phase. What I feel good about is that he still does know when he needs to pee when he is paying attention. And I usually catch every pee right when he wakes up which makes me feel somewhat successful. I’ve watched him without a diaper on and now he likes to pee standing up.  I just ordered a “weeman urinal” that attaches to the toilet so he can stand in front of the toilet and pee into it.  I can’t wait until he can walk over the the toilet and pee on his own.

Okay, let’s talk about pooping.  This is a whole new phase now that he is eating solid foods.  Yes, the poop is stinky now.  At first he was really constipated from eating jarred baby foods with potatoes in it, so I knew exactly when he had to poop because he would scream since it was so painful for him to push it out.  Once I eliminated potatoes from his diet, it got easier.  He would make urgent sounds and I would rush him the the potty.  It’s usually in the morning when he’s eating.  But lately he hasn’t been making the urgent sounds and I just notice that he will start to grunt.  I catch it most of the time unless I am distracted for some reason.  Sometimes he’ll poop in his diaper if he is standing up.  I think it is because he doesn’t know what to do and he feels stuck there standing.  There is so much that is new to him so things like standing and then moving away from whatever is helping to prop him up I’m sure seems like a lot to negotiate.  The whole crawling/standing phase creates so many new things for them to discover that I am sure it is overwhelming sometimes and the old business of peeing and pooping takes a back seat to all the new discoveries.  I’m pretty sure he’ll get back to it eventually.  I’ll keep you posted…