As if the earlier post wasn't enough!

I swear wee man was wanting something even more spectacular written about him than was already just said. No more than an hour after my last post I was getting Callum ready for his nap. Now, this may be t.m.i. for some of you, but he normally poops himself during his nap time. He's been doing this for as long as I can remember. This is one of the reasons why it's been so difficult to help him go to the potty because he'll just keep holding it until nap time or bed time.

Today I could tell something was different. How? I have no clue. Honestly. I guess it's just because I know him so well. Yesterday he coveted a yellow school bus, the one I mentioned earlier. When he sat down on the potty for his pre-nap pee, I mentioned casually that if he tried to have a poo on the potty, I'd make sure to reiterate his love for the school bus to Santa. He looked very carefully at me and then asked me to leave the room. As I was leaving he got off the toilet and pulled out his little potty. When I turned around to see what he was doing he asked me to leave, again. I laughed a bit and walked out, only to be followed by a little voice asking me to close the door. I closed the door.

I checked in a couple of times and he kept asking me to leave. He was busy sitting on his potty, reading his book about going to the potty! Too cute. Callum was in there for so long that I went, brushed my teeth, had a shower and got dressed. When I returned, the door was open. He was standing in the bathroom, blushing and pointed at the potty. Yep, you guessed it - he pooped! Needless to say, pure chaos of love ensued.

I'm so proud of our wee man. I really hope this is the start of a new chapter for us. This was all on his own terms, so hopefully he's just decided he's ready.

Love you wee man! I'm so very, very proud of you!!!!

Mummy.
xo

Almost 3 years old!

Well, it seems like it's really difficult to keep up with writing a blog. Go figure.

Here are some new things Callum has been doing:

1. He has started becoming more imaginative which is really fun for all of us. Just the other day he picked up and imaginary phone and said, "Hello? Hi, my name is Grandpa. Put on your trousers please". I mean, where does that come from?! Too funny.

2. Callum's sentences are becoming longer and more clear. He is starting off with standard phrases like, "I want...", "I would like..." etc.

3. The other day he told me he had to go to the potty, so at least we have a bit of progress. It's been a pretty rough road when it comes to food and potty issues.

4. When we're in the mall, or simply in public, we've been allowing Callum the freedom to walk without holding our hands. Talk about scary! He's such a typically hyper wee boy that he can be off in a flash and we'd have to run to catch him. Thing is, we both realize he needs to have some more freedoms and he grows up.

5. No click! No longer is Callum being clicked in to a chair at the table. No more high chairs in restaurants or malls. Big boy, in a big boy seat. He's actually been remarkably well behaved. We need to remind him on several occasions to get back in the chair, but that's to be expected with new found freedom.

Favourite songs:
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - loves this song!
Yellow Submarine
All You Need is Love
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Hey Jude
O Canada - he knows all the words!

Favourite activities
Watching wheels turn. I know this might sound a bit odd, but it's true. Who knows, maybe we have a little engineer on our hands. He could sit/lie and watch wheels on shower doors, garage doors, trains, cars, busses, dishwasher rack, etc. He still also holds a great love for doors and watching the hinges, as well as trying to figure out door handles. Not how door handles turn, but actually how they work and lock into on another.

Trains. Hands down. Anything to do with trains.

Favourite books
My Big Train Book - he knows every train in the book (and there are a lot), what they do and what country they're from.
Smithsonian - My Train Book
Counting Christmas - I think he might be able to read a bit, as in 3-letter words; he certainly can recognizes the words for one to ten
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Oh, the Places You'll Go!


Favourite t.v. show
Max & Ruby

In January our wee man will be 3 years old. It's hard to imagine he's grown up so quickly. The first year of his life felt like a year! The second year of his life has gone so quickly. Also in January, Callum starts half days at school. I went and bought his uniform yesterday and couldn't believe it when I looked at this sweet boy, no longer a baby. He enjoyed nursery school so much when we were living in Toronto that we knew he needed to continue on with schooling.

Callum's teachers at nursery school were so complimentary of his level of intelligence, his "heart of gold" and his great spirit. He made quite the impression on a number of girls who actually seemed to be swooning! Since when do 3 year olds swoon?! One wee girl came up to me in the parking lot of the school and informed me that "He sings cool. He dresses