Honey Bucket

I never thought I'd see the day when Matt would so willingly go into a Honey Bucket. We were out on a Sunday drive when Camden told us he needed to use a potty (I've also never said the word "potty" so many times in my life than in the past week as we've hit the potty training hard - with Grandma Cochran's help!). We stopped at the first one we found and Matt bravely took Camden off to use it.

Needless to say, I'm pretty proud of my little boy who has pretty much gotten the hang of this no diapers thing.

...with the greatest of ease

Camden continues to love jumping off of things. It started with jumping on pillows, then 'flopping' on pillows, then jumping off the couch onto pillows. Now he is jumping off the couch onto the floor with no pillows. As you can see by the big smile on his face, he loves it and for the most part doesn't get hurt. Shelby just watches him with a perplexed look on her face. She keeps an eye on him never knowing what he'll do next. Many of the pictures we have of them together show her watching him closely.

This is my first attempt at posting a photo blog directly from Picasa2. It's not fool proof, but it does work.

Drum roll please

For his birthday, Camden got a 'music box'. It contained a harmonica, tambourine, maracas and a drum (thanks cousin Maggie!). He loves to play 'band' where each one of us takes turns on a different instrument while we march around the house. Sometimes we improvise makeshift instruments such as a plastic coat hanger for a trumpet or trombone. We all have a great time. Most of the time at least one of us ends the session with a headache.

Anyway, here is a short video of Camden playing the drum. I think you'll be impressed with his technique.

Red40 and the potty progress

So our little guy is doing pretty well. He's not 180 degrees different after taking Red40 out of his diet, but he doesn't seem to fly off the handle at a moments notice. He still does every once in a while which we attribute to getting up too early or not feeling well.

We went to the pediatrician this week for Camden's three year checkup. We asked about Red 40 and he said there was no medical or scientific study to prove it had an adverse effect on behavior. He did however say there is a correlation with Aspartame and behavioral issues. So we'll keep an eye on those things and see if it continues to help. Basically the doctor said that if we think it is working, there is no harm in keeping Red40 out of his diet.

We're having some small victories in the potty training arena little by little. We think putting him in underpants instead of diapers is helping. He went poo poo in the potty for the first time today. Unfortunately (or fortunately) grandma was on doody for that one, so mom and dad didn't get to be part of that. Apparently about 20 minutes after going, he said something to the effect of "I like going poo poo on the potty". Hopefully he will continue to work on it.