Introducing the Potty Chair

We bought Kiren a potty chair this weekend -- no we are not potty "training" yet because we are not crazy, but he's been following us into the bathroom for a good long while now, and just sitting on a stepstool we use for helping him wash his hands in the sink. So, we thought, why not have him sit on the real thing, right? While he's not showing many signs of readiness (which is completely fine at this very early age), he actually does tell us sometimes after he's pooped (it is fairly apparent to us already, of course, but I appreciate the heads up). In fact, this weekend he told us before he did it for the first time! He said "poo poo," and I checked his diaper and found nothing. But sure enough, just a few seconds later, he did. So he's figured out pooping a little bit (but not every time; let's not get too ahead of ourselves).

Not so much on the peeing front, though. He has NO idea when he's peed; in fact, after a bath the other night, he ran into his room and peed on the carpet. He was pretty sad after that (even though we didn't react that much), but basically, it shows he has no idea that it's coming or anything -- far from it. So for now, we're content to let him just sit on the potty like Mommy and Daddy with all of his clothes, and especially his diaper, completely in place.

Anyway, we got the new chair out of the box and showed it to him, and he seemed pretty pleased with it. I was in there with him the first time he tried to sit on it (yes, doing my business, thank you). He plopped down and, without missing a beat, said "book." Hilarious!! If that isn't a perfect thing for Vivek's child to say, I don't know what is :).