Raising Watsons

Loves:

Bluecheese Cauliflower

Brussel Sprouts

Chinese black bean chicken

AVOCADOS

bacon-wrapped pork loin (who doesn’t?)

Apples

Shoes

 Hates:

Green Beans

Undecided:

bananas

Tucker doesn’t sleep well. He wakes 3 to 4 times on an average night. On bad nights, 7-8. Add this to Emilia’s 2 nightly feedings and what was once a peaceful sanctuary is now the Grand Central Station of bedrooms. The Mom and Dad train are literally passing through the night.  This week Ben had to go on a business trip for two days. The idea of being up all night and then going to work is dreadful at best. But I had a plan.

Allow me to share our recent experiences with potty training. Up until the Christmas break, Tucker was very uninterested in using the potty. Vehemently so. Over Christmas we declared that there are no more diapers and it’s time to wear underwear. Day 1, Tucker had accidents with about a 50% success rate of making it to the potty. Day 2, Ben comes home with a huge bag of peanut M&Ms and offered him one M&M per trip. Our success rate has jumped to a solid 100%. The only accidents we have are mechanical while sitting on the potty. We have still kept Tucker in a nighttime diaper since that’s what most parents do. On night 2, Tucker woke us up to go to the bathroom wearing the diaper. This was hint #1 that we had been Tuckered. Hint #2 came a day later when Tucker asked over breakfast “Am I wearing a diaper?”. The answer was yes. He said “okay, thanks” and went in his diaper. Three days into potty training and the kid is aware enough to ask if he’s wearing a diaper to discern if he has to get up or not before going.

Back to current day, Tucker is obsessed with the iPad. So much that we limit his time on it because we don’t think it’s healthy how he zones out. So, Tucker knows Dad is out of town. I tell him that Dad is out of town and I nicely ask that he does not wake me up throughout the night (he usually wakes Ben). Tucker says okay. I then explain, if he can do that he will get 10 minutes of iPad time in the morning.

My son turns three in a month. He has woken us up every night, several times a night, since he was an infant. Last night, he slept through the night.