Random Mommy Thoughts...

1) Teething is equally cruel on the child and the parents!
Monkey slept horribly last night because two 2-year-old molars are currently cutting.  Thank the Heavens these are the last 2 teeth to cut for a long while.  However, I have no clue what there is left to help him with the pain.  Before bed, he already gets: 1)Motrin/Ibuprofen for the pain, 2) Benadryl for the excess secretions draining from pretty much any facial orifice (my pediatrician recommended this route, so please ask yours before doing this) 3) Hyland's teething tabs (which worked wonderfully for the earlier teeth, but seems to have little effect on molars).  Combined with having nightmares of my own last night means that I'm doubling my normal intake of coffee this morning just to have the energy to move.

2) Potty training is about the weirdest part of parenthood so far.
Around February, I got the brilliant idea that Monkey was ready for potty training because he always told me when he was going to poop.  After a weekend of trying I realized a couple of things: 1) just because I thought it looked like a good potty, doesn't mean Monkey will want to use that one 2) he wanted to use the big potty like mommy and daddy 3) just because he knows when he is going, doesn't mean he wants to actually use the potty.  He is just giving me warning of what is to come.
So after that epic fail, we left the training potty lid we got for the big potty on and let him sit up there whenever he asked to sit there.  Which pretty much meant whenever he wanted an excuse to have us read to him for 30 minutes to an hour straight.  However, we didn't want to discourage potty time, so we did it.
Then this morning, Monkey said he needed to use the potty.  So I helped him out of his pants and diaper and down he sat.  I got the books ready for reading and then he PEED! ON! THE! POTTY!  I did a little celebratory dance, called the hubby, and showed Monkey how to clean up after using the potty.  Of course this made me realize two new things: 1) it is sad when the highlight of your morning is your 2-year-old peeing in the toilet and 2) what the hell do I do now?  Now that is he is expressing interest and actually doing something on the potty, how do I move him to doing all his needs on the potty??  I don't remember a class in medical school teaching me how to direct potty training...