Wonder Boy

Jonah is two years, nine months, and thirteen days old. For the last nine months and thirteen days, we have been gently encouraging him to use the potty. Every once in a while, he would humor us by sitting on it, jumping down, flushing, and shouting, "I did it!" before running off to play.

Yet he refused to actually use the potty. We were sure that he understood the concept. He watched his sisters and his dad do it all the time. He told us when he was about to use his diaper. But when we asked him to move the operation to the bathroom, he politely declined.

Then, a few mornings ago, on his own initiative, he took off his diaper and used the potty. We got excited and praised him, and put on a new diaper. He kept it clean all day. So we put underwear on him. He kept that clean too. Today he went without a diaper all day long, except naptime and bedtime.

No coaxing, no bribing, not much fanfare. He just decided it was time to grow up.

Where was I?