Wedding Clothes for a 2 Year Old Boy

I did a tweet today asking whether Aaron should wear a suit to a wedding this Sunday.  The consensus in the MANY and varied helpful replies was no, not for a two year old who'll want to be comfortable and play!

So there husband! Us Mums know best!!!

So off we headed to the shops this afternoon after already having been in the Clarks Factory Shop this morning (see last post).  Yes, a very productive day.  If I told you I got my outfit too, you wouldn't believe me right? But, I did.

Considering I never ever dreamed I could shop with Aaron I am very impressed with our day today.

ALSO got a load of washing out on the line AND back in dry :-)

Anyway HERE is Aaron's capsule wardrobe for Sunday all from TK Maxx

The stripey shorts are not for the wedding but I could not leave the shop without them :-)

Full size photos can be found here: clothes for a 2 year old boy going to a wedding

I have linked to the full size photos as Pic Monkey rotated some of them above :-(

Plus, in the full size shots hopefully you can appreciate the detail.

What with his shoes coming from a Factory Store and his clothes coming from TK Maxx, I am very happy with my budget shopping today.

CAN'T WAIT till I can show you photos of him wearing this lot... (to be continued)...

Liska xxx

Wot So Funee

So I am joining in with Wot So Funee for the second week in a row.  This may just become a habit...

I have photos AND video to go with what I am going to describe but alas, messy me, has misplaced the USB cable OR Aaron has flung it somewhere, as is his way :-(

So Friday, we were in the pool (we went swimming for two hours) and as Aaron often wathches Jake and the Neverland Pirates, he held his fist up to his eye (like a telescope - which he has never done before) and said:

"harrr harrr
I am cap'ain hook!
Can I have my treasure back!
Please!"

Yes, he really does drop the "t" in Captain.

The please at the end had me laughing till I cried, so so so cute, and I have since managed to capture him doing it on video a few times - will upload when I can find that DAMN cable!

Also, in the same pool, on the same day, the same boy was also funny for a second time.  Remember last week when he decisively told me that I am NOT a Princess? Well this is similarly funny at Mummy's expense.

He was hanging off the railing, that accompanies the steps that go into the Learning Pool, and something about the way he was doing it triggered a memory... (because I can't remember anything before the age of four and Aaron is only two this doesn't often happen)

and I said to him

"ahhhh you are swinging in the water on those railings the way Mummy did when she was little!"

To which he said:

"Mummy was little?"

To which I said

"yes, 40 years ago"

To which he said

"oh dear" 

and just to make certain I understood the sentiment it was followed with

"that's not good".

For some reason, his little wisdom made me howl with laughter.

My little man is far too wise, far too clever, and at least once a day, far too FUNNY.

That's why I love this linky as it is forcing me to record these moments.

Moments I would love to share with him when he is older.



Liska xxx

Straight to Toilet Training - No Potty - Day 02 - It's all in the mind

So yesterday, we made a conscious decision to stay at home.  It was snowing and COLD, and the heating was on, so I thought RIGHT, perfect time to commence toilet training with us being indoors for the duration.

I made sure I had THREE pairs of trackies (that are slightly too small) that I did not mind getting wet.  I thought they would get wet via "on the way to the loo" accidents, but no, my son is too old and too clever for that.

If he wanted to go to the loo, he would hold it, till he gets there as he has done in the past when we have experimented flirted with the toilet!

But yesterday he was in Thomas the Tank Engine pants (not training pants - I wanted him to feel the wetness to incentivise him to use the loo).  On the 1st wet through, we got through the following items * pants * socks * vest and * trackies.

So I then dispensed with the socks and vest - heating was on - so the second time we had just trackies to get wet, and the THIRD - gggggrrrrrr!

No bladder control.
No attempt to go to the loo.
No call to Mummy to say needed the loo.

He was proving a point - he doesn't like "panties" as he calls them, and likes his "nappies".

What got me was the 3rd wet was ALSO a number two! Have you ever tried to pull pants down when they contain a huge number two. Aint easy, especially when you're used to nappies.

This was what he looked like when he was wet and ***** for the THIRD time:

The reason he doesn't like panties is because we were sent some training (quilted) pants to review a few months back and they were so tight on the legs that they made him cry, and as a result if you even try to put even ordinary cotton pants on him (not quilted, not training) he screams "they'll hurt me".  It's certainly put us back a couple of months.

But now he is getting used to the Thomas ones. And trusting that they don't hurt him.  I wish I'd never tried those training pants now :-(

Anyway last night I gave up and have had him in nappies all day today - Sunday day 02.

But tonight he has surprised me.

We went for a walk tonight so that he could see the snow and more importantly walk in it, after being indoors all day yesterday and today, and surprise surprise when he got in tonight he had a bottle on my knee and once it had gone through to his bladder he said "Mummy I need to do a poo".

He had enough bladder control (it was a wee not a poo) to wait for me to:

undo the button of his jeans
AND the poppers on his vest
AND take off the nappy
AND put the mickey mouse seat on the toilet
AND position him before he started to do a wee (to which I of course said I thought you said it was a poo!).....

Anyway about 15 minutes later same deal

And 10 minutes after that same deal.

So between 20:50 and 21:30 he'd weed three times.  No wonder his nappies are always so full.

God forbid if we were out and I had to find a loo that many times but like I said he had just had a full 12 oz bottle.

What impresses me is that all three times he told me.
All three times he waited for me to undress his bottom half and set the seat up.
And all three times nothing came out until he was positioned.

SO I think yesterday his mind wasn't on it.

Today, there is a link between his brain and the action.

He's got it.

So I think toilet training is as much a mental as a physical process.

Bless him!

And at 10 p.m. I sent my last tweet to #pbloggers and tried to put him to bed again!
At about 22:15 he asked to do a wee again, and again he did.
Nappy was dry so went back on for the night.

So that is FOUR wees he has done in the big toilet this evening.
All without any effort from me.  He doesn't even have "panties" on today.
He just GETS it from yesterday.

And has decided to go with it.

Things percolate in their little minds.  It's amazing.

So I think we will stay indoors again tomorrow and make hay while the sun shines.

Except
As
We
All
Know
It
Might
Be
March
But
There
Is
Snow
Not
Sun!

Rain Jacket for a Toddler Boy

I bought Aaron a gorgeous puffy jacket, Thomas The Tank Engine, from Asda last year (I featured it on here at the time). Anyway I bought it in September and it saw him right through the Winter and still fits now.

But the other day I fancied the idea of getting him a rain mac for those days when rain is threatening but it is not cold.

I got this K Way one from TK Maxx, and it even came with dungarees (which he hasn't worn yet) for keeping his legs dry when he wants to jump in puddles.

Anyway for the jacket AND dungarees I paid £14 which I thought was fab and I love Aaron in it.  I dared to get age 3-4 even though he is only 2 and it fits.  Look:

So where do you buys your boy's clothes and does your wee lad have a rain jacket?

These photos were taken yesterday when we were on the way to nursery - that's Mater from Cars that he is holding :-)

Liska xx