Guess What we are doing today???

And just for the record this was totally NOT my idea :-)

Honestly I was totally content with the diaper thing. I guess I am a lazy mom, but seriously...he is only 3 and weighs next to nothing. It is much more convienent for me just to use diapers.(told ya I was lazy)

We have been home just over 8 months and I really didnt plan on potty training until after his surgery. He still has a significant prolapse that needs to be repaired, so his physician thought it would be best to wait to start potty training after that due to lack of control as to avoid frustruation for both of us. Worked for me!

So imagine my surprise when Sam insisted the other day that he needed to go potty...Yeah right! We havent even brought up the potty thing in a LONG time so I thought he would sit and be done in 2.2 seconds.

NOPE....he sat and went, the little stinker. And he did it again, and again and again throughtout the weekend. No prompting...no nothing. Seriously?

Now to be fair, he did have a few messy diapers in between (it couldnt be that perfect could it?) but everytime he said he had to go, he did!

I was kind of hoping thinking that this interest would fizzle out once the cheering crowd (ie siblings) returned to school, but no such luck.
This morning was the kicker though....out of the blue it was Mommy, I gotta go potty and proceeded to poop up a storm! TMI I know, but really???

So off we went to buy big boy undies with Mickey and buzz and spidey on the butt. I also invested in one of those seats for the potty since he doesnt like to use the child size one...He's a big boy dontcha know??

And I am now delegated to spending vast amounts of time on my bathroom floor being thoughly depressed by the fact that it is not nearly as clean as I thought it was :-(

Not one of my finer moments..

hmmm...lets see

Over stressed mommy
plus
Defiant 3 year old
on a timetable
running late...again

Not a recipe for a happy morning. I am gonna be honest here and let yall know about the latest and greatest screw up I made in the "learning how to be an adoptive mom" series.

Sam has crocs, and typically he loves his crocs. Today I told him to find his crocs and he refused. Wanted to wear his winter boots. Ummm...now normally I wouldnt care, but today I was obviously PRIDEFUL and insisted he wear his crocs since we would be going to Zachs field trip and see all the other parents and teachers. Boots were definately a no go in my mind.

So of course a tantrum came, and the tears and crying were getting on my nerves if I am gonna be honest here.

I sent him to his chair, but the carrying on didnt stop and we were running later and later.

So of course here is the thing I did...breaking every adoptive mama law out there

I told him I was going to leave him at home by him self...and proceded to walk out the door!

Now typically, this is something I have used with varying degrees of sucess with my bio kids and didnt honestly think about it.

HELLO??? Abandoned child here? New rules apply....that warning didnt flash before my eyes until it was too late.

Just the anguish in his cries just about did me in today. I truly scared him that I was honestly leaving him....and he thought for good.

This is where I suck at the adoptive mom thing. I dont think sometimes before it is too late about what is going to effect him differently then my other kids.

So that is my winning moment as a mom today. Ive got my big girl panties on...you can flame me all you want...sadly I deserve it :-(