My son is entering the world of potty training. He’s not far along yet, but he’s very proud of the dribbles he’s managed. That, and his ability to drag out each time on the potty for at least a half hour.

We do seem to be making promising progress, though. I didn’t react quite fast enough today when he informed me he had a poop. Going to have to remember to head straight in for that announcement, since that’s normally a tough one to get on the potty. If I had been faster we might have gotten it today.

Gage does make me laugh when he’s on the potty. He is very much into the “got your nose” type games. He plays that a lot when he’s sitting there. One time he decided to do that to his penis, wiggling his thumb between his fingers to show me he got it. I was just about rolling, he was so cute. I didn’t know the body part jokes started so young, especially in a mostly nonverbal kid.

We’re working on that part too. There’s a program called HOPE here in California that I contacted, and sometime in the next two weeks they’re supposed to be sending someone to evaluate him for speech therapy. It’s hard asking for help with this, especially when we’ve been seeing signs of progress, but it really is time. His vocabulary is very small for his age, he tends to swallow certain words and isn’t making more than an occasional phrase. “No, I’m not!” being a favorite.

Hopefully we’ll be seeing a lot of changes these next few months. He’ll certainly be keeping me busy.

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