Milestone - No More Diapers!!! (and no more naps)

I am very excited to be able to say that Benjamin is now potty-trained! He's been interested in using the potty on and off for a few months but this summer he had a serious motivator - the privilege of swimming in the BIG pool at the Greenwich Club.

After a couple of visits there at the beginning of the summer when he was told that he could not go into the big pool with Julia because he still wore diapers he decided that he was done. The majority of the training actually happened while we were on vacation in Maine (I'm very thankful to our family who were so very tolerant of a constant stream of discussion about using the potty and a toddler potty being prominently in view!) and he has not gone back (not that going back was really an option!).

He still wears a diaper at night and would wear one during nap time... if he took a nap anymore. Yup, that's our other milestone - Benjamin has decided that he will no longer take naps. I'm not so thrilled about this one! We still try almost everyday to have him lay down and rest but I think he has actually fallen asleep once in the last two and a half weeks. He's apparently ready to give them up; he doesn't even fall asleep in the car.

So we're working on instituting afternoon 'quiet time' instead. So far, it hasn't been all that quiet but they have managed to play by themselves in their room for a little while at a time. We'll keep working on it!