Yes, his sister still thinks it's funny to dress him in girl clothes. Those big blue eyes and long, dark lashes would make him a pretty girl... but he is definitely ALL boy!
Devin is a tough, stubborn kid. He is definitely not the easiest child, and can make me want to pull my hair out most days. BUT he is the sweetest kid, loves to be cuddled, gives me kisses and tells me he loves me several times a day, and besides all that he is just SPUNKY, IMAGINITIVE and FUN!!!
We have struggled with potty training for almost a year now, that's right a year! Ally was fully potty trained by 20 months, and while I heard boys were tougher, I had no idea that we would struggle this much. When he hit his third birthday and was starting preschool, I knew he needed to be trained. We started, would persist for a week or so, and then decide he wasn't ready and give it a month. This continued through the fall and winter. (Try going through morning sickness and potty training so you have to move your child off the potty so you can throw up in it, not fun!). Finally around February, he got it. I think he accidently went in the potty but he FINALLY understood. It was a huge breakthrough, and we were so excited. However, that was not the end of our drama.
He refused to poop in the potty, I mean refused. We bribed, talked, bribed some more... to no avail, he just wouldn't have anything to do with it. That was the messiest 5 months of my life! Finally in the past few weeks he has decided to be a big boy. It had nothing to do with me, Alex, bribery... it was HIS decision and he decided to do it. That pretty much sums up Devin for you, when he decides to do something he will.
So, right before his fourth birthday my son is finally potty trained. I swore it would never be me to have a child untrained so long... but if I have learned anything, I have learned I was given children to prove me wrong!
I am so proud of my big boy!!!
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