Holy crap, I can't believe it. I took Julian to his potty last night when he woke up and squirmed against me. He wasn't interested in nursing, I never knew what he wanted before when he did that. His diaper was still dry as a bone at 3:00am. So I figured I would try to take him to his potty. When I took him, he peed a LOT. I thought he was done, so I took him back in to put his diaper back on, but he totally started fussing. On a guess, I took him back in to his potty and he stopped fussing, strained a bit and pooped right in the pot, then peed again!

Call me weird (go ahead!) but this whole thing is just too amazing. My two-month old boy likes to go in the potty! I took him again at 6:00am and just now when we woke up, and he pooped and peed each time. He had peed a little bit in his diaper in between, but it was almost dry. His rash is clearing up, and I can leave him on the changing table now uncovered without worrying about him turning into a baby fountain.

Totally remarkable! Babies are way more smart and capable than anyone gives them credit for. I mean, you can potty train a puppy...why would a baby be much different? They are less mobile, but it doesn't mean they want to crap in their pants any more than a puppy wants to poop in his bed.

I just think it's so hard to read their signals and communication because no one takes babies seriously, and you need to sit down and actually spend time paying close attention to the baby, not just try to shush him/her while trying to do something else. Plus, we're not very intuitive as a society...we've all become quite dense and oblivious to other people's feelings, even when they can talk and spell things out. Now that I'm paying attention, I can see all kinds of little attempted communications from Julian. I can already tell when he wants me to pay attention to him, when he doesn't like someone, when he wants to be in a different position, when he's bored, hungry, tired, angry. This potty training thing has opened my eyes to a whole new set of signals from him that I was totally missing before.

It's funny, I thought he would just be a little blob for the first six months, because that's what I've heard from everyone, but he's so *not* blobby, he's a real little person with a real personality and preferences and an ability to communicate with me if I would just pay attention to him and try to clue in. Are all babies like this?