He slept a good bit today. I awoke at 9 am, wondering why I hadn't heard anything from his room, and so we went to check. He was lying there, quietly playing with his Froggy, and he was happy to get up when we went in there (nearly 14 hours after he went to bed). His Daddy fixed him a nice breakfast and played with him some, and then I got up and played with him as well. He acted sleepy again around 11, so I asked him if he wanted to nap, and he voluntarily got into his pod and snuggled in. Still a little sleepy myself from staying up too late last night, I napped, too, and was surprised when David came in to say he had to leave for his appointment--I had napped nearly 2 hours, and Dennis had been down that long as well. He was happy to wake up and have lunch, and we played and played while David was gone. Around 3, I thought it was probably time to change the diaper, so I got out the supplies and realized that Dennis only had 1 diaper left in his bag. Scary. But David was going by the house and was due back within a short time, so I put that diaper on him and then called for backup. Dennis promptly pooped in the last diaper and it was FOUL, and after 10 minutes I couldn't stand it anymore. Just then David called and said he had to go show a rental house and would be delayed. Having just removed the poopy diaper, I was in a bit of a panic. I thought he could just run around diaper free for 10 minutes or so, and all would be fine.
This was not the case. I put him outside on the porch for a second while I went to gather some toys for us to play with out there, and when I walked out 10 seconds later, he had peed on the outside of the door and on the porch, a fairly large puddle that I promptly attacked with the hose. I thought we were safe to come inside then since the puddle was so large, and surely David would be back very soon. So we came in and I blocked off the vents on the floor (just in case) and watched him play. Moments later I noticed 2 droplets on the lower rung of his rocking chair and moved it to discover wet carpet underneath. I soaked it up with paper towels and cleaned the carpet and took Dennis into the bathroom to sit on the toilet and talk about pee pee. Nothing happened, and so we came back out and played more, and after a minute, I worried about it so wrapped his lower half in a towel and held him on my lap. After 2 minutes, I felt the towel growing warm and wet and so rotated it around to cover him (and protect myself) with a dry part of the towel. Just then, David had arrived with the diapers and I begged him to quickly diaper Mr. Hose, which he did. While he was lifting him from my lap and covering him with a diaper, I looked down and noticed what I'd missed before. The box that his Elmo sprinkler came in had a large puddle on top of it and there was another puddle on the blocks in his box, all of which we quickly cleaned and disinfected. We were horrified at the volume and speed with which he marked all this territory. He peed at least 4 times in a 20 minute time period. I suppose I should be glad he's so well hydrated. I had thought we'd take the time and work on potty training, but he's way too prolific for that to occur yet!
He was ready to nap when he got the new diaper on, and he was headed for another 2 hour nap easily. When we were cooking supper, I decided to wake him up so that he'd be awake when the food was ready and so he'd have time to play before bed. After the meal we played for a while on the screened porch and he picked up the end of the hose and stuck it in the watering can like he'd seen me do yesterday. And then he took the two can citronella candles and stacked them in various configurations before grabbing the lighter off the table and bringing it to me. Scary that his reach has gotten long enough that he can get dangerous things off the table now, but fortunately he wanted to share his find with me! We came inside to get ready to go to bed while David was doing a bit of laundry, and as soon as the dryer was empty (it had not been on, so wasn't warm at all), Dennis climbed into it and closed the door! We watched in shock and then quickly grabbed the camera. David got him out of the dryer and he turned right around and got back in. He is not able to open it when it's closed yet, so I am not overly worried about losing him in the dryer. He IS able to open it from the inside when it's closed, though, as he aptly demonstrated once he closed it and we asked "Where's Dennis?" so that he'd play peek-a-boo with us.
He wasn't awake for long periods of time today, but I think he well utilized his alert hours. I hope we don't EVER run out of on-hand diapers again. And we're going to have to padlock our dryer, I suppose.
This was not the case. I put him outside on the porch for a second while I went to gather some toys for us to play with out there, and when I walked out 10 seconds later, he had peed on the outside of the door and on the porch, a fairly large puddle that I promptly attacked with the hose. I thought we were safe to come inside then since the puddle was so large, and surely David would be back very soon. So we came in and I blocked off the vents on the floor (just in case) and watched him play. Moments later I noticed 2 droplets on the lower rung of his rocking chair and moved it to discover wet carpet underneath. I soaked it up with paper towels and cleaned the carpet and took Dennis into the bathroom to sit on the toilet and talk about pee pee. Nothing happened, and so we came back out and played more, and after a minute, I worried about it so wrapped his lower half in a towel and held him on my lap. After 2 minutes, I felt the towel growing warm and wet and so rotated it around to cover him (and protect myself) with a dry part of the towel. Just then, David had arrived with the diapers and I begged him to quickly diaper Mr. Hose, which he did. While he was lifting him from my lap and covering him with a diaper, I looked down and noticed what I'd missed before. The box that his Elmo sprinkler came in had a large puddle on top of it and there was another puddle on the blocks in his box, all of which we quickly cleaned and disinfected. We were horrified at the volume and speed with which he marked all this territory. He peed at least 4 times in a 20 minute time period. I suppose I should be glad he's so well hydrated. I had thought we'd take the time and work on potty training, but he's way too prolific for that to occur yet!
He was ready to nap when he got the new diaper on, and he was headed for another 2 hour nap easily. When we were cooking supper, I decided to wake him up so that he'd be awake when the food was ready and so he'd have time to play before bed. After the meal we played for a while on the screened porch and he picked up the end of the hose and stuck it in the watering can like he'd seen me do yesterday. And then he took the two can citronella candles and stacked them in various configurations before grabbing the lighter off the table and bringing it to me. Scary that his reach has gotten long enough that he can get dangerous things off the table now, but fortunately he wanted to share his find with me! We came inside to get ready to go to bed while David was doing a bit of laundry, and as soon as the dryer was empty (it had not been on, so wasn't warm at all), Dennis climbed into it and closed the door! We watched in shock and then quickly grabbed the camera. David got him out of the dryer and he turned right around and got back in. He is not able to open it when it's closed yet, so I am not overly worried about losing him in the dryer. He IS able to open it from the inside when it's closed, though, as he aptly demonstrated once he closed it and we asked "Where's Dennis?" so that he'd play peek-a-boo with us.
He wasn't awake for long periods of time today, but I think he well utilized his alert hours. I hope we don't EVER run out of on-hand diapers again. And we're going to have to padlock our dryer, I suppose.
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