Absolutely Delightful

So, our two-and-three-quarter year old is basically now potty-trained. It took a lot of M&M’s. Actually, he did very well and it was way easier than I thought. I am so proud of him! He would get one M&M if he went pee when we asked him and two M&M’s if he told us he had to go pee. Also, two M&M’s for poop (which was more difficult than pee but now he’s got it). Fortunately I found the achilles heel for my son to want to listen to us and get potty-trained. Unfortunately, peanut M&M’s are also my achilles heel. I love them and could eat a whole jumbo bag. I also have not much will-power so I ate a lot of M&M’s during potty-training. I finally smartened up and figured out a way that I would stay away from them. Not from sheer will-power but from my weird OCD tendencies, so I let my son put his hands in and pick out his own M&M’s, thereby rendering the remaining M&M’s in the jar thoroughly fingered by semi-wet newly washed toddler fingers and all mottled, which made them loose their appeal for me. I do like the shiny candy shell – it’s purdy.