Owen pooped in the toilet today!  Now before you start thinking that I have an amazing baby that is potty trained at 9 months let me tell you the whole story.

I have been bathing Owen in the sink since he was born.  We have a little sling that fits great in a single basin sink and it worked great for bathing him.  But since we moved into our house I have been putting Owen in his bathtub and he loves it!

Now to the story.  So every time I put Owen in the bathtub he poops.  I don’t know what it is but without fail every time.  So this morning I put him in the bathtub with all of his bath toys.  I washed his face and cleaned his gums and tooth.  I was just about to start washing him and he started making the noises.  You parents know what I’m talking about, the noises and the face that indicate that your child is pooping his pants.  So to try and avoid having to get Owen out of the tub, cleaning it, and then getting him back in again, I grabbed him and put him on the toilet.  Unfortunately I didn’t move as fast as I thought I had and some still got in the tub.  I yelled to Bernd to come help me and he came in and found his little 9 month old son sitting on the toilet pooping!

Makes for a funny story, but seriously someone please help me.  What can I do to avoid this bathtub pooping?  I’m begging you all for your parenting tricks.

P.S. Why is it that every time Owen wears his pink shirt people call him a girl?  Yes I realize that pink is generally a girl color but the shirt is clearly male and so is Owen.

We moved in to our new house last weekend!  Our house hunting story is long (and probably boring to all of you) but we finally found the right house.  We have some painting to do so we don’t have everything all set up yet.  But we are pretty much done unpacking.

Owen is loving all the room he has to play.  He loves climbing up the stairs and walking all around the house.  He has also loved pushing boxes and toys all over the house.

It’s good to be home!

Owen had his 9 month doctors appointment today.  Our little guy is getting so big.  Here are his current stats.

Height: 29 in 75%

Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz 25%

Head: 46 cm 75%

The doctor said that Owen is a very health, happy baby.  She thinks he is doing great and was very impressed that he was walking around.  Owen’s tear duct is still blocked so the doctor referred us to the eye clinic at Primary Children’s Medical Center.  She said we could wait a little longer to take him but at this point it’s not likely that it will open on it’s own.

Owen has also cut his first tooth.  He handled it pretty well except he hasn’t been sleeping very good which makes for long nights for Mom and Dad.