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Sam loves his big brother. He follows Ben around the house, he wants what ever toy Ben has, he laughs when Ben laughs and cries when Ben cries. He spends most of his day driving Ben crazy, which I guess is exactly what his job is as little brother. About a month ago, Sam even started following Ben to time out. When ever Ben is sent to the time out spot, Sam follows him, sits down next to him and waits until Ben can get up. We've tried to take Sam out of the room, distract him or just tell him no, but he finds his way back to Ben. Most of the time, he'll sit there quietly and let Ben serve his time, but every now and then he likes to take a few jabs and really annoy his big brother. Last night was one of those times:

This morning at play group:

We had a break through with Ben last night. When we restarted our potty training effort, we would ask Ben every 30minutes if he had to go potty. He would always say no and we would always make him go anyway. A couple days ago I decided to test him and see if he would tell us if he had to go. He never said a word, but he wasn't having accidents either. I kept letting him go and he kept his underwear clean. The boy definitely did not get the Purdum bladder--you can thank me later Ben! Finally last night, he looked at us and said the magic words, "dad, I have to go pee pee." And he did, in the potty. Of course today, the mega bladder was back in place and he held it from 9am until nap time at 1:30pm. We're just going to keep waiting to hear those magic words again!