Baby milestones

I already think of X as being 2, even though he has a few weeks to go.

Talking: X is starting to surprise me with the things he says and understands. He's even getting to the point where other people can understand what he says. Despite his increasingly clear speech, he consistently refers to Big Bird as "Boot doot."

Potty: He'll use it if he is in the vicinity, which I'm pretty sure is more than K was doing at this age. But he keeps wanting to go back and sit on it again, so he'll go at least three and up to a dozen rounds, which gets messy.

Binky: We always used the word "pacifier" until X brought "binky" into our vocabulary. Anyway, X has just had his first week binky-free. He was biting right through them. I brought a new one to school and within a day, he had bitten holes in it. I Googled "toddler biting pacifier" and everyone said it's time to wean. At first I panicked and bought a bunch of new ones, because I really didn't want to take them away. He loves them so much. But then JW realized he was biting through them and brought me to my senses. I don't want him to choke on a bitten-off piece of plastic. He still keeps requesting, "Binky, binky," and I tell him, "You bit them, and now they have holes and they're broken," and he nods and says "Bite, holes." He's been crying for a few minutes when we put him to bed and first thing in the morning, but mostly he's okay.