potty training and sick boys

About a month ago Matthew woke up and requested to go potty. He went, then requested underwear. I called Paul and asked was he ready for potty training. He said "Let's do it." So the first two days I thought I had made a mistake, and we weren't getting anywhere. Lots of accidents and could not hold it longer than 15 minutes. Day 3 was like night and day. He would go several hours in between. I went cold turkey with no diapers. He only wore underwear except for naps and nighttime. We even managed to get out of the house too. We did have a few accidents but overall, he did great! Matthew always seems to impress us. He catches on to things really fast. Now a month later, he is still doing great! We usually have about 1 accident a day, but I am ok with that. He even will go to the little potty by himself sometimes if I am in kitchen cooking or taking care of Thomas. We are very proud of him.
We are trying to get our boys well. Thomas has been battling a cold and ear infections off and on for the past month. We have even been to ENT, and he didn't recommend tubes yet...Hopefully now that the weather is warmer, we can get him better. I feel like we have been stuck at home way too much! Matthew has gotten a staph infection on his thumb :( I have been a crazy person trying to treat it. Staph scares me because it can get bad fast. We are going back to dr today to see what he says. It looks much better, but I just need to hear it from him. I have been making him wear a glove on his hand because a bandaid just does not stay on a 2 yr olds thumb! The only gloves I could find this time of yr in his size were pink...hot pink and light pink. So yes, my little boy has been wearing pink gloves. Luckily, he doesn't seem to mind. I took Matthew to his first movie, The Lorax, Sunday. He did really well. Yes, I made him wear the glove.haha
Always exciting at the Williston house!