Potty Training Day 1

Knock on wood, we are having some potty success! I started this morning at 9 a.m. after breakfast and some playtime and had him teach his “potty monkey”  how to use the potty , had the monkey throw his diaper away and put on his underwear and tell him we like dry pants. Over the last couple weeks he has already learned all the steps to going (pull down own pants, sit for a minute or 2, pull up pants, open big toilet, dump pee from potty chair into big toilet, flush, wash hands, get sticker and M’Ms!) and had peed on the potty lots of times so that part was actually easy.

So today was the big day where I said the diapers are going in the garbage and we’re putting on big boy underwear. I bought some of those training pants from Babies R Us. They are a little thicker than regular briefs, but he’s been wearing the briefs today too. He had about 4-5 accidents within the first hour to hour and a half  I think, but then once I started reminding him and getting him to sit on the potty every 10-15 minutes, he hasn’t had any accidents. The hard part for him is telling me or actually going to the potty without being asked. There were actually a couple times where he initiated going potty (we were already in there and I wanted him to teach the monkey) so I think that is progress! I have been praising him a lot and giving him plenty of juice and water to giving him opportunities to go. Here’s some more TMI for you…The last time he went he was sitting there for a while, which is unusual for him and once he stood up I realized he had pooped, but it was still hanging off of him! Ha! I was really excited because he’s actually able to sit and do poo-poo on the potty too.  

He went pee again before and after lunch and now it’s naptime. I decided to put a Pull-Up over his underwear for nap. He can’t be trusted yet! We are actually going out tonight to the pumpkin patch so we’ll see how this goes. I am going to keep telling and reminding him to go and hopefully he does OK. I know this is going to take time, but I hope he can slowly progress.

Just like swim class, he seems to be really proud of himself and realizes I am proud of him with my constant excitement and praise, etc. A whole morning of potty talk and training was A LOT, but Potty Training Day 1 I will check off as a success! Yay Andrew!

Sorry Andrew, I couldn't resist!