AKA, Potty Training.
I was hesitant to mention it so soon, in case this ends up to be the never ending, on and off again process, but I feel like we are making total progress, and we're only on day #3 of being really serious about this. We kind of started it last week, but this week we have buckled down.
You may remember that we introduced the concept to Stone just before his 2nd birthday (July). He was very excited for his Lighting McQueen underware, his Elmo Potty Poster (courtesy of my artistic husband), his Thomas the Train potty cover, his little step, and of course potty prizes. The novelty wore off quickly, he lost interest, and so we backed off. I didn't want it to be a year long process, and I was told by so many people, that you really have to wait until they are ready.
So we backed off, and have just talked A LOT about it since then, and have watched Elmo Potty Time many times. I think {!hope!} it has kind of paid off.
What made us decide to go into this full force, finally? Probably the fact that he was beginning to say, "poopy diaper, mommy. come on. follow me." I think the final straw was last week at the gym, when one of the Kid's Club girls came out to get me, and said, "he has a poopy diaper, and won't let us change him. He says, "Mommy do it at HOME!"
I think it was that day, that I decided our communication is strong enough to pull this thing off, and to just jump in and DO IT.
So here we are, day #3. MANY successful trips to the potty, a couple pairs of wet undies, a trip to the dollar store, and many fruit snacks. Oh, and did I say how much patience you need for this?
I will keep you posted.
7 comments:
YIPPEE for Stone...and mommy and daddy! It seems like for work for a little while, and then...BAM, it's done! Hang in there!
Wow look at how long his hair is! Oh man it is so nice when they get it. I love it the most, but I think it was the hardest thing to teach him. Now if I could get Grace done in the next few months! HAAH
Best of luck!! Potty training terrifies me :)
that pic was actually taken before his recent haircut. so his hair is much shorter now!
patience is the key...Kyle still wears pullups all the time cause as soon as we put him in undies is when the accidents start. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Sounds like Stone's getting it pretty fast, though-good luck!
how fun!
GOOD LUCK!!
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