Leading up to the Big Day: We have been working up to potty training for a couple of weeks by talking about the potty and being a big boy. Earlier in the week, I took Kason to pick out his big boy underwear. We bought a whopping 17 pairs. I did buy two sets in a bigger size, though, so he has a little wiggle room to grow. He chose Toy Story, Thomas, and Mickey. We purchased two potties, a step stool, and a piddle pad for the car. The house is ready, but are mommy and daddy?
Saturday Morning: We're off to the races! We began the morning by ditching all of our diapers. Well, we didn't actually ditch them...we do have another baby to put in these diapers someday...but, Kason thinks we did and that's what's important. Then, we put on our big boy underwear (and, mommy her big girl panties). Kason chose Buzz, of course. We explained how to keep Buzz dry and to tell mommy and daddy if he had to go potty. I think we repeated that statement every 10 seconds for the rest of the day.
He actually managed to keep Buzz dry for quite a while and then, the first accident happened. We scooped him up and raced him to the bathroom to sit him on the potty. He was having nothing to do with peeing on the potty, though. After a dry pair of undies, we again explained to keep them dry, blah blah blah. Accident #2 starts, we scoop him up and sit him on the potty. He is like a faucet, though, and can shut it off whenever he feels like it. So, he refuses to finish on the potty. Underwear#3...accident #3. Underwear#4...accident#4. Underwear#5...accident#5. At this point, we had the rest of his undies in the wash (we forgot to wash them beforehand), and ran out of undies. So, he spent some time naked. Naked time = accident #6 and #7. Back in undies = accident #8. Nap time = HALLELUJAH! What were thinking?!
We have decided to go against the book and use pull-ups for naps and night. We explain to him that these are nap and night time underwear and not diapers, but we feel night time training will come in its own time when he is physiologically ready. Thus, we're not pushing it.
Thankfully, after the nap, things began to change. After a few times of near accidents, Kason finally finishes on the potty. He loved the attention (and peanut butter M&Ms) and was so proud. He begins telling us when he has to pee and poop (remember, we are still reminding him to tell us every few minutes, though). He had 6-7 successes and only one semi-accident after nap time and we consider that a huge improvement. He did tell us several times he had to poop, and his stinky gas led us to believe he really did, but he got potty fright every time. So, no poop today. Hopefully, we will have a success in that area tomorrow.
All in all, today was a good day. Kason got all of his favorite food and drinks and absolutely loved us being at his side all day. We all had a blast playing together. Hopefully, he will become more potty independent in the next few days, telling us without prompting and maybe even go on his own. We'll see...
The potty training outfit: cowboy hat, t-shirt, and undies.
Emily cheering on her big brother!
Stay tuned for day#2 tomorrow....
1 comment:
Sounds like good progress! Yay, Kason for being a big boy!! :)
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