-a nothing but undi's weekend (plus clothing of course, especially if it's cold out!)
-not to be lazy, because if we are- the kid will be too
-do NOT get frustrated or give up
Things we seem to have done right:
-pee pee/poopy pills (otherwise known as M&M's)
-cool undi's
-being excited and happy and allowing all the bragging about "peening" in the potty he wants, which included calls to Nana & Poppy and Grandma & Grandpa
-incentives or... bribery, whatever you decide to call it!
-PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE, LOVE, frequent trips to the potty...even out at the store. Which may include crouching in uncomfortable positions while holding your pooping child because they're scared they're going to fall in!
-bringing a few changes of clothing/undi's (or Pull-ups) at all times
-acknowledging there WILL be accidents and that's it's OK. It's a learning experience.
It's quite a trip this Potty Training business. At least it has been for us. We started this when? Oh yah...August! Ugh... It's really mostly our fault I realize, but we're new at this whole parenthood thing and toddler-hood big boy thing. We have a boatload of excuses; work, laziness, work, laziness.... you know. But two weekends ago I just decided it was time. Time to stop fooling around and getting frustrated with Ben because he didn't tell us that he needed to potty and did AFTER he went or not at all. Time to stop paying for Pull-ups. Time to get this big boy of ours in undi's. So... that's what we did. Put him in undi's pretty much the whole weekend. He did pretty good. Had a couple accidents, but soon realized he didn't like how he felt. And even though taking a kid to the potty A MILLION times at Old Navy or Chipotle isn't the funnest thing in the world, it's okay... because he can now tell us, or any adult around him that he needs to pee. He likes to pull down his own pants and undi's down and find a way on the potty, he screams with joy EVERY.TIME.HE.PEES "mommy! I peening!" He loves his pee pee pills, which are NOT M&M's even though we told him they are. He says "no... they not N&M's, they pee pee pills."
Tonight we went to eat at the Zaxby's by our house, which is in the same shopping center as a Home Depot. We were driving around a little and Ben said "I need to go pee!" so he and I quickly got out of the car and went in to Home Depot. I put the toilet seat cover down, he pulled his pants down, I sat him on the toilet... he waited... and then said to me with a cute little look on his face "no pee!!" ugh... all I could do was laugh at that silly face. I said "give it a try... maybe it's still there." and he looked down, then back up and with another silly "O" face said "no, no, no! No pee!" So instead... I went! haha
We've been putting Pull-ups on him for bed, but for the last week he's woken up dry every morning! I want to make sure we've got the daytime stuff down before we go to night time, but we're going to get a mattress cover soon.
*sigh*... wiping my brow... *phew*
Ryan said... "You know, we're going to have to do this ALL OVER AGAIN when we have to teach how to stand and pee" I told him that was HIS job and to let him just go out in the backyard during the Summer to learn!
For all the grief we've been through... I have a little blackmail.
My little Pooping Rockstar
My little Pooping Rockstar
