Thursday, January 13, 2011

Toilet Training Tales

I know I just posted about Tanner and the potty, but this is just too good to pass up! Don't worry there are no embarrassing videos this time! But...

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

So today is day three of "hard-core" potty training, meaning we've gone pantsless since Tuesday, including our outings in public. And I admit last night I thought, "Why am I doing this? He's just barely two and I just don't think he's ready!"
Day one we had a few "hits" but that was mostly because he would sit on his potty while watching Mickey. I mean you'd go too if you sat there for so long! But, I chalked it up as him learning!
Day two, yesterday, we didn't make it to the potty at all! In fact, he didn't even like the potty. We also had multiple accidents! We went through four pairs of pants while we were out and about! Thus, last night I was thinking FORGET THIS!
But, I decided to persevere - they say it takes a 3 days to a week and we hadn't even made it that far yet! But just as I was tempted to say, my sweet toddler wasn't quite getting the whole potty thing...oh how they prove you wrong!
Today, we tried again, and when I saw him making a particular face I urged him to go to his potty! Much to my surprise, he went!!!! CHEERS! A Treat! A Potty dance!
Well, my little stinker was thrilled! He proceeded to then wee on the potty - 8 times in a row (in about 5 min.!) Why? He figured out how to force himself to go and kept on going little bits to win his "treat!" What do you do when you've promised the child a treat if he went on the potty? He was delighted! Each time he would gleefully jump up and announce, "Gucky!" (Yucky would be the translation) and ask for his treat. Thankfully, he didn't seem to realize the treats kept getting smaller as we broke them in half ;-)
We weren't quite accident free all day, but it's looking promising...
Who was it that said something to the effect give me an army of two year olds and I can take over the world?

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