Are we potty training?
I think we might be potty training. I'm not really sure. The first attempt went pretty well but Marcus quickly lost interest in continuing on that path. The attempt had me completely exhausted so I really didn't try to pursuade him to stay on track. We just went back to him sitting on the potty a couple times a day and then strapping his diaper back on.
Last week there were two evenings when Marcus spotted his big boy underwear in his drawer and decided he wanted to wear them. Off came the diaper and on went the underwear. Each evening we took him to the potty periodically but after about an hour I heard shreiks of, "Oh no! Potty!!" The first time he cried, completely shocked by the pee pee going down his leg. I thought he was scarred for life. Apparently not since the next night he was all about the underwear again. We cleaned up the accident together and talked about putting his pee pee in the potty. I gave him a choice of what sort of undergarment he wanted on after we took his wet underwear off and both times he chose something other than the underwear. (Can't remember now if it was a pull-up or diaper or what.)
This morning he spotted his choo choo underwear and was all about wearing them. I was all about encouraging him. We made a deal. He wasn't allowed on the couches and he had to go to the potty every 15 minutes and he could wear his choo choo underwear. He put his choo choo underwear on at about 8:15 this morning and around 11:30 I changed him out of them because they were a little damp. He did awesome! I am not sure if the dampness was a real accident, obviously not one big enough to cause pee pee to run down his leg. It might have even happened when I caught him doing something he wasn't supposed to and yelled at him.
We even headed outside to play in his big boy underwear. He was very proud to show them off.
The best thing about wearing no diaper and no pants, is that you are no longer weighted down. Look how high Marcus could jump!
We took our potty outside so Marcus wouldn't have to stop playing and go in to do his thing. He showed off his awesome big brother skills and demonstrated to Will just what to do.
Will was mildly interested, until I turned on the bubble machine.
Last week there were two evenings when Marcus spotted his big boy underwear in his drawer and decided he wanted to wear them. Off came the diaper and on went the underwear. Each evening we took him to the potty periodically but after about an hour I heard shreiks of, "Oh no! Potty!!" The first time he cried, completely shocked by the pee pee going down his leg. I thought he was scarred for life. Apparently not since the next night he was all about the underwear again. We cleaned up the accident together and talked about putting his pee pee in the potty. I gave him a choice of what sort of undergarment he wanted on after we took his wet underwear off and both times he chose something other than the underwear. (Can't remember now if it was a pull-up or diaper or what.)
This morning he spotted his choo choo underwear and was all about wearing them. I was all about encouraging him. We made a deal. He wasn't allowed on the couches and he had to go to the potty every 15 minutes and he could wear his choo choo underwear. He put his choo choo underwear on at about 8:15 this morning and around 11:30 I changed him out of them because they were a little damp. He did awesome! I am not sure if the dampness was a real accident, obviously not one big enough to cause pee pee to run down his leg. It might have even happened when I caught him doing something he wasn't supposed to and yelled at him.
We even headed outside to play in his big boy underwear. He was very proud to show them off.
The best thing about wearing no diaper and no pants, is that you are no longer weighted down. Look how high Marcus could jump!
We took our potty outside so Marcus wouldn't have to stop playing and go in to do his thing. He showed off his awesome big brother skills and demonstrated to Will just what to do.
Will was mildly interested, until I turned on the bubble machine.
posted by Annie and Greg @ 12:35 PM
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2 Comments:
I can't wait for Marcus to be all grown and his friends google his name on the internet and find those pictures of him using the potty in the back yard. You know, if the internet and google are not like records and record players to them.
Keep up the good work Marcus!! You look great in those big boy underwear. Awesome jump too!!
Gail
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