Wanna know what I think is the best sound ever? Porter's pee going into the toilet. Yup. Pretty sure my son is potty trained. It happened like this...
The past few months, all of Porter's friends were being potty trained. Kids younger, kids older - they were all wearing underwear. I started stressing. I finally decided we would do it after Christmas. I waited an extra week and then went to the store for Porter to pick out his potty and underwear. He chose Thomas underwear and a Cars potty. We came home and I had this whole "plan" for the next day. He really really REALLY wanted to wear the underwear that very day. So I thought "Hey, why not, we'll try it." I put on his underwear and then had 5 hours of accident. He didn't go in the potty once and I was really frustrated by bedtime. I concluded he wasn't ready and I wasn't going to push it.
He was back in diapers the next day and he didn't even question it when I put it on. However, I started "scheming." We talked about peeing in the potty a lot over the next couple of weeks. We checked out books and movies from the library, admired his friends who wore underwear, and the list goes on and on. I bought this AWESOME train track with a parking garage. It was going to be the "potty trained award". Porter watched me buy it and kept asking for it. I told him that when he went in the potty, he could play with it.
And then Monday morning we started again. I'm telling you - it was like magic.
And then Monday morning we started again. I'm telling you - it was like magic.
He had 3 accidents in the morning and then was dry the rest of the day. He even pooped in the toilet! Everytime he went he got an M&M, a sticker for his chart AND he got to call someone to tell them. We're all about rewards in this house. At bedtime, I tried telling him he needed to wear a diaper to bed. He informed me that he did not wear diapers anymore, just underwear. So I put him to bed in his Thomas underwear. Twice in the middle of the night I went in to check him and he was dry.
About 6:45 Tuesday morning, James was getting ready for school and quickly woke me up, I sat up and looked into the bathroom. Porter was pulling down his pants, then climbed onto the toilet and peed!!!!! I'm not even kidding you. We got out the train track first thing that morning.
Porter is potty trained :)
Wahoo! That's great! Way to go Porter.
ReplyDeleteYay Porter!! Olivia has gone twice, both times while she waits for her bath to fill up. I didn't put her there, my mom did, mostly so she wouldn't pee on the floor. My mom wants to potty train her while she's here, but what if I can't keep it up once she's gone? And I don't know if I want my baby girl to grow up right now!
ReplyDeleteAnd will you please come visit? JK, I know its a loooong drive.
Oh. My. Gosh. I am already dreading the day i have to potty train. I hope it goes like this so bad. Goodness. Congrats! That is totally awesome!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is awesome. That seemed way too easy, but Porter is one smart boy. Potty training Paige will be a breezy.
ReplyDeleteMost excellent! April is potty training too!!! We don't have the through the night thing down yet - but otherwise we are good! Hooray! And you'll save so much money on diapers!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it the best!!!!! I LOVE having a potty trained kid. LOVE IT! And boys can stand up and pee which makes it even cooler :)
ReplyDeletenice job mommy! That's awesome!
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