MY SON ROCKS! If i have not made that clear, let me state the fact now. HE ROCKS! We have been full on potty training since Monday morning and he has done AWESOME! On Sunday, we played in our big boy pants and got a taste of what Monday and the rest of training was going to be like, but we really count Monday as his start date. I took him to daycare (yes, i am not training him alone. I have help from Kim - WHO IS AMAZING). Immediately upon dropping him off, he was in big boy pants.... here is his training score card (as i like to call it).
Monday - Made it to the potty the first time, got a little side tracked on the second one and "dribbled" in his pants. Diaper on for nap (which is when he goes #2 now) and then 2 more potty successes. Put a diaper on him for the ride home, which he messed and then went potty twice that evening. Diaper on for bed, which he messed.
Tuesday - Made it to the potty first thing in the morning (messed his night time diaper, but i was expecting that) and then made it to the potty each time during the day, except for nap time but the diaper was on. Once home, he went potty again and then dribbled on my floor for his second pee pee of the evening, but stopped and finished on his potty. To me, we made huge improvements because he had learned to stop and wait till he was sitting on the potty. We put another diaper on him for sleeping.
Wednesday - Messed his diaper and did not do a morning pee pee in the potty. Pee Peed all day, in the potty, and made no accidents. Diaper was on during nap time again. Once home, we went pee pee in the potty and then we went outside to play. We were outside for a while and he told me he pee peed. I thought it was in his pants because of the way he said it. We slowly walked in from the backyard, slowly walked in to the house, and eventually made it to the potty. The whole time telling him that he needed to let mommy know when he needs to go and so on. Poor thing was probably freaking out because he had not got yet. He did have 1 tiny drop on his underwear which he thought was him messing his pants. I sat him down on the potty and surprise..... he held it that whole time till we got to the potty. I was one proud mommy! He continued to rock the potty training for the rest of the evening. He slept in a diaper again.
Thursday (today) - This morning, I was in the shower and when I got out I heard LOUD screaming, high pitched which normaly means pain, and immediately thought that he decided to use this morning as the morning to try climbing out of his crib. I had bad visions when i ran towards his room but when i entered, he was standing in his crib saying that he needed to go potty. Poor thing. I am not sure how long he was crying because he is never awake when i shower in the mornings, but the important thing is that he held it. As soon as i put him on his potty, he started going and had a smile on his face that i know was from relief. He was so proud of himself and so was his mommy. Oh and his diaper was DRY!!!!!
All in all, training is going better than i could have ever imagined. Seriously, i have heard so many horror stories of people trying and trying and their children not getting it or really caring less about the whole potty concept. Harlen has picked it up amazingly and seems to really like it. He gets SO excited and proud of himself and it melts my heart every. single. time.
Until next time...... i will be handing out m&m's, doing potty dances and praising my son for his deposits to the potty bank.
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