Potty Training

 

A couple weeks ago, we decided to try potty training.  We were going to have our first entire week at home all summer, and it was now or never!

 Despite his adorable grin in this photo, the first day was horrible awful ugly tough!  He cried, I cried, he cried some more, I cried some more...  He would sit on the potty for quite a while and nothing.  Then, as soon as I would put his underwear or diaper back on, he would go!  Finally, at the end of the day, we had our first success!  Momma had been just about ready to throw in the towel, but we praised and rewarded him like it was his birthday or something, haha.

The next day, we decided to start with a clean slate.  We tried the "naked for a day" method.  He got to keep his shirt on because it's chilly in the house with the air on, but he was naked from waist down.  And he only had ONE accident the entire day!  Yay, Joshy!

 Enjoying one of many prizes from the prize basket.  He eats his M&M's just like me, hehe...by color!

 Since Day 2 of potty training, we have only had TWO accidents in two weeks!  What a big boy!

We went to Michigan this past weekend, and he stayed dry all the way there and all the way back (with intermittent potty stops, of course!).  So proud of our big boy!

 Watching Blue's Clues (one of the prizes he picked from the prize basket).  Look at that cute little bum!

 He looks so LONG to me in this photo!

For now, he still wears a diaper at nap time and bed time.  He wakes up dry most of the time, but I just don't quite trust him yet, LOL.  He has come so far in just two weeks, though!

 

SUCH a big boy!