It's that time again. Potty training. One of those times that no one ever told you about before you had kids. We are persevering though. I tried it with Tolan a few months ago & it went about as I expected it to. He did ok, but after a couple days it was screaming, kicking, tantrum, "I don't want to go to the potty!" So we let it go. I knew that Tolan & his personality would not use the potty until he wanted to do it. I knew he COULD do it. He just didn't WANT to. So I let it go & waited. I thought I would be changing his diapers for forever.
I tried making a deal with him and Logan. (Logan still wears a diaper at night) If we get rid of ALL the diapers, we will move the toys up to their room and put up their bunk beds. Tolan didn't care. "I don't want bunk beds!" Alright, I guess I'll wait a little longer. But I got sick of the tornado of toys and moved all the toys up to their room anyway. Right around the same time that I moved the toys upstairs they played at a friend's house. All of a sudden Tolan wanted to use the potty and wear underwear. He really wanted to & was doing it all by himself! He was asking if we could put up the bunk beds yet. I didn't get why all of a sudden he wanted to do it b/c a few days earlier he couldn't have cared less about the bunk beds. Then he said it in passing one day, something about Ryder's bunkbeds..... and that was it! He had been at his friend's house and seen HIS bunk beds & now he wanted them too. Following the crowd is great at 3, but maybe not so much when he's a teenager! I'll take it for now though!
So he has been doing really great. He's been going all on his own. One day we went up to my parents' house, which is an hour drive, and stayed there all day & went to a restaurant for dinner. He had absolutely insisted on wearing underpants that day & I thought we were going to have wet pants b/c there is no little potty at my parents or at a restaurant or on a long drive in the car. He stayed dry all day! He used the bathroom at my parents' and the restaurant. So those were both HUGE steps! I thought we had it made. But no. The next day he wet his pants like twice and pooped in them once. Oh well. We are back on track though. He even wore his underpants to church yesterday and kept them dry. We did take him to the bathroom seven times during church.....he went about 5 drops each time, but he told us he needed to go, he told his teacher he needed to go & he stayed dry so I don't care how many times we had to take him. We are still "training," but we've made REAL progress!
No bunk beds yet though. He has to keep them dry 7 days in a row and Logan needs to get on board with his nighttime diaper.
