Potty Training....

Well monday July 13th we started potty training. For a long time Caleb has been showing signs of being ready to potty train. He is very aware of what he is doing, so we decided to give it a shot and see what happens. After reading lots of books, internet articles and this take on potty training http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ I decided to take the plunge!

So, Monday morning we got up and got ready and headed to wal mart for some supplies, juice, stickers for prizes, big boy undies (thomas the train undies and others), fun soap for Caleb, flushable wipes, carpet cleaner and pull ups. Then we headed to the library and I let Caleb pick out a few books then I picked out some that had to do with potty training. We came home and had lunch then it was nap time. When he woke up it was time to begin (I read it was good to start after a nap so neither I nor him was totally wore out). We put the big boy undies on and off we went, cold turkey so to speak. I kept giving him LOTS of liquids so he had many opportunites to succeed. By the end of the night we had a few half successes, where he started to go then he would fininsh in the potty and we went through 11 of the 12 pair of underwear. We went to the potty to 'try' every 15 minutes or so, I was worn out, and so was Caleb, he slept till 8:30 the next morning! When he got up it was straight to the potty and off we went to start day two. His favorite part was not putting the cool animal sticker on the chart, it was washing his hands! He loves to play in the water and the little monkey that he is, he can climb up on top of the vanity and do it all alone!

Day two we went through 10 pair of undies all day...by the end of the day it was starting to 'click' with him and he would come and stand right in front of you and just stare, I would say do you need to go potty and off he would run to the potty! Hes a quick learner and he was starting to get it. We stayed home from Monday all the way till thursday afternoon when it was time for swim lessons. He ONLY wore underwear except for nap and bed time, this allowed me to be able to tell when he was going or ready to go and he didnt have the crutch of the pull up, which is very similar to a diaper just alot more expensive. Wednesday and Thursday went well with an accident here or there but mostly successful.

Friday was day 5 and we went to lunch with my parents who had come to visit and let us play with a 4 month old foster baby they had. So we headed to lunch and had put Caleb in a pull up just in case. We went, ate and came home and he stayed dry the whole hour and a half! We were so proud, later that night we were meeting Brandons parents for dinner because it was his moms birthday, we drove to Shawnee and ate at Hamburger King and when we got done eating Caleb was still dry so I thought I would try and take him to the big potty and see what happened...and success! He sat up there like a big boy and went pee pee. This was his first experience with a big potty, he did great!

He is still having accidents every now and then but for the most part he is going 100% in the potty. Doing number two however is a little harder but he is getting the hang of that too. We went to run an errand on Wednesday and I didnt even put a pull up on him, no accidents, we just go to potty wherever we go and he always goes! Hes a little trooper! He has went several days where he hasnt had any accidents, so for a not even two year old I think hes doing great! And I think he looks too cute in his "big boy pants"!!