***Caution, this post discusses some aspects of potty training.***
Do you remember when I last talked about potty training? Yeah, it was in April. Why no news since April? Because for the last 6 or 7 months we have been attempting the whole potty training thing. Basically I felt like I was banging my head against a wall. Nothing worked.
Then miraculously, on Saturday night James said "Mommy can I sit on the potty?" I almost peed MY pants. Now that would have been counter productive. Anyway, since then James has been diaper free. That's right, no more diapers for James. We even braved church last Sunday without the pull-ups. He stays dry all the time. It makes me question, why did we start back in April? Oh right, because it felt like EVERYONE his age was already potty trained. We should have waited.
Now don't get fooled, we are still "potty training". I'll spare you the details, but there is still something he won't do on the potty. BUT, he also won't do in public. Enough said.
And to show how different my children are, guess who got the "potty prize" last week for doing something unmentionable.
Do you remember when I last talked about potty training? Yeah, it was in April. Why no news since April? Because for the last 6 or 7 months we have been attempting the whole potty training thing. Basically I felt like I was banging my head against a wall. Nothing worked.
Then miraculously, on Saturday night James said "Mommy can I sit on the potty?" I almost peed MY pants. Now that would have been counter productive. Anyway, since then James has been diaper free. That's right, no more diapers for James. We even braved church last Sunday without the pull-ups. He stays dry all the time. It makes me question, why did we start back in April? Oh right, because it felt like EVERYONE his age was already potty trained. We should have waited.
Now don't get fooled, we are still "potty training". I'll spare you the details, but there is still something he won't do on the potty. BUT, he also won't do in public. Enough said.
Yes, it was Luke. He knew all about the prize. He heard me explaining it to James. So one night he said "potty", something he does a lot with a 25% success rate. But, last Thursday he did something James refuses to do and got the prize. I was not expecting that to happen.
My children are so different. And I love them so much!
My children are so different. And I love them so much!
3 comments:
I was dying laughing at the "counter productive" mention.
YAY James. Even more, hooray that poor Mommy is almost done with the horrid thing that is potty training.
And YEAH for Luke, who sounds like he might end up being a little easier to train! I love this post, because we've been "casually" potty training forever too! If she does, great, if not, no big deal. Some of my friends here say that she'll never be potty trained unless we put more pressure on her. From what I hear though, often it's like how James did, when they are ready, they will all but train themselves.
Luke was so proud of the prize he won for being the first to ------ and Luke sure loves the potty training books. James is very cute using his laptop (a vtech toy) while he sits on the potty. I really thought Luke might be the first one potty trained but James is doing a fantastic job now. Yeah Paige, you have passed another milestone.
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