In the Trenches

I have had at least one child in diapers for over 10 years now.  I'm more than ready for this particular phase of life to be over.  Little Guy starts preschool in a couple of weeks and potty training is required for attendance.  I tried over Christmas, and he basically just laughed at me.  It didn't go well.  This time around I was really hoping it would stick.  He was already peeing in the toilet at night before bath time, so I knew he had the ability.  It made it so much easier this time, because he could already pee on command.  It was just a matter of learning to recognize when he needed to go.

I've kept him upstairs away from the basement, because that's where he likes to run and hide to do his business.  We've read a lot of books and played a lot of Planes.  He had 3 accidents the first day, but he was also regularly peeing in the toilet.  Day 2 was amazing and he only had one accident.  He was also telling me when he needed to pee.  My main concern is that there hadn't been any movement of #2 either days.  He finally achieved #2 in the toilet Day 3 with no peeing accidents, but then at the very end of the day he was running around playing with BB and pooped in his pants.  Sigh.  He's still doing way better than any of my other kids at this point, because he's even been waking up from his naps dry and we've gone multiple places with no accidents.  I think I am finally on my way to a diaper-less household, and I'm getting excited!  His reward chart only needs 2 more stickers now, and he's pretty excited.  He has asked for his own soccer ball.