Potty Training

Haylee was 2 years old and it was like a light switch for her.  One day she said that she wanted to go potty in the potty and there we were, she was in big girl panties and we didn't have any accidents....Carter is another story.  He is two and a half and has had no interest in big boy underwear and the potty.  He has been waking up from overnight sleep dry for a few months, and everyone that I have talked to would say, "oh, he's ready then".  Great, but how do you get a two and a half year old who doesn't want to tell you when he has to pee, to be potty trained?

I came across this blog post, that talked about potty training in one day.  After talking to Haylee's preschool teachers, I decided last weekend was going to be the weekend that I was going to potty train my son.  The day before we started, we went to the store and I let him pick out two different kinds of candy that he wanted, and 5 Matchbox cars.  The general thought is to take your child to the potty every 15 minutes.  We started on Saturday morning (a week ago) and I took him out of the diapers never to return (hopefully!).  I put out a timer and we were faithful.  Every 15 minutes we would go potty.  If he couldn't go, he got one piece of candy for trying.  If he went #1, he got to put up a sticker, and got two pieces of candy.  If he went #2, he got everything from #1 PLUS a matchbox car.

Here's the sticker, candy and car set up.

His little butt looks so cute in his underwear!

I am happy to report a week later that we are still in big boy underwear, and only having one accident a day.  That accident is usually #2, and the poor boy hasn't gone in a few days.  It's funny to see his "pee dance", and know that he is learning to hold it.  He still isn't at the point where he will tell us he needs to go, but I'll catch him doing the pee dance, ask him if he needs to go and then us going....here's to hoping that the next few weeks he will get it down!

Anyone looking for size 4 diapers?!  We have a surplus now that we are into big boy underwear...