It’s guess it’s time. We’re saying goodbye to diapers and hello to stench and stains and public restrooms and plastic bags in my purse waiting to be filled with little peed-in Spiderman underwear.
Ethan’s been ready but lazy for a while.
I’ve been not ready AND lazy for a while.
We actually started to introduce him to the idea wayyy early in the game – which I now learn that starting too early could actually mean the longer it takes for them to acclimate. He did extremely well for a few weeks, and then just started to show zero interest in transitioning.
Around October of last year, we thought we’d try again. Our goal was to get him potty trained by the time he turned 3. Lola (the potty Nazi) would make Ethan sit on the toilet until something came out. Sometimes, that worked… although I worried if it was because of the encouragement or if we just scared the shit out of him – literally. So we turned to what any parent would resort to…bribery. We promised him he would get “candy” every time he would make a deposit in the toilet – liquid or solid. And that worked well for a few weeks, until around Halloween where we got an abundant supply of sweets in the house, and Ethan learned to exchange 2 drops of pee for a Snickers. Sly little fella……
We then transitioned away from treats to compliments. There were plenty of “Great job!”s to pass around. Last week, he actually went potty at Disneyland which earned him a deserving new puzzle book. A few times last weekend, he stopped in the middle of playing to dash to the bathroom to pee. It was a sign…
Then yesterday, his preschool teacher said he’s been doing so well with telling them when he needs to go to the bathroom, that they asked if we could bring in some underwear (and LOTS of change of clothes) to school.
It was like bringing home an A+! I was a proud mama!
So after my unexpected premature trip back to the ortho (warrants a separate post), we dashed to Target to get cute-sy Spiderman, Madagascar and Batman underwear. Mike insisted on the plain (cheaper ones) but that’s boring! I thought it would maybe encourage Ethan NOT to pee on his favorite superhero.
Or not.
He had 2 accidents before we reverted back to the diaper for the night. While both Mike and I are terrified of stepping on yellow puddles and little nuggets all over the house, we know Ethan will do just fine. I’ll post updates!
Ethan’s been ready but lazy for a while.
I’ve been not ready AND lazy for a while.
We actually started to introduce him to the idea wayyy early in the game – which I now learn that starting too early could actually mean the longer it takes for them to acclimate. He did extremely well for a few weeks, and then just started to show zero interest in transitioning.
Around October of last year, we thought we’d try again. Our goal was to get him potty trained by the time he turned 3. Lola (the potty Nazi) would make Ethan sit on the toilet until something came out. Sometimes, that worked… although I worried if it was because of the encouragement or if we just scared the shit out of him – literally. So we turned to what any parent would resort to…bribery. We promised him he would get “candy” every time he would make a deposit in the toilet – liquid or solid. And that worked well for a few weeks, until around Halloween where we got an abundant supply of sweets in the house, and Ethan learned to exchange 2 drops of pee for a Snickers. Sly little fella……
We then transitioned away from treats to compliments. There were plenty of “Great job!”s to pass around. Last week, he actually went potty at Disneyland which earned him a deserving new puzzle book. A few times last weekend, he stopped in the middle of playing to dash to the bathroom to pee. It was a sign…
Then yesterday, his preschool teacher said he’s been doing so well with telling them when he needs to go to the bathroom, that they asked if we could bring in some underwear (and LOTS of change of clothes) to school.
It was like bringing home an A+! I was a proud mama!
So after my unexpected premature trip back to the ortho (warrants a separate post), we dashed to Target to get cute-sy Spiderman, Madagascar and Batman underwear. Mike insisted on the plain (cheaper ones) but that’s boring! I thought it would maybe encourage Ethan NOT to pee on his favorite superhero.
Or not.
He had 2 accidents before we reverted back to the diaper for the night. While both Mike and I are terrified of stepping on yellow puddles and little nuggets all over the house, we know Ethan will do just fine. I’ll post updates!
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