That boy of ours has done it again! We had a HUGE poopy in the potty today! But better than that, HE told me that he had to do it. I slept in this morning so I was home when he woke up. I got immediately up and brought him down to sit on the potty while I got ready for work. He was compliant but didn't go. He sat there and watched the iPad sweetly with me, though. So I didn't mind. Eventually, I got him up and gave him a banana. We're still doing bare bum at home, so he was just bopping around naked. I had some paperwork to fill out for school next year, so he ate his banana and played with some choo-choos while I did that. About 10 minutes after I'd gotten him off the potty, he grabbed at his penis and said the word he uses for potty. I'm not sure yet what it is, whether it's pee pee or potty or what, but it's the same every time. I'm going to have to listen better. Anyway, I asked him if he had to go potty and he shook his head so we quickly but calmly went over to the potty and he sat down while I cued up Madeline Kahn singing with Grover on the iPad. By the time I gave it to him, he'd already peed right in the potty like he was supposed to. Good little boy. :) He sat there for a few more minutes while I went back to my paperwork but eventually put down the iPad and shook his head 'yes' when I asked if he was all done. Proudly, we marched into the bathroom to flush the pee-pee down the big potty.
I went back to my paperwork, while Matt got up and got ready for him to go to gymnastics. He was still running about naked because I wanted him to sit on the potty one last time before gymnastics and at least try, though, to be honest, that's been pretty futile these days. Now that he can tell us when he needs to go, he does and if we ask him and he says no, that usually means he really doesn't need to go. Anyway, I was sitting there, doing my paperwork when he shouted "doo-doo" at me. I turned back to him and he grabbed his bum. I asked if he had to go poopy and he said, "no." I wasn't sure that he'd actually said doo-doo he was playing with his trains and it sounds an awful lot like choo-choo. But again, after he said that he didn't have to go poopy, he grabbed at his bum. Matt was standing there and said, "yeah, that's his poopy sign," so I asked him again if he had to go poo-poo and this time he shook his head yes and started toward the potty. I grabbed the iPad and cued up Maya Angelou singing with Elmo and handed it off. Very shortly after he sat down, he shouted out his "success" sound. Again, I'm not sure what the actual word is that he exclaims but it's the same every time so I'll have to listen better and take note of it. Maybe I can catch it on video. That would be wonderful. Anyway, after he shouted, I asked if he'd gone poopy and he shook his head yes. I went over to check and he hadn't. I told him he was crazy and that he hadn't gone yet, so he should keep sitting there until he went. He looked legitimately surprised. Ha! He really did. He even stood up and peeped through is legs, as if he didn't believe me. Super cute. :) Once he saw that he hadn't in fact gone, he sat back down to give it another try. We went through that same routine two more times before we had some success. On the last time, I almost didn't even go look because I thought he was crying wolf. But I did and sure enough, he'd gone. A LOT. HUGE. We did a little dance and sang a little song but left him there a few more minutes after Daddy's experience from the day before. I actually asked him if he was done and he shook his head no, so it wasn't hard to get him to stay. After a few minutes, he put down the iPad and looked into the potty to see what he'd done. Such a good boy. Again, we marched proudly into the bathroom to dump and flush and shout "bye bye!" So proud of that boy!
I feel like we've made HUGE strides this week. I'm not really sure we need to do the whole "30 minute timer" thing anymore because he really seems to have gotten the gist of things. I ordered some cloth training pants that should be arriving today so I think we'll try switching over to those for Aunt Amy's and Grandma's houses. At home, I think we'll stick to the bare bum thing for a few more weeks yet. The "3-day potty training" website I used actually says you're not supposed to use anything at all but loose pants for 3 solid months. And I think he does better while he's bare; seems to have fewer accidents. I do like that he's using training pants, though, so he understands pulling them up and down. I'm just so very very thrilled at his progress. I expect more accidents and we've not yet begun the whole sleeping thing, but I just feel like we've come so far in two weeks that I can hardly believe it. I guess he really was ready. Thank you so much for recommending we try, Aunt Amy!
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