POTTY TIME!!!! So Yes, he is 3 1/2 and Yes I have been putting this off for over a year now, what a terrible mother I am! But I guess we all know our limits and I regret to admit that the thought of potty training scared the PANTS off ME!
So my mom decided that I needed a little encouragment :) and sent me the book that she used, "Toilet Training in less that a day." A scam you might think...but no it was "used by millions of parents!" Well, I guess that i do know where to do 'my business' so it must have worked. So I read it a while ago and continued with my excuses...until the "after Christmas" one came and IT WAS TIME!
Sunday: After church we started. I just put on the BIG BOYS! Well. About 3 1/2 hours and 2 bigboys later it was bed time and I gratefully changed him into a diaper and sent him to bed. I thought that wasn't so bad so we'll try tomorrow.
Monday: Put him on the potty (he went) and changed him into bigboys. 10 hours and 9 bigboys later I was DONE! Thats right. He was just going to have to figure it out on his own time. (though I can't short change him...he actually went poo once in the right spot...)
Monday night: okay...I guess I should look at that book again and see what (yes, humility) I did wrong. I decided that I had thought Harrison knew what to do, since he has gone on the potty periodically throughout this year, but OBVIOUSLY that was not the case, so I started from the beginning...
Tuesday: Got up, got breakfast, got our house ready to show the realators, had two families stop by and see our place, put Mckinley down for her nap...(now QUALITY POTTYTIME with little bud!) Put Harrison in bigboys, found a stuffed animal that he was going to teach to potty. Taught his little green bear (who did very well if you want to know) with bigboys, treats, trips to the potty, accidents, and practices! Then read his elmo potty book (with green bear of course). Then BRIBED him to sit on the potty, yes, I admit it, candy was the key sadly (hey, I didn't write the book). Then I did all that with him and...DID NOT LET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT! And 8 hours and 1 bigboy later it was bedtime! The only time he had an accident was when I had to go and ran in just in time to catch him and help him finish in the potty!
Wednesday: 730 am bigboy time. 730 pm bedtime. DRY ALL DAY! We even went to play group for and hour and a half! Amazing!!! I'm so proud of him!!!
So Moms out there, I SALUTE YOU, potty training now seems okay that he did so well so fast but I swear that one day sure seemed like an eternity!! Your amazing!!
