Potty Training Day 3

Today ends day 3 of the 3-day potty training. I guess we'll know tomorrow how much of it will stick with him when we aren't with him every second of the day. Although we're still treating tomorrow as a similar day to make sure that he makes this new potty thing a habit. When Evan woke up this morning his bed was soaked again. We definitely don't have the nighttime thing down. Then we placed him on the potty with a slight fight from Evan (we've realized that he does better on the potty if he has something in his hand). He went on the potty and then throughout the morning he still had some accidents and we weren't sure how well this 3 day thing was going to work with him. But later in the day he told me when he needed to pee a few times and we even did our poo-poo in the potty. I think he may have the poo-poo thing down. He took a nap for over 3 hours (so this training is exhausting him as well as us) and woke up dry. I coerced him to the potty where he relieved himself. Then dad encouraged him to go potty before dinner and again relieved himself. Before his bath he went on the potty again. So he knows to go on the potty and is really good at holding in his pee for hours now. What we aren't sure of is how well he's able to tell us when he needs to go potty. I think tomorrow will tell us more about that. But he's done a great job and I think it will stick with him (at least we hope)!

Potty Training Day 2 Continued

Okay, just after I wrote the last post I heard a noise in Evan's room. Since we told him to call for us if he needs to use the potty, I barged on in. He was really just tossing around, but already his bed was wet (not even 30 minutes into his sleep)...note to self...make sure Evan empties his bladder before bed (he never went on the potty, but we were trying not to force him - I think we needed to wait longer). We put him on the potty while I changed his sheets. He never went on the potty, but his bed was quite wet so hopefully his bladder is now empty. I guess we'll know for sure in a few hours.

Potty Training Day 2

Well, day 2 is now behind us. There was much improvement from day 1 and yet still much improvement will be needed tomorrow. I think we went through about 10 pairs of underwear all day and yesterday we went through about 10 pairs in the first 2 hours!! Evan woke up an hour early and was soaked...nighttime will be the biggest challenge. Then for the next hour or two I was up with him while Ken went back to bed and Evan fought me every time I tried to put him on the potty. I thought our potty training was over. But then I left the house and when I came back Evan had done much better and had gone potty a few times. Then with me he let me know that he needed to go poo-poo and so we made it in time to the potty for quite a lot of pee and poop. That was our most impressive trip of the day. After his nap (which he was dry for) he never really told us that he had to pee in time. We had more accidents later in the day than we had in the morning. Looking back though, most of the day was spent in one or two pairs of underwear that stayed dry for a long time. I think progress has been made. I'm not sure if we're going to be fully trained in 3 days like some kids are, but I can't see us turning back to diapers now. We'll see how tomorrow goes.

Potty Training Day 1

Our 2 year old is officially moving to big boy status. We began our intensive 3 days of potty training today. Overall I'd say it was successful. We began the morning by putting on big boy underwear and saying goodbye to all of our diapers and wipes. Then for the first 1 or 2 Evan would pee in his underwear every 5 to 10 minutes. I can't tell you how many pairs of underwear we went through. Thankfully we had lots of laundry to do so most of the pairs have all been washed and some even worn twice today! By mid-morning he was able to tell us a few times before he went to the bathroom and he went in the potty!!! Then right before his nap he peed and pooped in the potty!!! Way to go Evan! After the nap (he was woken up by Otis which means cranky baby) so he didn't want anything to do with the potty. But thankfully he didn't pee during his nap and actually went an hour or so after the nap before going again. The rest of the evening has been full of some accidents and some times letting us know and making it to the potty. For day 1, I'm pretty excited. The one thing I have to say for anyone else who wants to try this method is that it is exhausting!! And I can't imagine trying to potty train like this on my own. I am so grateful that the church office is closed this week so Ken is home with us. In fact, I'm extremely grateful for Ken because Evan seems to make it to the potty more often with Ken than with me. Must be a guy thing!