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!