Noah on the left, Samuel on the rightPotty training, that is!
Beware, lots of poop and pee talk ahead.
A number of wise parents told me early on that I shouldn't try to potty train the boys until they were "ready." They told me it would be futile to even try if they weren't interested.
Honestly, the boys may have been potty trained when they came home. They were handed to us with diapers on and ginormous underwear on top. We weren't told if they were potty trained or not. In the hotel in Miami, Noah tried to pee in the bathtub and Chuck quickly moved him to the toilet. After that he wanted nothing to do with peeing in the toilet.
And to be even more honest, I don't think I was ready to potty train them. Tristan was a very needy infant. He was held much of the time so that he wouldn't scream and he was exclusively breastfed for nine months. So, I knew that I couldn't be running to the potty with TWINS throughout the day.
About 6 or so weeks ago, Noah began pooping on the potty, but not peeing. We were excited. He was excited. For every trip to the potty he got 3 Skittles and a "Rusty Diaper." (A Rusty Diaper is a Lightning McQueen Pullup. The boys call him Rusty.) And when he began peeing in the potty, the Pullups turned into underwear. He was so proud of himself, and so were we! We quickly learned that if we put shorts on over the underwear, we were sure to have an accident. The underwear by themselves seemed to keep him aware of peeing on the potty. So, he was "sort of" potty trained.
During this time, all Samuel wanted in life was a Rusty Diaper. He would nearly cry for one. He wanted candy, too, but the Rusty Diaper was his true desire. When Noah moved into underwear (and yes, they were Cars underwear!), Samuel was beside himself with envy. And we were glad about it. We went through a few weeks of Samuel coming to me and telling me he wanted to poop on the potty, but it was already in his diaper. Bad timing. Then, 2 weeks ago on the way home from church he told Chuck he wanted "to go poopoo on the potty." They were about 15 minutes from home and Chuck asked him if he could wait (all the while feeling very bummed that we were missing an opportunity with Samuel). Well, when they got home, Samuel pooped on the potty. And he has only pooped in his diaper once at night since. And, to make it all the better, Samuel immediately started peeing on the potty as well. He has maybe had one or two accidents since! He wakes up from naps dry. It just really clicked for him and we are so happy for him.
Last week we were in MI. Samuel did great with potty training while there. Noah, not so much. He really seemed to regress while there. I think there were three major factors to his regression: 1) His routine was altered since we were out of town and staying with family. 2) He was no longer the only one getting all the praise. Samuel was now sharing the spotlight (and the toilet!). 3) I think some of it is defiance. Noah has a tendency toward defiance and I think we have some (definitely not all) of that going on.
But, the good news is.... we are getting there!! I'm quite grossed out by a lot of potty training stuff, but we are slowly saying goodbye to diapers. Yay!!
8 comments:
Potty training is such a weird thing. You can go days and weeks with no accidents and then out of nowhere a day full of them. In our house, it also meant our bossy nosy obviously a first born child has to know what we are doing when we go potty. It's so nice to know he's so concerned when he asks "Poop, Mama?" while you're sitting on the toilet. That's usually followed by "Wipe, Mama?" as he hands you the paper. Just remember, they won't go to kindergarten in diapers; they will get there eventually.
Yay for rusty diapers and undies!
This entire topic sounds much nastier, and interesting if you replace the word "pooping" with the word "Defecating." It's an angry word, "DefEcating!" Makes the whole story more passionate....DEFECATE!
My feeling were somewhat the same with my Noah. I just could not force him into potty training. He is potty trained now with the exception of nap and night time. He still wears pull ups for those times.
For awhile there we were having Noah pee on a cherrio. He thought that was lots of fun.
My only complaint is that the put the cartoon characters on the back of the underwear. Why would they do such a thing? Noah always wears his backwards so he can see the character. :)
It is such a good feeling not changing diapers anymore.
Glad to hear you are getting there. I knew you would, Those Cars bikes for their birthdays that I promised them if they were trained are a given. :) I know they will be fully trained by then. Just think how much money you will save!!
PS:
I love the title of your post!
Love,
Mom
Mom, today Noah saw a bike tied to the back of a truck and he said, "I wanna bike." We reminded him that if he puts all his poopoo and pee in the toilet that Grandma will get him a bike for his bday.
Also, today we went out for about 4 hours. Samuel was in underwear and stayed dry the whole time. Peed and pooped at a friends house. Noah was in a pullup and it stayed dry. He peed at a store. They are doing so good!
Such big boys. Bon Bon's all day long! Does this mean next time you're in town Noah won't pee on my rug? :)
Christi
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