Adventures in Potty Training....

Bug is starting to get more interested in the potty. When he was at the sitters we discussed having him start potty training and I was going to send pull ups for him but as soon as we decided to send him to school we decided to hold off. We knew that potty training was a big part of what the kids would learn in the 2's room. After his first week he started coming home with lots of stamps on his hands. Turns out Bug is very motivated by stamps and was doing great going pee in the potty. He started to occassionally want to pee in the potty at home too, which was great. I went and got him a pack of Buzz Lightyear underwear, to which he responded "I wear diapers." Hmm.....so he's continuing to do great peeing in the potty, waking up from most naps dry and showing even more interest at home. The school asked that I bring in pull ups for him since he was doing so well. I pulled a few out of the pack to save for at home. Doesn't look like he's used any from the pack at school or home and we're still getting the same "I wear diapers answer."

Peeing in the potty is great but getting him to poop in the potty, now that would be awesome! I've been asking him for a while now to poop in the potty and over the weekend he tried a few times but relented that "it's so hard," to poop in the potty.

On Sunday the kids were brushing their teeth and getting dressed and Bug proudly walked in with a towel in his hand. What was that I was looking at, was that what I really thought that was? Yes indeed, Bug was so relaxed brushing his teeth on their red stool that he pooped on the stool while brushing his teeth! Too cute and he was so proud. We told him that he was doing great and to try to get it in the potty the next time.

Yesterday morning while we were getting ready for work, the kids were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. I noticed that Bug was hiding behind the shower curtain and asked him to try to poop in the potty if he needed to go poop. He took off his diaper and I helped him on the potty and he pooped on the potty! We were all very proud of him, even bubba Roo.

It's funny, Bug insisted on wiping himself, though I made sure he was clean after his effort as opposed to Roo who for the longest time insisted that we wipe him. It'll be nice to have 2 potty trained kids in the house, but we're not rushing Bug into underwear or pull ups, he'll eventually tackle that part when he's ready.