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.

Big Boy Roo

We're so proud of Roo. He's doing such an great job potty training. He pooped in the potty again today and was so excited to show me how big his poop was tonight. He wore big boy underwear, real underwear, all day today and didn't get them wet at all! I even sent him with two changes of clothes! And while Mommy and Daddy were out today, we got him a mattress and box spring and put together his big boy bed...his crib converts to a full size bed. And we put his cool new sheets with cars and trucks and comforter on it and had it all ready for him when he got home.

He was a little hesitant at first but he loves it. And he went to bed like such a good boy. And so far he hasn't tried to get out.

Roo's sleeping in a big boy bed and wearing big boy underwear!

Wow, it's amazing how fast they grow up. And props again to Kristin for figuring out when and how to potty train him. Because honestly, I was not at all interested!

By the way, shopping for little boy underwear is very exciting, finally a boy accessory I can shop for :)

Potty Training

And today Roo pooped on the potty! Once at Kristin's and once at home. Hooray! Tomorrow we're going to try real underwear during the day instead of pull-ups. We'll see how it goes, but he's doing great, we're so proud!

Kristin called it right on with the timing. Two of the kids are in pre-school and Roo has been pretty jealous about this so Kristin suggested we bring some pull-ups and that she would see if Roo would try. Sure enough, he used the potty a lot for peeing last week and this week and today we achieved poop! And he's staying dry most of the time, which is great. He's just a little more stubborn about going on the potty at home compared to Kristin's, but we're working on that!

Like Elmo always said, "everybody does it, Roo will use the potty, yeah!"

Just Because He's 3...

Doesn't mean that he's ready for the potty.  I feel like there's been all this pressure to get Roo potty trained since he just turned 3.  But just because you're a day older doesn't mean that you are all of a sudden ready to pee and poop in the potty.  It's not like we're ignoring the fact that we do have to potty train him, we just know that like everything else, it'll be a lot easier when he's ready.  

In the car to/from the sitter's we watch Elmo's Potty Time, and we watch in the car on the weekends too.  Roo gets the fact that Elmo doesn't need diapers anymore and uses the potty to pee and poo but he hasn't translated that for himself yet.  I got him a pack of Elmo underwear today when we were out in town; last week I got him an Elmo toilet seat.  When we got home, I changed him into it.  When the first pair got wet, I told him to make sure he lets mommy and daddy know when he needs to pee.  When he wet the second pair he got really upset about getting all wet and asked for his diaper back.  

The rest of the night he just had fun playing with his underwear.  When he's ready, we'll put forth a full effort, but neither one of us really thinks he's ready yet.  And trust me, we'll let you know once he's potty trained!

New Song...

So think of the song "Love Stinks" and the part where they say yeah, yeah...

So we've been singing, Roo's cute, yeah yeah, Roo's cute.  To which Roo decided to sing:

Roo fart, yeah yeah, Roo fart.

What can I say, we're working on potty training (very slowly) so I guess it could be worse!