Potty Training: Week 2

Fisher Price Step Stool Potty - Babies 'r' Us

Last week's potty training progressed somewhat but I don't think we'll toss the diapers/Pull-Ups out just yet. My son did go in the potty once, and not on top of the potty, last week. Naturally we jumped around and celebrated his success. The potty we have plays a tune once liquid hits the potty bowl which can be fun. However, it's very sensitive and plays the tune if my son shifts his cheeks to the left or to the right. We may need to get him another one. Any suggestions?

Another tidbit I'll share with you is that boys seem to "ration" their urine. When he did a tiny tinkle we thought that was it, right? Wrong!! As soon as I put a Pull-Up on him, he practically filled it up. What's that about?

As I type this post, a little someone has just approached me and said, "Boo, boo," as he holds his tooshy in his hand. Hopefully we"ll be able to reverse this and he will say "boo boo" BEFORE he goes.

Potty Training: Week 1

In a few days my son will be turning two. That means he's losing his baby fat, and he's becoming a bit mischievous. We had a few successes a few weeks ago with going pee pee in the potty, but then he totally lost interest. Now that he's turning two on Sunday, we are going to put him on the potty regularly. I mean, anytime an almost two year old comes to you and says, boo boo AFTER he boo booed in his diaper tells me he knows what "it" is and that soon he will no longer want "it" on him.

Yesterday morning, he awoke with a dry diaper. For you potty novices, that means he's showing that he's ready for potty training. I put him on the potty right away with a book and some juice, but he just sat. About 15 minutes after he sat down, he nonchalantly got up, turned around, closed the potty lid, and peed on TOP of the potty. Hey, progress is progress, right?

Here's a scene from "Elmo's Potty Time" which is a video we used to help our daughter through the "process". Turn the volume up if you want a head-bangin' experience! LOVE this song!