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Progress on the Potty Front

10 Mar

I can safely say that I have only 1 child in diapers.  Oh, we still put one on him at night but it’s staying dry…and he won’t even let me put a PullUp on him when we go out.  It must be underwear!  He has done a great job of letting me know when he needed to go.  I was at Walmart yesterday with all 3 kids and a friend when he suddenly announced “I need to pee!”  Let me tell you, it was a mad dash to the bathroom.  I was hurting and wearing flip flops so I couldn’t go very fast but I ran through that place as fast as I possibly could and he held it until we got there.  I was so proud of him!

I’ve also tackled the issue of convincing him to pee inside.  He only wants to go outside once a day or so and I’m fine with that for now.  My next big hurdle is getting him to poop in the potty.  He hasn’t done it yet and his daddy promised him a trip to Chuck E. Cheese if he did.  (I was not consulted on this offer, by the way.  I hate that place with a fiery passion.)  We have been awaiting some, uh, movement in that direction for 2 days now but he seems to be holding it.  He doesn’t want to in the potty but doesn’t want to in his underwear, either.  I offered him a diaper and told him it would be OK, but no dice.  We went through this with my oldest, so I’m not concerned yet but eventually this will become a problem that we need to deal with.  For now, I am content with his great track record for peeing in the potty.

And for those who don’t “get it” let me just say that I would have laughed if you told me 10 years ago that having 1 less child in diapers would be a huge triumph.  I never imagined I would become the person who bragged about their child’s bathroom habits!

 
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  1. Kelly

    March 10, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Very cool! Bella still uses a pullup for overnight. She wakes up in the morning and yells “Pee!” and then pees in it. Do not ask me why she doesn’t get her self out of bed and to the bathroom. Staying dry until he gets to the potty is a huge accomplishment.

    We were the opposite as far as poop vs pee. Bella hasn’t pooped in her pants/pullup/diaper in nearly a year, but has only been in panties (and only during the day, and with accidents) since Christmas.