Warning - this posting may not be suitable for readers who are not parents of a toddler or infant...
So, if you couldn't tell, I needed to give a brief update on Nate's potty training progress. Nate has become more and more interested in sitting on the potty this week. He will go in the bathroom, sit down, read a book, play with his trains...just hang out, to the point a few times I have actually had to make him get up. So, I thought this was good progress...I wasn't pushing him to actually "go" necessarily (a little encouragement was certainly provided, but that wasn't the intent) we were just getting used to sitting on it and getting comfortable with the idea. Well, on Saturday morning it was time for a routine "sitting" and no sooner than his cheeks hit the little seat did he start tinkling! (Of course the little "shield" wasn't on so it was messier then I had hoped, but I guess that is the joy of little boys.) I was thrilled and a little shocked! I might have scared him. I was just so happy that he did it and that gave me the hope that there would be a light at the end of this tunnel and maybe it wasn't as far away as I imagined. But I wasn't quite ready to put on the big boy Thomas undies (oh yes, Nena already bought him a set) just yet...
Today, we went through the same routine and...nothing. He would tell me he had to go after the fact. But I knew this was a game of patience so I wasn't discouraged. And then, tonight we were sitting at dinner and he said "poo poo" (which typically means he had already gone) so I made a big production of getting up and running to the potty...I take the diaper off and nothing...so he sits down, we read a book together and - MAGIC - he goes!!! I was so proud and he was really proud of himself too! I realize this is far more info than anyone reading wants to know but as a mother, I have to say, this was one of those amazing milestone moments. It was a moment where we achieved something we were working on together but it was also this bittersweet moment of realizing our baby is growing up and the diaper phase may already be coming to an end soon. But for now, I am just proud. (And yes, I know that he may not actually do this again for another week but I am going to keep on with my wishful thinking for now!)
Now I have to figure out how to get him to stand?? He knows to do it - he says "Boys stand, Girls sit" (a line from his favorite Potty Book) - and he has tried but he isn't as inclined to actually go that way (and we tried the step stool to the big potty and that wasn't happening). So, if anyone has any boy pee pee tips, I am all ears!
3 comments:
Ha! Hilarious! We are going through the same thing and I just blogged about it, as if anyone wants to here our bathroom stories. Okay, as for the standing up, I've heard to get them potty trained first and then evolvoe to that. They can sit for a while-they are still so young, plus they are too short if you are in a public restroom (yuck, which is a whole other issue in itself).
Try putting a couple of cheerios in the tolit and have him stand on the stool and aim to hit the cherrios.
Haha, that is awesome, so proud of Nate!
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