Potty Time

Well were finally here. The age of the potty. It was a date I was afraid would never come, but it appears that eventually persistence pays off (or in my case, patience) A couple of days ago, I realized I should be putting forth a bit more effort when it came to potty training at home. He is confronted with it at school as they make him try every hour or so, but we hadn't really been 'making' him try here at home. We did put him in underwear a month or so ago to see what would happen and he enjoyed sitting in the 'wetness' so I was hesitant to try again. I decided to try again, but this time it was much more successful. I kept taking him to the potty every 30 minutes with no results. Finally I gave him some milk to get the 'juices' flowing. 30 Minutes after this I sat him on the potty again with still no success. Right when I wanted to give up, he asked me to put a diaper on so he could pee pee. I told him it wasn't necessary he could just do it in the potty. I told him to push his 'pee-pee' down and a little squirted out and he got a little scared. I told him it was okay that is what is supposed to happen and the rest is history. He came to me about 20 minutes later and told me he had to potty again and we were successful again!! If he is at home he is wearing his underwear and has asked every time to potty. Two times he wet a little before he told me, but he still told me. Today was another breakthrough as he pooped in the potty as well. He still won't ask to go to the potty if he has a pull-up on (which is required at school) but at least were making good strides. Who knew I would be writing a blog entry like this one day?