Dare I Say It?

I think we have made some real headway in the potty training department. About a week ago, Aid just decided that he was ready. Well, no. That's not entirely true. Aid asked me for a treat, and in a moment of clarity I said, "You can pick out any treat in the bucket when you go potty."

Bing. Off he went. Immediately. So for the next few days Aid got no snacky snack things unless he used the potty. I am not sure out dentist would love the amount of sugar he has consumed in the last week, but so be it.

He is now either naked during the day or in his underwear if we are going out somewhere. He sleeps in his underwear and for 4 nights now has been completely dry. We have had a couple of accidents trying to make it to the potty right after waking up, but some of that is probably on us and our slow morning response time.

He also has transitioned (nice move honey) the the small attachment potty that sits on the regular toilet. So we have conquered the fear of the big potty!! The last 2 days he has not even told us when he is going. He yells, "I have to go potty!" runs into the bathroom, goes, flushes, and washes his hands.

Our two big motivators for getting rid of all diapers and pull ups (which we have not used but have not technically been banished since we have yet to go anywhere for a substantial length of time ie: over 2 hours) are a dinosaur fossil mountain thing he saw in a magazine and his "animal" preschool, which he has to be potty trained before attending. He is taking it all very seriously. He has even requested dinosaur underwear. And thank you GAP for coming through for me.

So we're on a roll. To say we are proud is an understatement.