Potty Training

Joshua is doing so great potty training. Once yesterday he ran over to the potty chair saying he had to go and he had a BM. Then at least 4 times today he ran over on his own to go potty and one of those time he has a BM. I am so proud of how well he is doing with potty training. I haven't had to ask him if he has to go for the last 3 hours. He will just run over to the chair drop his drawers and go on his own. He is getting stickers every time he goes potty and on the tenth sticker he gets a treasure.

Here is a picture of his treasure chest after he took a few items out of it.


Here is a picture of him playing with his play dough, the play dough was one of his treasures.

I am so proud of Joshua.

Today was the official start of potty training. Other than the diapers in the diaper bag we no longer have any diapers in the house. He is only allowed to wear underwear during the day and pull ups during his naps and night time. Every time he goes potty he gets a sticker and on the 10th sticker he gets a prize from the treasure chest. The treasure chest is just some really cheep toys we bought at the dollar store. He doesn't care about the stickers but it is a good way to keep track of how many times he went on the toilet.

Today we had a few accidents, which is to be expected. For the most part when ever I told him he needed to try to go potty he would. All through out the day I told him if he needs to go potty just take off his underwear and go on his portable potty chair that is down stairs. Of course he never would but I thought I would keep telling him this. Well tonight I was putting somethings up stairs and I heard the toilet lid fly up. I peeked down stairs and there he was sitting on his chair. He stood up and very happily said he went potty. Of course I made a HUGE deal out of this. I was so proud that he went on his own without me asking him if he needed to.

I am looking forward to what tomorrow will bring.

Potty training

Yesterday we started potty training again... I am going to stick with it this time. Today alone he sat on the toilet 9 times and produced something, whether it be a drop or a lot of urine. He has yet to have a BM on the toilet so I am wondering if he will be going in his training pants soon.

I wasn't going to start potty training him until he was 3 but I am tired of him waisting diapers. Every time he would go even if it was just a little bit he would say he 'poopy' and demand a new diaper. So we were going through many diapers in a day. Today he woke up with a diaper and has been wearing training pants from Wal-mart ever since, and hasn't had a single accident.

Today at Bible study he came running in from outside pulling down his pants saying 'poopy'. That usually means he has already gone so I was a little concerned. His pants were dry so I rushed him to the bathroom and he went. I was so proud of him. Right now we are doing a sticker chart (I got the idea from my sister-in-law Misty) So every time he goes and is successful in any way he gets to put a sticker on the chart. In a week if he has done well we will go to the Dollar Store and get him a cheep treat. I am hoping this will excite him to continue going on the toilet. We tried giving him a couple semi-sweet chocolate pieces when he went on the toilet but that is now old news and he doesn't seem to care about them so much any more.

Anyway. I thought today was a good potty training day and I had to share it. :) I am sorry if this was a little too much information.