Potty Trained!!!!

Well, folks, I think it's safe to say that my boy is potty trained! After MUCH trial and error for several months, Henry just woke up 3 Saturday's ago and decided that that was the day. He has had a total of 4 tee tee accidents since then and I couldn't be happier! I think that's pretty good considering how hard he plays. When I say that potty training was my least favorite part of parenting so far, that is a total understatement! I HATED every minute, but alls well that ends well. We have one happy and independent little boy and a very proud Mama and Daddy.

Several more experienced moms had told me that no amount of pleading, begging, or bribing could make your child decide to do it. They have to decide on their own and boy were they right! He just decided the time was right and hasn't looked back since! Thank God!!!

Preliminary Potty Training

We've been discussing the potty and making a huge deal out of it for a while now. I've had it just sitting around for Henry to get used to the idea. He likes to sit on it every now and then, but only for a few seconds. He'll sit down and then pop right back up and go "Not yet, not yet". But about 2 weeks ago he came into our room on a Saturday morning and said he needed to go poo poo on the potty. So we stripped him down and told him to have at it. Well all of the sudden he looks down and says "Dat's NASTY". We jumped up and lo and behold he had done #1 and #2 in his green potty! We screamed and jumped up and down and praised and fed the boy countless N and M's (M&M's) before the hour of 7:00am. Well that was it for a week or so until this week. He did a little "nasty" in the potty yesterday morning and then some tee tee last night. And yes, everytime he gets N and M's. I hope he knows you don't get N and M's EVERY time you go potty your whole life. We'll cross that bridge later, I guess.

So, I know we're no where near complete indepence on the john, but hopefully we're on our way!!!