More Potty Training

Last week Brian dropped Austin off at daycare and his normal teacher (Ames) was not there.  He thought it was odd.  Then he saw a letter on all the kids' mailboxes.  He knew that his teacher had quit.  Austin had this teacher for over a year.  We really liked her and had been talking with her about potty training.  We were shocked and upset by the news.  We were worried about Austin and how he would react.  Ames was always there to comfort Austin if he was sad when Brian left for the day.  Now it was just not the same.

Part of me felt we should delay potty training even more because of this significant change.  The other part of me knew we were on our own and had to get this done.  After all, Austin is going to be 3 next week!  Austin's new teacher approached me about potty training.  She asked what we were trying at home.  The hard part was we were trying things but it didn't seem to be working. Brian and I talked that night and he said that I needed to stop putting Austin in pull ups.  I didn't like that but it was true.

So Thursday and Friday night we had him wear his underwear for a few hours before bed.  He had some accidents.  He was not a fan of this at all.  He would cry and not want to sit on the potty.  He wanted his pull ups or diapers on.  It was very sad.  They say you shouldn't force it but we had to get over this.  Saturday morning came and I knew that was the day no more diapers (except when he was sleeping).  I put on his underpants and tried to get him to drink as much as possible.  Brian was home and worked with him too.  He was fine after the initial fight of putting on the underwear.  He didn't like to get wet so that is why he wanted the pulls up so bad now.  Finally he started to "get it" and was great at being able to feel it coming, stop it, and make it to the potty.  By Sunday he was only getting his underwear a little wet (no puddles or anything).

Today is Tuesday.  We have worked with him for 4 full days now.  He really gets going pee-pee.  He's had an accident today after we got home from Walmart but that is about it.  Again he will still get is underwear a tiny bit wet but can stop it in time to run to the potty.  He really likes his frogy potty.  He initially liked the froggy potty by the front door but today he decided he liked it in his room.  He also will sit on his Mickey mouse potty seat on the big toilet but not as often.

He hasn't gotten the poopy in the potty yet though.  The last 3 days he has went in the underpants.  On Sunday, when he had to go I was changing Sydney's potty diaper.  On Monday, I was cleaning up after lunch and he got away from me and did it.  And today he did it during nap time in his pull up.  Hopefully he will get that soon!

My mom has been here both Monday and Tuesday.  That has been a great help.  Austin now doesn't want Sydney to bother him so having someone else here is huge.  Today she is bought him a donut for doing such a great job on the potty.  He was really happy.

I am home with him tomorrow so hopefully things will continue to move along nicely.  Potty training is hard and stressful.  I am so glad we are finally making progress.