Miracle of Miracles

So I got some great suggestions on my Potty training WFMW post . I combined a few of the ideas and implemented a plan of action immediately.
I took Obi-Wans diaper away and put him in some of big brother’s underwear. Then I watched him like a hawk. He still ended up peeing on himself and was rather upset about the wetness dripping down his legs. So I told him if he didn’t want to feel that he was going to have to pee on the potty. He whined for his diaper but I stood firm. He told me later he had to pee, so I followed him into the bathroom where he leaned all his weight on his chicken legs against the toilet and pushed his gut out as far as possible. I waited with baited breath. Then, came the tiny stream and the little tinkling sound! You can bet I made a party out of it. Between my laughing with joy, and shouting “yes” and asking for about 7 high fives I think he realized he had just done a very wonderful thing indeed. I told him we were going right out to buy him big boy underwear. So we did. He was excited to pick out a shiny package of Cars underwear and when we came home he got to put a pair on. It’s been fairly smooth sailing ever since.

He refused to poop on the potty at first. The first time he had to go, he ran out of his bedroom, underwear around his legs shouting, “Poops!” while holding his bottom. I grabbed him beneath his armpits holding him well away from me as I rushed him to the toilet. After that, he pooped in his underwear a couple times and that’s when I decided maybe bribery would work. So I told him we would get him a Planet Hero toy if he pooped on the potty three times in one week. It worked, he got his toy and I have a near potty trained boy. He’s still wearing pull-ups at night but he wears underwear all day and I’ve even dared to take him out of the house in it. Now I just have to get him to stop mooning everyone at his first urge to go. He pulls those pants down before I notice half the time.

Hey, if you made it this far you probably have kids, and if not then you must be an extremely bored soul. Until you have kids you don’t know just how exciting talking about pee and poop can be.

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October 23, 2007 | Filed Under Kids 

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13 Responses to “Miracle of Miracles”

  1. McKennaNo Gravatar on October 23rd, 2007 11:38 pm

    Haha! Very cute! When my niece was just walking, she caught on to the “privacy” part of going to the bathroom early on. She wasn’t ready to be potty trained, but whenever she had to poop, she would shut herself in the bathroom to do so in her diaper. If you walked in on her, she’d turn around to look at you, red-faced from grunting, and say, “bye bye!” and slam the door in your face. It’s so fun to hear stories like this. Part of me can’t wait to see my boy go through them :)

  2. CorrieNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 12:28 am

    I was so glad to get this behind me, and here we are facing it again. I dread it, but boy do I celebrate when it’s done.

    Congrats!

  3. childlifeNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 1:36 am

    Wahoo! : ) You are one brave woman to venture out with a newbie in training and no leak-proof pants!

  4. KimberlyNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 1:38 am

    I needed to read this - thank you!

  5. kailaniNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 4:41 am

    I totally know how exciting potty training can be once they actually start doing it right. It’s a proud Mommy moment!

  6. CamilleNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 9:51 am

    CONGRATS!!! Seriously, isn’t it amazing what gets us excited?

  7. KellanNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 10:32 am

    Yes … that is definately reason for celebration. It’s funny how you really feel like it will never happen - that you won’t be able to get them to ever become potty trained - and then they do! Congratulations. See ya.

  8. cherylNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 10:50 am

    Oh, man! I needed this today. I potty trained my girls in similar fashion (we never went back to a diaper, not matter what), but it didn’t seem to work for my son. But now I’m thinking I should have just stuck it out.

    THANK YOU!

  9. DapoppinsNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 1:04 pm

    Ahhhh the memories!

  10. MarieNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 1:07 pm

    Congratulations!

  11. Deb - Mom of 3 GirlsNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 3:50 pm

    Way to go! That’s awesome that he’s doing so well - congrats! :)

  12. DebNo Gravatar on October 24th, 2007 10:55 pm

    I love talking about poop and pee. Well, okay, I don’t. But it sure is funny, isn’t it?

    You’ve made me really excited to being potty training. In a year or so.

  13. PaigeNo Gravatar on October 25th, 2007 6:56 pm

    Maybe I should ship my stubborn child to you, and you can potty train him. How about it?

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