Day 1 of potty training went really well! For the first day our goal was for Simon to learn how to pee on command essentially - so he can pee when he sits on the potty. It is a pretty big thing to learn and we did it by 100% naked Simon day and watching him like a hawk for signs of needing to potty and also setting a 15 minute timer and sitting on the potty every time it went off. In the morning we had 2 big potties in the potty where Simon said he had to go potty and then did. Whenever he did pee in there we made a big deal of it, with lots of clapping and praise and high fives, which makes him really happy. And as a fun reward later on in the morning we went outside and played in the pool for 2 timer cycles.
In the afternoon we were very watchful, but no potty peeing until almost end of day. Then Alan and I were standing at separate sides of the house talking about things that needed to happen before dinner: Potty time (most importantly), upstairs to get a pair of big boy underwear, and outside to clean up the last couple toys. There was a slight miscommunication and Alan went upstairs and I went outside, each thinking the other one was watching Simon. While Alan was upstairs, he heard Simon downstairs cheering. In the minute Alan and I were gone, Simon had gone to the potty on his own and cheered for himself. What a big boy!
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| We spent most of the day in the playroom |
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| As a reward for a great first day Simon got to wear big boy underwear at dinner and for a few minutes of play |
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| "Fixing" the table with his new tool set |
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