On Day 3 of Potty Training it really was all coming together. Simon was great throughout the day. We had one accident that was completely mine and Alan's fault - we gave him a big drink then decided we should go for a walk. Half way around the block it was time to pee but there was no potty close. :-/ Beyond that, he was peeing in the potty all the time. We were doing the timer still, this time for an hour, but again he rarely peed when the timer went off. He needs to be asked regularly if he has to pee and if he does he runs to the potty and does it! He just needs the reminder.
After he pees in the potty he turns around looks at it and then says "Yay Pee!" and looks at you and says "Give High Five?!" Which we obviously do with a lot of cheering on our part. We didn't do any rewards for peeing. Almost all of the training guides recommend giving a sweet or prize or sticker after peeing on the potty as positive reinforcement. We don't give rewards for any other expected behavior besides thank yous and praise and Alan and I realized that we want this to be as normal and expected as possible. As a result, we decided high fives and clapping would work better for us than prizes.
Honestly, it went exactly as the books said it would, perhaps even better. I really didn't think it would come together so quickly. It'll obviously be work on our part going forward - essentially being his reminder for the next couple weeks/months - but we will have moved to diapers only during nap/night time. The independence and pride it gives him is pretty nice to see.
We will keep sleeping in diapers until he goes to a big boy bed (not fair to not give him the option to pee anywhere!) and that will be quite a while yet. He's not ready now (would play instead of sleep) and we won't change his bed for a few months before/after when the baby comes to reduce changes, so earliest would be next Jan/Feb.
Alan has been talking about getting Simon some matchbox cars for a while, yesterday's grocery shopping trip coincidentally brought him very close to Toys'R'Us. So as a fun we-are-proud-of-the-effort-this-weekend he got a set of matchbox ambulances and firetrucks. Maybe the most exciting thing since... well since his last birthday present got opened on Friday. *grin* (The pictures below are all of excited, naked little boy, but still PG.)
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| Matchbox firetruck/ambulance set |
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| So ready for it to be opened... |
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| Can barely stand it he is so excited! |
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| YAY! |
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| Train table is GREAT for matchbox cars. |
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