The kids are in the bed and potty training day three is officially history. Good grief this sucks!!!!
He woke up dry again this morning and I would say that today is a success despite the poop in the pants around 6:00 this evening. We didn't have any pee accidents and I could have probably helped avoid the poop slip up if Sam had been inside but he was outside playing while Jamey was doing yard work and I was inside with my MIL and Riley. Like I said before I am expecting this to happen for a while but man oh man is it a mess to clean up!!!!
I cannot wait until all of his bathroom business is automatic and I do not have to constantly think about his liquid intake compared to how long it has been since he has been and taking into consideration how much there was the last time as well as cringing each time he climbs up on any of the beds or sits on the sofa for extended periods of time. I told Jamey that once our kids are older that I would love to get new furniture and taking a blow torch to this set. It is so stained and funky it isn't even funny. I guess I will have to break down one day and call Stanley Steamer to see if they can work a miracle on it. (Maybe that will be my reward for getting Sam Boogie potty trained...I live on the edge!!!)
My ultimate goal is for by the end of this coming weekend to have him going more on his own without so much reminding and encouraging from me. I have already backed way off of the treats but am still giving plenty of high fives, hugs and silly victory dances. My next step is maybe to scale back the reminders somewhat and see what happens but I probably won't start that until like Thursday or so.
We are still hanging in there with this and if I have anything to do with it he WILL be completely on automatic pilot by his 3rd birthday in December!!!!
Little boys are tough to potty train. No matter what I did, mine would not do it until they were good and dang ready to do it :) I am glad y'all are having such luck with this, I hope it continues. Go Sam!!!
ReplyDeleteI know this is exhausting, but just like developing a firm bedtime routine, in the end, it will pay off big time for YOU! No more diapers to change or messy underwear to clean.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can take the money you would spend on diapers every time you go grocery shopping and put it in a fund for Stanley Steamer or to buy a new sofa. You are doing a great job!!