With schedules falling into place, I decided to start potty training Shane this week.  I cleared FIVE fun days at home in order to try and take on this task.  To prepare for this event I showed Shane his big boy underpants and talked a lot about going potty in the potty.  I taught him the sign for potty and read a few books.  Thursday we woke up and took the diaper off and put the big boy underpants on.  Then I handed him some milk and said have at it.  About an hour later he was wet.  I took him to the bathroom and he sat on his little potty chair and then on the seat insert on the big toilet.  To sum up Thursday...there was a lot of accidents.  At the end of the day he dribbled into the big toilet on Dad's watch.  Pretty much what I had expected for the first day.
Today (day #2) brought along some successes....thank goodness, because I was about ready to call it quit this morning.  He went potty a handful of times in the potty chair and even managed to get a couple poops in there, too.  There were still a few accidents. Only once out of all the trips to the bathroom did he sign to me that he needed to go.  But I feel like progress has been made.  
We'll see what day #3 has in store for us.  Hopefully, more of him telling us he needs to go and less of me asking every 30 minutes......

 
1 comment:
yeah for Shane!!
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