castlegazer
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I just have to brag this morning - it is like everyone says it is when they get it - you hop up and down and cry tears of joy.
My DS (25 months) last night tried going on the potty as he has been doing for quite some time now with nothing happening - but at least he is trying with pants down and diaper off. We then left his diaper off after he finished trying. He was sooo funny, strutting around feeling his tush. I kept asking if he like it without a diaper on and he said, OH YEAH! He was so funny - I wish I had the foresight to have had the video camera out for it. Well then, about twenty minutes into his walking around sans diaper he looks at me and says, dadda - I say back to him, no, Daddy is out at a meeting tonight, he looks at me again, and says, dodda, I again say, no, but Daddy will be back in a little bit. Finally he takes my hand leads me towards the bathroom and says, DODDA, MAMA!
OH, Duh! He is saying potty in his own way. I take him in and he sits on his potty chair and within five minutes - after twenty times through his potty book - HE GOES!
I am so excited. My husband missed it but I left it in the potty for him to see - I know gross to anyone not going through this - but holy exciting.
So I let him sleep with his Wiggles underwear over his diaper so when he woke up he immediately went to try and go again. Then when we were getting him ready for school he refused to wear a diaper - UH, OK.
So he is off at school today being a big boy! I am such a proud Mommy right now! I sent him with several pairs of pants and an assortment of undies too.
Just for anyone looking for the how we got here to this point behind the story, he started sitting with pants on on the potty chair at 18 months. We have always tried to talk openly about going to the potty with him so he is very familiar with it and wants to go in with us when we go and "try". He started taking his pants down at around 22 months. We reward tries with stickers and hugs.
I think two things that really helped us last night was having his favorite characters underwear in the house already and he knew about them and had seen them out of the package. He has Thomas, Wiggles, Matchbox and Bob the Builder underwear all ready for when he was ready. His Potty book really helped enormously too - he read it over and over last night like it had taken on new meaning to him now that he had done it too. It is "The Potty Book for Boys" It is a board book that has a photo of a little boy sitting on a potty chair on the front.
Now on to Poops! He has been trying poops too so hopefully he won't be scared to do it. I thought he was going to last night too but nothing came out but some gas.
OK, this is gross, but hopefully all you other Moms and Dads will get it.
My DS (25 months) last night tried going on the potty as he has been doing for quite some time now with nothing happening - but at least he is trying with pants down and diaper off. We then left his diaper off after he finished trying. He was sooo funny, strutting around feeling his tush. I kept asking if he like it without a diaper on and he said, OH YEAH! He was so funny - I wish I had the foresight to have had the video camera out for it. Well then, about twenty minutes into his walking around sans diaper he looks at me and says, dadda - I say back to him, no, Daddy is out at a meeting tonight, he looks at me again, and says, dodda, I again say, no, but Daddy will be back in a little bit. Finally he takes my hand leads me towards the bathroom and says, DODDA, MAMA!
OH, Duh! He is saying potty in his own way. I take him in and he sits on his potty chair and within five minutes - after twenty times through his potty book - HE GOES!
I am so excited. My husband missed it but I left it in the potty for him to see - I know gross to anyone not going through this - but holy exciting.
So I let him sleep with his Wiggles underwear over his diaper so when he woke up he immediately went to try and go again. Then when we were getting him ready for school he refused to wear a diaper - UH, OK.
So he is off at school today being a big boy! I am such a proud Mommy right now! I sent him with several pairs of pants and an assortment of undies too.
Just for anyone looking for the how we got here to this point behind the story, he started sitting with pants on on the potty chair at 18 months. We have always tried to talk openly about going to the potty with him so he is very familiar with it and wants to go in with us when we go and "try". He started taking his pants down at around 22 months. We reward tries with stickers and hugs.
I think two things that really helped us last night was having his favorite characters underwear in the house already and he knew about them and had seen them out of the package. He has Thomas, Wiggles, Matchbox and Bob the Builder underwear all ready for when he was ready. His Potty book really helped enormously too - he read it over and over last night like it had taken on new meaning to him now that he had done it too. It is "The Potty Book for Boys" It is a board book that has a photo of a little boy sitting on a potty chair on the front.
Now on to Poops! He has been trying poops too so hopefully he won't be scared to do it. I thought he was going to last night too but nothing came out but some gas.
OK, this is gross, but hopefully all you other Moms and Dads will get it.
Yup, I couldn't wait to get in to share it here on the DIS!
