Potty Training!

We had a great Christmas, and we have tons of pictures and videos to share. But for the weekend we are having an intensive crash potty training course. Our roads are too icy to risk, we’ve got more toys than Toys R Us to play with AND brand new Toy Story big boy pants plus a sickening amount of Christmas treats and stickers for rewards – so this feels like THE time.

We started at 8:59 AM when Bastien woke up dry (Thank You Christmas for little boys who sleep in!). It took only moderate convincing (read: bribery — Christmas cookies for breakfast) and Bastien was off and peeing. So he was indeed rewarded with a cookie and juice (which will be freely flowing today) and some Buzz Lightyear skivvies, plus the sticker of his choice.

At about 9:30 he stood up from his cookie and announced “poo poo” and managed to successfully pee on the potty again! Another sticker.

At about 9:45 he did the same, but sadly there was a small amount of pee on the kitchen chair. No worries though, he managed to finish the job on the potty and this time it was a substantial amount. He is currently in his third pair of underwear for the day due to dribbles, and it isn’t even one hour in – so we will have to do some washing. But things are looking good so far.

Around 11:30-12 there was a small incident on the basement stairs, but Daddy was quick and got Bastien on the potty promptly to finish up. Still no poop.

At 12:30, another small mishap, but mostly made it in the potty again. We have exhausted our 6 pairs of big boy pants and hope the dryer finishes in time!

1:30 – An exclamation of “Poo Poo!” and running to the potty – but a little too late. And now we are out of big boy pants. However, still no real poo poo. We’re going to take a quick break for outside time and a nap.

Outside time led to failure. Poo poo in the pants. Maybe things will turn around after nap time.

A long attempt after waking up from the nap dry proved unfruitful, but after a lot more juice was consumed there was a big ol’ pee just after 5:00. He happily enjoys a gingerbread reward.

8:00 and no further incidents to report! Jim got Bastien to go potty one more time before bath time, and I hear it was a good one. My conclusion from today is there is no stinking way I could have done this on my own. Tomorrow, let’s cross our fingers for no accidents at all!