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Friday, January 6, 2012

Potty Trained.

Yup, my Henry is potty trained. It wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be but there were days where it was mighty stinky!

Basically all we did was put him in underwear, told him he is a big boy and can't wear diapers anymore and prayed. Thankfully, it worked.

We stared on a Thursday because he would be home with me for four days until daycare on Monday. Those first 4 days were filled with lots of accidents- both #1 and #2- the #2's had me thisclose to slapping those diapers right back on him but I knew we had to be consistent. We never showed that we were angry or upset when he had an accident- we just told him it was an accident and that it was ok because he was learning something new. He got pretty embarassed when he would do it so there was no point in making him feel worse than he already did as he had logs of poo stuck in his undies.

Monday came and his morning teacher looked terrified when we told her that Henry was in undies and there would be no more diapers- in all honesty I was terrified too. & let's just say he went through all 4 outfits and came home in random daycare clothes and a pull-up. But after that it was pretty smooth sailing. He did have a few accidents the second week of training but since they it has only gotten better. He has *maybe* had two real accidents in the last month- most of the time it's just dribble that requires a change of clothes :)

IIt's been pretty nice only having two in diapers instead of three!


2 comments:

Desi said...

Congratulations! Its a huge accomplishment. We are pretty much there too...still a few #2 accidents, but it feels good to not have to buy diapers :)

Verna said...

Did you leave him in underwear for naps/bedtime?

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