Wish Us Luck!

Dane Thomas, our itty bitty tiny little baby, is (deep breath)... potty training. Yes, potty training! Here's the info...

We have two potty chairs and a potty ring that fits over the toilet. DT has acquainted himself with the potties, sitting on them while reading and playing. They have been a novelty. He'd peed in them a couple of times, but never showed interest or readiness for potty training. Recently though, he has been tugging on his diaper when it needed to be changed. He has long understood the concept of changing diapers and understands the words poop, pee, diaper, potty. When we decided he might be ready to train, we began putting him on the potty somewhat regularly, and lo and behold, he began to pee in it somewhat regularly.

We bought him "big man underwear". He isn't really as excited as you might imagine a three year old to be. He didn't pick them out because he didn't much recognize any of the characters to choose from, and they really aren't special to him. The smallest size I could find was 2T-3T. Dane is a tall, thin 19 month old. Needless to say they are a little big. But believe me, they are adorable. We also replenished our stock of what has become exclusively reserved for "peepee treats", Dane Thomas' very favorite flavored mini marshmallows.

DT still says very little, but he quickly picked up the sign for potty adapting it as he has every other sign, to make it his own.

For the past two days, except for nap time and night night, DT has been wearing his big man underwear. And in two days he has had one accident! Our biggest victory was at dinner tonight. We met Gramps at a restaurant and DT signed numerous times that he had to go potty. He trickled drops until he could hold the rest and then said he was all done, but the final time he really let go and peed for the first time in a public bathroom! So big!

So that made it official for us - We're potty training! Wish us luck and we'll keep you posted. Join us as we settle in for this fun journey. One baby step-- I mean, toddler step, at a time.