Saturday morning as soon as Tyke woke up we explained to him that today was going to be different for him and that he was going to be wearing big boy underwear and using the potty instead of his diaper. We also told him that if would use the potty all weekend like a big boy that we would take him shopping and let him pick out a prize (he REALLY wants a "blue one" Paw Patrol toy, so we're using that thought as leverage). He seemed on board and to understand. We let him pick out his undies for the day (Ninja Turtle of course) and the fun began. I only dressed him in his underwear so that he would be just slightly uncomfortable and so that there wouldn't be too much laundry at the end of the day. Within the first hour we had our first accident accident. I kept asking him if he needed to go pee or poop and he kept telling me no. While sitting at the dinner table eating breakfast he climbed down from his chair and told me, "Mom, I told," (told=cold). I asked him to hop back up to the table but he wouldn't. I looked at his chair and there was great big puddle. I asked if he had peed and he replied, "No, I pill my water." (spilled my water). Funny thing is he didn't have any water to spill. So I let him know that it was bad that he had peed on the chair and that next time he needed to let me or Daddy know so we could help him make it to the bathroom. He agreed and the rest of the day went great! I kept right on his case all day long, asking nearly every five minutes if he needed to go. Most of the time he would tell me "no." Occasionally he would say yes and run to the bathroom. But for the most part I had to make a game of it (he likes competition) and tell him that I was going to beat him to the bathroom and win. He would drop what he was doing and run as fast as he could to the bathroom. By the end of the day he had things figured out pretty well and was even able to pull his underwear on and off all by himself (he still needs help pulling them up). I put a pull-up on him for nap time (and to give my voice a break from asking so frequently if he needed to go). He came running out of his room and exclaimed, "MOM! I need doe poop!" So we ran quickly to the bathroom. There was a little bit of poop in his pull-up and he said sadly, "I poop my pants." I told him, "No, you did good! You were able to stop and run to the bathroom now lets finish it on the potty." And he did! He was so proud of himself and so was I! By the time bedtime rolled around I was feeling pretty good about how day one had gone. Tyke did so good and had only peed his pants once all day (first thing in the morning, at breakfast) and had only had the one little mess in his pull-up. He did great!!
Today was a different story. This morning started off good but quickly went bad. He had FIVE accidents within two hours, even with me constantly on his case asking if he needed to go potty. Even with all of the accidents he was still trying to go to the potty. When I would take him and make him go potty even if he didn't need to he would look down then up at me and say, "Mom, my pee no work!" I was just glad that he was willing to go and try without a fight. Around nap time this afternoon he acted like he needed to go poop so I hurried him to the bathroom. He peed but no poop. I asked him to hang out for a minute and see if anything happened. Still nothing so we put a pull-up on for nap time and got him layed down. Luke wasn't too thrilled about nap time so I took him out to the living room for a minute. When I went back into the boys' room to grab his binky I could smell that Tyke had had an accident. I was both sad and mad at the same time because it hadn't been five minutes since he'd been on the toilet, and because I knew he knew to come get me for help (after yesterday's poop episode). I was exhausted in every way, frustrated and sad and mad and couldn't control the tears. I told him how upset it made me and that upset him too. We put him in a diaper and I made him take his nap. When he woke up from his nap he was still upset. I hugged him and apologized for earlier and had a good little talk with him. I told him it was his choice if we continue this journey right now or wait until later. I asked him if he wanted to go back to diapers or keep potty training? He sadly but surely replied, "I keep potty training mom!" And so we will (even though I already feel like throwing in the towel haha). Here's hoping that things go smoothly this week and that Tyke really catches on! This has got to be the hardest job ever! I feel pretty clueless and unprepared for it but we're going to push through. We've got this Tyke!
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