Adventures in Potty Training

I've had an interesting time potty training Josh this last week and a half. He is such a funny kid. I didn't stress about potty training Josh until now, because I've heard that potty training boys is harder than with girls. I plain out hate potty training. The end result is fabulous, but actually doing it is something else. It's not like I had a really awful time with Carly; I just don't like doing it. I've gotten a lot of advice from other moms on when to start potty training with boys, and the consensus seems to be "wait until they're three." Well, my baby boy's third birthday is Monday...so I figured it was time to get cracking. So far he's done really well. Yesterday was a no accident day, and he even stayed dry until I put him on the potty this morning. I guess you can really tell what stage of life you're in when that news is the excitement of your day. There are some important things to remember when potty training that I've re-learned with Josh.

1) They aren't going to tell you when they need to go in the beginning

2) They're going to lie and say they don't need to go

3) Don't forget to make them sit on the potty (do you see a recurring theme?)

4) Remove the toilet paper from their reach

5) Put the shower curtain out of their reach

6) Don't forget that your child is still on the potty with the toilet paper and shower curtain within reach.

Needless to say, this last week and a half has kept me, or at least Josh, in the bathroom a lot. I've also gotten pretty good at re-rolling an entire roll of toilet paper.

Some funny things that Josh has started saying with this whole experience:

Me: Do you need to go potty?

Josh: No, I'm clean and dry.

Me: Okay, let's go sit on the potty.

Josh: NO!!! (Running away from me) I'M CLEAN AND DRY!! I'M CLEAN AND DRY!!!

Josh: (while sitting on the potty) It's the big one!

So far we're having an easy time potty training Josh. I just have to remember that it's more training me than him at this point, and keep at it. If he continues to have "clean and dry" days, I'll get up the nerve and break out the cool Lightning McQueen and Thomas the Train undies his dad got him for Christmas. Can you tell Jarod would've liked this project done a long time ago? What a slacker mom.