We were going to wait a bit before jumping in to full scale potty training (see my earlier post), but Tuesday morning when Emmett took a giant dump in his diaper for the millionth time and just didn't tell me about it or seem concerned at all I decided enough is enough.
I have read pretty much every potty training book available at the library now and they all have contradictory advice, with only a little overlap. I decided to pay attention mostly to the overlap and anything else I thought made sense based on Emmett's reactions and behaviour, and just go for it.
Right now we're in the naked phase because he just wasn't getting it with underwear on. He's had some successful pees but no poop yet. Right now he's napping with no pants on. We'll see how this goes. I may have doomed myself to be confined to the house with a naked urinating toddler for the foreseeable future. I just hope the foreseeable future isn't "until college happens".
Update: (This is more for me to keep track than for readers, but you know, amuse yourself if you like).
Day 1:
Day 2:
I have read pretty much every potty training book available at the library now and they all have contradictory advice, with only a little overlap. I decided to pay attention mostly to the overlap and anything else I thought made sense based on Emmett's reactions and behaviour, and just go for it.
Right now we're in the naked phase because he just wasn't getting it with underwear on. He's had some successful pees but no poop yet. Right now he's napping with no pants on. We'll see how this goes. I may have doomed myself to be confined to the house with a naked urinating toddler for the foreseeable future. I just hope the foreseeable future isn't "until college happens".
Update: (This is more for me to keep track than for readers, but you know, amuse yourself if you like).
Day 1:
- Little to no success with training pants on. Wet in all of them, lots of laundry. Basically same as diapers. Decide to strip him naked below the waist. 50/50 potty and accidents.
- Nap time: tried putting on training pants with a pull-up over top. Stupid idea. He peed before I even tucked him in. Stripped him down naked below the waist and put him to bed with the potty in the room. 3+ hour nap. TOTALLY DRY!?! whaaa? I know.
- After nap: naked waist down. No accidents. Consistent pee in the potty.
Day 2:
- Woke up. Regan says:" I think you're a wizard." This is because I decided we should put him down naked again and just deal with the mess in the morning/in the night since I'm up anyway. To our astonishment the kid slept all night and woke up DRY! He got up, used the potty and found Regan in the bathroom to tell him he'd gone pee. Amazing.
- Day time: Naked from the waist down. Two small morning accidents, then back on track with the potty.
- Mid-morning: "I pooped." Holy christ did you ever! God... the kid filled that potty up. Good times.
- Walk: big boy underwear and pants make it back from a walk to the park almost unscathed but there's some pee in there. When we get home, resume nakedness.
- Nap: currently napping, we'll see what happens. After the nap he was wet.
Very few accidents the rest of the day.
Night time did not go so well, he was super wet.