Dylan and Potty Training

We are just now at the beginning stages of potty training for D. He is so funny... his idea of "sitting on the potty" is pulling his pants down, SOMEtimes pulling down his pull-up, sitting down for a millisecond - as long as it takes to flash a clever smile - and then he's done.

His teachers at daycare have said he's tinkled a couple of times, and he always seems proud of this. He seems, to me at least, to be more interested at school then at home. But he IS starting to be more interested than ever before. In part because big sister Maryn is such a pro.

Rachel sent me to Dollar Tree yesterday to get prizes for the Prize Box. It worked really well for Maryn. Dylan just has to grasp the fact that in order to receive, he must deposit. Just sitting doesn't cut it.

Last night right before bed he had (how do I put this delicately) a little piece of poo poo that he managed to squeeze out, but it was stuck between his big J.Lo cheeks. I ran him to the potty to attempt to go and get a prize. He was all for it, wanting to get his chances at the Prize Box. We sat and we sat - he pushed in a very inexperienced way... and before too long the little turd fell into the water. So poo poo in the potty - technically NO - but it was enough to make him think he did it, and he was very proud. He got his prize!

We took them to bed and not 5 minutes later he was walking down the hall butt-naked from the waste down, with his pajama pants in one hand, a pair of Spider-Man undies from his drawer, and his pull-up no where to be seen.

He was ready to put on his big boy undies now that he went potty (just like sis wears her big girl panties.) Rachel went and checked and he has put his pull-up in his drawer next to his big boy undies.

I was so scared he would be crushed when I explained that although he had gone to the potty, he still wasn't quite ready for the big boy undies. He took it rather well, and I promised that he could wear them when he came home from school. It was so funny (and heart-warming.)

We'll get there!