Last weekend, July 28th, Mike had Saturday off, so we decided that we would Potty Train...and stick to it! The Thursday before I told Gavin no more TV until he went pee pee in the big boy potty. On Friday we got him all excited for it showing him his Potty box and all the fun stuff he would get if he went potty in the big boy potty. The babysitter even got into it and told him he would be a big boy if he went potty in the big boy potty:)
So Saturday arrived and we got him ready and pumping fluids into him at 8:30. I bought a potty doll that showed him what to do and what happened if there was an accident. Then every 15 minutes I would have him sit on the potty for about 15ish minutes. If he didn't pee, I would give him a little sticker to put on the Potty Chart on the "Sits on the Potty" side as well as a treat. He didn't want to wear his big boy underwear, so we let him go nekkid. By 10 I could tell he had to pee, but he just wouldn't. We tried everything, putting his hand in warm water, running water, pushing his bladder. He wasn't peeing. At about 10:30 Mike started playing with water dumping it back and forth between containers. As soon as he did that, Gavin finally peed. It was all downhill from there. After he peed, he got a big star sticker on the "Pee Pees in the Potty" side of the Potty Chart and got to pick out a prize from the Potty box, as well as he got to call someone on the phone and tell them he went potty on the big boy potty and got a prize. He did have an accident during nap time because we left him in underwear, but did so great the rest of the day.
On Sunday he did have a poop accident but he also pooped in the big boy potty:) He has done so good since then with NO ACCIDENTS:)
We have still been keeping a diaper on him for Nap and Bedtime, but we will work on these (he actually didn't have an accident yesterday during nap time with big boy underware on)
So there you have it. Gavin is Day Time potty trained, and it was pretty easy!
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| Potty Chart Day 1 |
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| Potty Chart Day 2 |
