Potty Training....again

I've tried potty training Blake twice before. The first time he was nowhere near ready. Peeing 20 times a day was too much to try to keep up with for either of us! The second time we were doing fairly well....as long as he wasn't wearing anything on his bottom. As soon as we put underwear or training pants on him, he was going in them and forgetting about the potty. I was going to stick with it last time until the whole family got sick and we kinda forgot about the potty training thing. Now we're at it again and we're not giving up until Blake has it down!

This time I went all out. I wanted Blake to be excited about potty training. He tends to be pretty laid back and I thought the bigger deal we made about potty training the more interested he would be in it. So on Tuesday we had a Potty Party to kick off our final (hopefully) attempt at potty training.

I spent an hour making his sign and wrapping his presents. I decorated the kitchen, put out the Easter cookies and candy, chilled some sparkling juice and put out little tasting cups.

Blake got to wear his pirate hat (from the Pirate Potty book) and blow out a candle.

After enjoying some cookie, candy and juice (for breakfast!) he opened his gifts.

He received some character underwear and a potty book that was right up his alley! :-)

We spent the day reading the 4 potty books he has and watching a potty movie. He had 2 accidents (while wearing underwear) then went on the potty the next 5 times (without underwear-seeing a pattern again!) Each time he went on his little potty, he got to dump the cup in the big potty, flush and wash his hands. Then he got a sticker for his pirate hat and then he also got to play with a little game from the Potty Tots program. He also got to choose a game/puzzle/activity for us to do together each time. After the first time he went on the potty, he called his Daddy and his Oma who both congratulated him.

I hope we made a big enough deal about potty training to make it last. He gets another present and can go pick out a toy at the store (probably the dollar store-I'm cheap) when he's all trained. He is doing quite well so far and I'm really proud of him. I'm still reminding him constantly and he is still running around without underwear, but I'm sure he'll get it....eventually. I really hope he doesn't have to go around unclothed forever to remember to go potty! ;-)