Potty Training Log, Day 136

Well, maybe, just maybe we've turned a corner. All the signs are positive!

My tactic since the initial training didn't take (uh, 136 days ago) was to back off and invest in Huggies stock. We occasionally and very casually talked about what being a big boy meant all the while wearing and changing the pull-ups like diapers (they really are, you know).

This week Charlie announced that he would not be wearing them anymore. At first he said he'd like to wear them for bed, but after a few nights he had decided that he will not be doing that either.

Yesterday I heard him march to the laundry room and shut the door. I stop and listen. He's quiet, that can't be good. So I ask, "Hey, Charlie, whacha doing?" He waddles out with his undies around his ankles and a wet wipe in his hand. He's had "an accident" and is cleaning himself. So I offer to help. He accepts. But with the condition that he not lie down like a baby getting a diaper changed. I accept. He marches with the offending undies to the potty, shakes them out in the bowl, closes the lid, flushes and says, "Bye bye poop." He then lifts the lid to be sure it's really gone (ah, my son). It is. We talk a little more about what being big means and that if he continues to have accidents he'll be in pull-ups by sundown. With his assurance that's not going to happen, he dons new undies and off he goes.

He has taken two naps and woke up dry. Yesterday he refused a casual offer of the potty when he got up and had an accident shortly after during which he cried and then became angry that he wet himself. That's a good sign! This afternoon he woke up dry and took care of business when he got up. We're on our way!

I estimated that we'll save approximately $50.00 a month on pull-ups and wet wipes. I'll be glad if I never spend another penny on pull-ups.