Big Boy Drawers

I bought Nate some big boy underwear last week, an assortment of Disney characters such as Toy Story, Cars, Nemo, and the Incredibles.  He was very excited in the store to get them and even more excited to wear them when we got home (Oh, my goodness, how cute is he in big boy underwear?).  I told him (several times) that these are big boy underwear and you can't pee in them or they'll get wet and you have to take them off...so if you have to go peepee, tell Mommy and we'll go to the potty.  I would get okays each time but still very unsure of how this was going to play out. 

The first night was a great success!  He peed in the potty 3 times, no accidents at all.  I think he was terrified of losing his new underwear.  The next couple of days were not as smooth.  We've had a few accidents, but to be honest, I think it's mostly my fault.  They usually occur when I'm not near him, so now I'm trying to stay pretty close unless he has just used the potty.  I think he's doing great.  He doesn't like to get them wet and so has been pretty good about telling me "potty".  A couple days into it he told me potty but when I asked if he wanted to go to the bathroom he told me no.  Concerned about pee all over the carpet I told him he would have to wear a diaper then and he was okay with that.  After I put his diaper on he pooped.  So I guess he is okay with peeing in the potty, just not pooping.....until tonight!

That's right! He POOPED in the POTTY! Okay, this is big news in our house.  He kept farting and so I asked him if he needed to use the potty and he said yes.  After quite a bit of grunting and straining (which he does when he pees for some reason) the tiniest little turd popped out!  We were so excited! He was so excited he got his real close to the bowl to have a better look. Yeah, that's my kid.  Since he peed and pooped he got some candy and a new little toy.  He was very excited about that.  Thinking about it now, I should have taken a picture.  We don't want to forget this event in his life. :) 

He only wears the big boy underwear at home right now until he goes longer without accidents, so it might take some time to get this potty training thing down.  It may be a long road ahead, but at least we started the trip!