On Saturday night, when we came home from the movies, my mom reported that MrMan had urinated in his potty for the first time. She'd been changing his diaper for bed and got the sense that he needed to "jish." So she put him on his potty, and "jish" he did.
Then, this evening, I was called to the bathroom by Sam. He'd been hanging out with MrMan while he played in the bathtub. Lately, there's been several accidents in the tub - after seventeen months of it never happening, MrMan's defecated in the tub a few times in the past month. Apparently, the same was happening this time around. But Sam had been clued in by MrMan's seeming desire for privacy and was able to transfer him to his potty before he completed the deed. While MrMan was very focused on the feces in the tub, we focused on the feces in the potty.
No pressure, but maybe we'll change only about 1000 more of MrMan's diapers? And, hopefully, I'll eventually get the hang of emptying his potty without making a mess. Anyone have extensive experience with the "Once upon a potty" potty?
Posted by Shokufeh at May 31, 2007 06:36 PMSo I've heard that there is this brief window when they're about 18 months where they can be potty trained. The trick is that if you miss the window you have to wait until past their 2nd birthday. You tote around the potty for about a week (obviously you're home all during the week) and let them go diaperless; you put them on the pot every 30 minutes and when they go you put a sticker on their potty. I'm looking forward to the end of diapers but that also means every car ride will be interupted with "I have to go!"
Posted by: MamaGus at June 1, 2007 10:15 AMWow. Good for MrMan. And he's so young to boot. I hope your diaper days are numbered!
Posted by: kristi at June 4, 2007 07:31 AM