Ready, set, potty train!!!

Somehow, one day, we decided that it was time for David to be potty trained. Maybe it's because I felt like I was changing out the Diaper Genie every day. LOL ... he's over 2.5yrs old and we know he's ready. So one morning, I woke up and decided, today's the day. That day was Friday February 15th, 2013 and he hasn't worn a diaper since. I would call him 95% potty trained. We have now had a few days where we have 1 small accident each day and that's it. We're pretty good at asking or reminding him to tell us he needs to go when we're out and about as well as getting him to try to go when we're about to head to the park, or get in the car. At home, he's pretty great at just going on his own without us prompting him. We still take several changes of clothes with us and monitor his actions when it's been a while since his last potty break or didn't go that much. But honestly ... NOT changing his diaper has been wonderful!!!

We're so proud of him and he is too. He loves running out of the bathroom exclaiming "I DID IT!!!". The biggest catalyst aside from being a 'big boy' was that he LOVES LOVES LOVES his preschool class and asks every day if he can go. So I told him that in order to go every day he has to be a big boy and use the potty. That's really helped. I made a simple chart for him to put up stickers for every time he went potty. And loves seeing all the stickers up there and proudly shows them off. He's already getting to a point after 9 days that he doesn't seem to care much about stickers up anymore.

Hopefully soon we can say he's 100% trained ... regardless, I'm proud of David and ourselves. Potty training isn't easy on anyone but it doesn't have to be unbearable.