Pee on the Potty

Whew, I didn't know if it would ever happen.  Carter is finally potty trained.  I feel like we have been working with him for quite awhile.  We started once Carter turned 2, but he did not show any interest at all.  I decided to back off and not force the issue.  Around 3 months ago, Carter wanted to go pee on the potty like Nolan and Daddy, so we started up again.

Liz, our daycare provider, helped majorly!!  She made up a song, "Pee on the potty/ pee pee on the potty.  Don't pee on the floor/ Don't pee on the door/ we pee on the potty/ pee pee on the potty."  We interchanged a lot of rhyming words Carter thought were hilarious.  His favorite was, "Don't pee on the bed/don't pee on my head!" Carter of course liked to change the lyrics A LOT!! He liked to sing, "I pee on the floor and I pee on the door!!"

I ran some errands one night and Bill sent me this text of Carter on the couch with his potty chair!!!  I guess his show was too good to miss.

Carter has an occasional accident if he's too busy to stop playing and go!  He wears pull-ups at night but always wakes up dry.  This is a huge step because Carter has to be potty trained to go to Preschool at the end of this month.

Eventually we stopped the potty chair because Carter thought he could empty it himself!  Yuck.  Carter likes to "plush" the toilet a lot.  He also found the plunger in the spare bathroom and was helping himself.  I heard a lot of sloshing and went in to check on him.  He said, "Mom I have to get my turd out!"  Boy oh boy.  He already takes about 20 minutes to go poop.  I can't interrupt him to check on him because he gets mad.  I think it throws off his train of thought!

Way to go Lynn Lynn!!  Try and pay attention where you are aiming!!