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A peek into this morning

Heard here this morning:
Mr. Conductor: "I gotta go potty!" as he raced to the bathroom.
Me: "I'm coming!"
Mr. Conductor: "Oh, no Mama. I need privacy." as he closed the door in my face.
A little bit later . . . . .
Mr. Conductor: "Mama! Mama! Come in now. I need you."
I come in and find him trying to dress himself- both legs in the same hole of his Thomas the Tank Engine underwear. He's leaning against the wall because he has tottered over and can't stand up straight without risking falling flat on his face.
Mr. Conductor: with a grin, "I went potty, but now I have a problem Mama."
Nope- no problems here.
God is good.

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11:49 AM, 2007-Aug-8 .. Posted by Lynne

What happened with the potty training with Sass? With my first child, I had an embarrassing moment in the potty training experience. She was going on the potty during the day, and I was putting her in a training pants/plastic cover at night. I was also putting up a baby gate in her doorway so she didn't get up at night and somehow get hurt wandering around the house (or letting herself out of the house).
One night as I was putting her to bed, she said to me "if you would take that gate down, I could get up at night to go to the bathroom and I wouldn't have to wear this training pants to bed." Boy, did I feel stupid. She was about 3 at the time. I took the gate down and everything was fine.

Lynne

12:56 PM, 2007-Aug-8 .. Posted by YPAmy5

Maiden potty trained herself at about 2.5 yrs. One day she just said "I'll use the potty now." And she did. I, foolishly, expected Sass to be the same way- no way! She balked- she would stand next to the toilet and do her business, she just wasn't interested. We tried many different "methods" and finally after much frustration we let it go- until she turned 3 then I felt she HAD to learn because she was now 3 and at 3 you use the potty. And she was getting too big for diapers and training pants- they wouldn't fit- she needed to be in underwear. We waged war- she won many many battles and I was completely stressed out. Then I decided to let it go again and after a couple of months- right before I left on a youth missions trip- she decided to be trained- she went days without an accident and stayed at my parents while we were gone on the trip and stayed dry the whole week (except for at night). At last, she was finally trained.
So when it came time for Mr. C- no matter how much I wanted him to be out of diapers and trained by 3 . . . . I learned to wait (and to pray). This past week he just up and decided he wanted to ditch the diaper and wear underwear. I think the key factor right now is the heat- he found out that underwear didn't make his bottom sweat like the diaper and he likes the new "free" feeling. He's doing great and I am so proud. I am glad that we didn't force it- no matter how much I wanted to.
He is still wearing a diaper at night (until we run out and then it's the doubled up plastic trainers) and is staying dry thru the night (as long as you get him up on time!).
It has been much less stressful on me this time around.
Thanks for sharing your potty training story- I enjoyed the chuckle!
Amy W