adventures in potty training...

Have you ever wanted someone to be successful, but secretly hoped (just a little bit) that they wouldn't be, just so that you could say, "I told you so" (only in your head, of course).

Thursday, October 22, 2009:

Rob: I'm going to potty-train Noah on my five day.

Lauri: Oh you are, huh? You just think you're going to come home and potty train him? Ha! Rob, it's not that easy, I've been doing all this reading, and researching, and the studies have shown that... blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.... And the doctor said.... And Noah doesn't like his pull-ups... blah, blah, blah...

Rob: We'll do it over the weekend.

On Sunday, potty training commenced. And I hate (no really, I hate it) to admit it, but it's gone really well, all spearheaded by Rob. No gimmicks, no bribing. Our only "trick" has been having Noah be "half-naky" and asking him about every 30 minutes if he has to "go". Of course, there's a whole potty-training "method" that encourages kids to be naked or "bottomless", but Rob had never heard of that, he just figured it would work (and Noah loves to have his clothes off, so he's been excited about it!). And it has! He's successfully gone both 1 and 2 in the downstairs potty (outfitted with a little seat inside the big seat) and his bathroom (a little potty chair), with only 3 accidents in 4 days. Not bad! Still sleeping with a diaper or a pull-up. We'll be reintroducing wearing clothes the next few days (Noah will be SO disappointed, as he has enjoyed being, and telling everyone that he is, "half-naky".)