Day Three is when everything is just supposed to click and overnight it seems, your child is potty trained! This didn't happen for us. BUT it did happen on Day Four!! More on that later.
Here's a re-cap of Day Three:
Once again, Clark had two accidents before lunch. In the morning he couldn't pee on the potty but had an accident soon after and then another one. It's like every day when he wakes up, he forgets how to do it and we have to start all over again. But then by the afternoon, he remembers and does great!
On this day, I left the house for a few hours to get a pedicure and when I got back, Clark proudly told me he had peed in the potty! We did our song, dance, sticker and Skittle. Yes, we started giving Clark a skittle every time he pees. You do what you gotta do!!
The rest of the day went with no accidents and after his nap, Clark woke up dry! Mark took him on a walk after he went pee in the potty and no accidents there! I can't really remember what else happened...all the days are running together in my mind. We are currently on Day Six and have had 1 1/2 accidents between days 4 and 6. One time was when he was watching a movie (he was really distracted and not paying attention so he started to pee but then finished on the potty). The second time happened an hour ago. I asked him if he had to go right before the accident too! He was going to wash his hands because he had helped throw away Dylan's poopy diaper and I asked him if he needed to go potty first (since he normally hates washing his hands!) and he said no. I was in the laundry room with Dylan when I heard him yell, "I need to go potty!" I dropped everything and ran and he was already on the potty! I was so impressed but then when I got closer I saw his pants were wet. I asked him where he had his accident and re-traced his steps and found it on the makeshift step stool (our filing cabinet) where he had been washing his hands. I guess the sound of the water and getting his hands wet was too much for him. He had just drank a glass of orange juice the hour before. Honestly, I should have forced him to go instead of asking him. BUT, I am still so impressed that after he peed he ran to the potty and sat on it!!! That is SO much progress! He knew he was supposed to pee on the potty.
On this day, I left the house for a few hours to get a pedicure and when I got back, Clark proudly told me he had peed in the potty! We did our song, dance, sticker and Skittle. Yes, we started giving Clark a skittle every time he pees. You do what you gotta do!!
The rest of the day went with no accidents and after his nap, Clark woke up dry! Mark took him on a walk after he went pee in the potty and no accidents there! I can't really remember what else happened...all the days are running together in my mind. We are currently on Day Six and have had 1 1/2 accidents between days 4 and 6. One time was when he was watching a movie (he was really distracted and not paying attention so he started to pee but then finished on the potty). The second time happened an hour ago. I asked him if he had to go right before the accident too! He was going to wash his hands because he had helped throw away Dylan's poopy diaper and I asked him if he needed to go potty first (since he normally hates washing his hands!) and he said no. I was in the laundry room with Dylan when I heard him yell, "I need to go potty!" I dropped everything and ran and he was already on the potty! I was so impressed but then when I got closer I saw his pants were wet. I asked him where he had his accident and re-traced his steps and found it on the makeshift step stool (our filing cabinet) where he had been washing his hands. I guess the sound of the water and getting his hands wet was too much for him. He had just drank a glass of orange juice the hour before. Honestly, I should have forced him to go instead of asking him. BUT, I am still so impressed that after he peed he ran to the potty and sat on it!!! That is SO much progress! He knew he was supposed to pee on the potty.
We have come SO far in the past week. I mean, a week ago he didn't give peeing a second thought and now he runs to the potty! I'm not sure what "potty trained" really means, but in my book, he's about 75% of the way there. He is potty trained in the sense that he doesn't wear diapers and knows how to go in the potty. He is even somehow night/nap trained because he has woken up dry after every nap and every morning!!
So, we are still technically on Block Three because we haven't added underwear yet. The author strongly advises waiting about a month, give or take a week, to put underwear on because it feels so much like a diaper and usually, that's when the accidents start, especially if you put them on too early. For now, we're fine with him going commando and quite frankly, I don't really see the point of the underwear if it's just going to make him more likely to have an accident, HA!
Clark isn't completely potty trained in the sense that he up and goes by himself when he feels the urge to go, but honestly, he's 2!! I've baby-sat kids in elementary school who still have to be prompted to go or they just don't go on their own! I'm not sure I really expect him to be mature enough to do that for a little while. Besides, I don't mind prompting him. It's become a part of our routine. The author was right in that, your child really does have their own pee schedule! It's all about making it fit into your day. I'm pretty lucky that Clark doesn't pee all the time! He pretty much goes every few hours...upon waking, around 10 am (before Dylan's nap), after lunch, after nap, and a few times in the evening. He poops like every 3 days and trust me, we always know when it's coming! Ever since he was a newborn, Clark's poops are just a big deal. He used to poop once a week for the first six or so months of his life and now that he's two it's like twice a week! And he has a hard time going so it's not like he will just poop without realizing it. So that makes it nice for us!
Honestly, I'm amazed at what a breeze the whole thing has been! All that worrying for nothing. One week later and the potty is just another part of our routine. Basically, when I used to chase him around the house 4-5 times a day to change his diaper, now I find creative ways to get him to sit on the potty! It doesn't necessarily take less time and it is more effort but we aren't even a week in. It takes 21 days to make a habit and we're off to a great start!! So proud of my big boy!!!

























































