This past weekends was by far one of my favorites, full of Settlers, friends, potty training and laughs! Yes, you read that correctly, Mike and I got up the courage to start the potty training process this weekend. We started Friday afternoon when Mike got home from work. This gave us a full two and a half days of both parents home.
Being a bit teacher like, we created a chart to track his progress and begin to see if there was a pattern that would make it easier to predict when he needed to go. We decided to start with a timer that would ring every 10-20 minutes to remind both Samuel and us that it was time to try. Each time he willingly went into the bathroom and sat on the potty he got one M&M. We even got a potty dance down and whenever the timer rang Mike and I dropped what we were doing and started singing, dancing and chanting..."potty time!" Yes, quite the site but it worked. He willingly got on the toilet to try!
Friday we went through all his underwear within a matter of a few hours. Saturday morning was much better and we made it all day until about 7:30 pm before we ran out of underwear (that's 12 pair). By Sunday morning Samuel seemed to understand the hold it part because he was staying dry much more but was not getting the "when I can't hold it I need to go in the potty" part. He would go every once in a while when we took him but we still had wet accidents in between. We did make it all day only using 6 pair of underwear! Progress!
This morning he has been in the same underwear now for 2 1/2 hours and has gone on the potty 3 times! Maybe we are starting to get it. We still set the timer, cheer and dance and he now only gets an M&M if he actually goes. So far so good! It is amazing to think I will only be changing one child's diapers every day!
Although potty training seemed to take over the weekend we did have a great chance to hang out with friends. Jen and Tucker came over on Friday night for a game of Settlers. I was introduced to Cities and Knights and am very excited about it! Sunday, David, Jessi and Lachlan were able to join us for the afternoon . We had awesome grilled sandwiches and played two games of Cities and Knights! Great times with great friends.
On a different note, Saturday afternoon after eating his cereal Liam had two cases of projectile vomit! It was a bit scary. Out of no where he started to fuss them it all came back up. He was not happy about it and required quite a bit of comforting to calm back down. He did not have a fever or any other indication (other than his constant cough) that he didn't feel well. He appeared to feel fine by Sunday and is back to his old self today!
Being a bit teacher like, we created a chart to track his progress and begin to see if there was a pattern that would make it easier to predict when he needed to go. We decided to start with a timer that would ring every 10-20 minutes to remind both Samuel and us that it was time to try. Each time he willingly went into the bathroom and sat on the potty he got one M&M. We even got a potty dance down and whenever the timer rang Mike and I dropped what we were doing and started singing, dancing and chanting..."potty time!" Yes, quite the site but it worked. He willingly got on the toilet to try!
Friday we went through all his underwear within a matter of a few hours. Saturday morning was much better and we made it all day until about 7:30 pm before we ran out of underwear (that's 12 pair). By Sunday morning Samuel seemed to understand the hold it part because he was staying dry much more but was not getting the "when I can't hold it I need to go in the potty" part. He would go every once in a while when we took him but we still had wet accidents in between. We did make it all day only using 6 pair of underwear! Progress!This morning he has been in the same underwear now for 2 1/2 hours and has gone on the potty 3 times! Maybe we are starting to get it. We still set the timer, cheer and dance and he now only gets an M&M if he actually goes. So far so good! It is amazing to think I will only be changing one child's diapers every day!
Although potty training seemed to take over the weekend we did have a great chance to hang out with friends. Jen and Tucker came over on Friday night for a game of Settlers. I was introduced to Cities and Knights and am very excited about it! Sunday, David, Jessi and Lachlan were able to join us for the afternoon . We had awesome grilled sandwiches and played two games of Cities and Knights! Great times with great friends.
On a different note, Saturday afternoon after eating his cereal Liam had two cases of projectile vomit! It was a bit scary. Out of no where he started to fuss them it all came back up. He was not happy about it and required quite a bit of comforting to calm back down. He did not have a fever or any other indication (other than his constant cough) that he didn't feel well. He appeared to feel fine by Sunday and is back to his old self today!
