I finally built up the courage and patience to potty train Landon. I hate potty training. I mean REALLY. HATE. IT! I know the end result is worth it, but the process is just not great. Thankfully it wasn't too terribly bad this time. The other boys were both trained a few months before they turned 3, and since Landon will be 3 in a few weeks, I decided about the beginning of August that I would just bite the bullet and do it.
The first day was horrible! The second day was better, but not by much. By about the third day he was actually doing pretty good, just a few accidents, but not bad. By the end of the first week he was doing awesome! Then we ended up making an unexpected trip up to Jackson, WY and that kind of threw him off. He had accidents everyday! I feared that once we got home, we would be starting all over from square one again. But once we got home, he was almost a there! Only 1 or 2 small accidents a day.
Now he is officially a pro, no accidents and he doesn't even need a Pull-Up at night. In fact, a few nights ago, he woke up just as I was getting into bed and was crying, so when I went into check on him and asked him what was wrong, he said he needed to go potty! So I took him into the bathroom and he went, and then was back in bed and fast asleep in no time! Awesome!
So thankfully it wasn't as painful of a process as I feared. And we are totally diaper free at our house!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!
I am all about the bribery when potty training. It's what motivates and worked for all of my boys. They get candy for going pee and small toys for going poo in the potty. They are always excited to get the toys! I just let them pick out some things they like from the dollar bins at Target and 1 or 2 bigger toys that are still inexpensive. Landon got a new Mickey Mouse book, an Elmo coloring book, a new Hotwheels car, and a tractor that lights up and makes noise. Then for being accident free for several days he got a helicopter that also lights up and makes noise. He loves them! He also got to pick out his candy he would get and he picked out all of his new underwear. They are pretty much all Toy Story or Cars themed. I guess we know what he loves right now besides big trucks!
He is growing up so fast. I actually had a bit of a hard time wanting to potty train him not only because I hate it, but because I hate that he is growing up so fast! I wish I could keep him this small and cute forever. He is so much fun at this age. Although he is quite the trouble maker also, he's a pretty dang cute little boy.... which is his only defense to all that trouble he gets in!
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