Potty Trained

This post is long over due! Where do we even begin...we will start from the beginning. For at least the last 6+ months Caleb would go tee tee in his potty before bath time at night. It was just part of his routine. We decided that summer would be the time to actually potty train, so we read the books and started preparing "our plan," we set the date for June 4th to start. Well, around May 18th, Caleb started telling us when he needed to go potty and he would go and have a clean diaper. We made a big, exciting deal over him using the restroom (one time he accidentally went poo poo and was a little freaked out but we made an even bigger deal over this HUGE step). He would wear big boy underwear around the house but when we went out of the house, the diaper went back on. (Partly, because Mommy wasn't ready!) On our 7+ hour car trip to the Ranch over Memorial Day, Caleb went in the public potty with Daddy and had a dry diaper the entire time!!! This guy was READY! June 3rd, Daddy took the day off to give Mommy a little vacation and the actual potty training began (we said "no more diapers" except at nap time and bedtime). We did the Potty Training 1-2-3 and it went SO incredibly well. YEAH! It has been so easy. We set goals, such as when he stayed "Clean and Dry" for 2 days he would get a toy out of the attic. When he was "Clean and Dry" for 5 days he got to have some chewing gum (he swallowed it but this was a big incentive).  And sure enough it worked, and he has done great. We are so proud of our big boy!!! I don't know why I was so worried. We are now big advocates for when the child is ready, they will do it on their own without much stress!

Caleb proud of his completed sticker chart

About to eat some bubble gum 

Then we knew that going poo poo on the potty was going to be a different challenge since he would normally go first thing in the morning or at nap time. So, we made another reward system, that if he would go poo poo on the potty three times, he would get a toy from the toy store and he wanted Buzz Lightyear.

The proud owner of a Buzz Lightyear.  

Way to go, Big Boy!!