We're doing pre-potty training with Gareth and have been since he was 12 months old. He just sits on the potty chair (with a child-adapter seat) for a little while regularly. As he's gotten older we talk about when he's wetting or dirtying a diaper and how grown-ups potty. He also often is in the bathroom with Eric and I as we're going potty. (He's gotta see how it works and think it's cool to want to do it.) Last night we had a break-through of sorts.
Gareth has been asking to sit on the potty chair every day or two in recent weeks, normally just because he wants to use toilet paper (which is apparently the coolest part about pottying in the potty chair). Last night he asked to sit on the potty chair, so I said okay. His diaper was a bit wet, so I assumed he just realized he'd wet his diaper and was connecting it to the potty (not a bad connection for an almost 20 month old to make). Turns out he had more in there. Once he went a little and got major cheering and applause (he's a sucker for applause) he wanted to do more. So he continued pottying until there was nothing left and we had to tell him that he was finished so he would stop straining. This was terribly exciting to me and a good experience for him. Hopefully by the time he's 2 we can start taking potty training a bit more seriously. But for now, and for a boy, he's doing great.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
The first blog entry-original, huh?
Here's my entry into the blogging world. Just so far away family and friends can see pictures and video of my very cute son. And occasionally get info on the rest of the family, a recipe or two, etc.
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