After some inspiration from a friend (thanks Shandra) and some captivating reading material (Toilet Training In Less Than A Day), I decided that it was time to throw Logan a "Potty Party" and get this potty thing taken care of once and for all.
Training day, Logan woke up bright and early to a decorated bathroom, potty presents, candy, and drinks galore. He was so excited...it was like Christmas morning! Then the training began. We started by opening some presents that had big boy underwear, which he immediately put on.
Instead of using a doll that pees (recommended by the book) we used Logan's Teddy (another one of Shandra's fabulous ideas) to show him how to use the potty. Teddy had underwear on too and went through the entire process: peeing via a squirt bottle full of yellow water and pooing via pitted prunes plopped into the toilet. Logan seemed pretty impressed with Teddy's skills and was eager for his turn, but the fun of the whole thing seemed to dwindle pretty fast once he realized that we meant business.
After some time of drinking and snacking on anything his little heart desired, he peed on the floor, which sounded like a broken pipe! We showed him our disapproval, but reassured that it was an accident and that he needs to try really hard to not let it happen again.
So after setting the alarm, putting him on the potty every 15 minutes, and 3 more pee accidents later, we finally got some potty action. He pooped, which was shocking because we were expecting that to be a more difficult milestone to tackle. So, we'll take it! He was soooooo proud of himself and we actually gave him a movie (which, again, we thought that the "poo present" would be one that he would have to work a little harder for) for his reward.
Many pee on the potty episodes soon followed and he was given a gumball and sucker for trying to go potty and got to pick a Hot Wheel when he actually peed. He was LOVING this and all of the extra attention and praise.
We trained all day (we really did nothing else) and we feel like it was a success! For naps and bedtime he is wearing a Pull-up, but other than that, he is diaper free all day! So far, he is averaging about one accident a day (one being at the doctor's office where I forgot to bring extra pants so the doctor gave him these weird lost-and-found trousers to wear...they were really nice about it), but we are optimistic that he will get better each day. He is really in to it and feels like such a big boy like Wade and Seth!
We are so proud of him and cannot believe how fast he is growing up! We will keep working on it and hopefully soon he will be accident and Pull-up free!
