Potty Training Begins

Now I get why parents say this is one of the hardest things you have to do as a parent of a young child.  This has happened so fast and we definitely weren't quite ready!  Since Connor started int he big kids room at daycare. they have the children sit on the potty at scheduled times each day.  He's only been in the big kids room for about 3 weeks, but the teachers keep saying how he's catching on very quickly.  This was quite a shock for us because we thought he'd kinda watch and try for the next few months and then maybe start getting more serious.

In just a couple weeks, he's gone from all diapers to wanting to go potty and making us crazy with his demands to do every part of the potty process all by himself.  We've quickly learned how to tolerate it, but it's been really hard!  At first, he was peeing on the floor and slipping in it because he couldn't control when he had to pee and it would come out so fast.  Now, he's a little better at sitting longer so he can wait for it to come out.  He goes potty every morning at home and insists on reading books while he waits.  Just in the past few days, he's been asking to be left alone when he's on the potty which is actually kind of cute and gives us a little break.  We have a very long way to go with this process, but we're starting!

This is the other little challenge that we have.  He's started to take off his diaper and pants while napping and then fall asleep in his mess.  He doesn't quite understand that he needs to call us if he has to go potty, but we're working on it.  He'll be moving to a big kid bed eventually, but my plan is to wait until spring if we can.

Next up, underwear!  Daycare said they'd like to try with him during the day, so I'd like to get more details from them about their plans and then we'll go shopping.