Warning, A Bunch Of Potty Language Is Following!

Potty Training. Can two words cause more anxiety than those? I suppose that there are in fact many phrases that come with infinite amounts of angst (for example: hair loss, mortgage foreclosure, limb amputation), but for an otherwise healthy and happy family, potty training can be the cause of massive stress. Not necessarily for the child's father, but definitely for his mother! It goes right up there with walking, talking, and graduating from school. The overwhelming amount of tactics alone can cause cold sweats. Do we use pull-ups? Do we have a "potty party" and make him stay on the toilet all day? Do we go straight to underwear, or just let him run around in the buff ? So many choices. for Ameryn (who was soooo easy to train) we did the pull up route for about a week. After an allergic reaction to the "feel and learn" liner, we hopped straight on the panty train and never looked back. She was daytime trained within the week and fully trained (night and all) by the end of the month! Rogan has been "pre training" for awhile now, which means that we will occasionally sit him on the toilet so he gets the feel for it. He showed an early liking for having a b.m. on the toilet, so I thought that we had the hard part down. For some reason we decided to start his intensive training Tuesday. I don't really know why, but it seemed like as good of a time as any with his birthday being next week and all.His first day was very discouraging. We had not bought any pull-ups, so he went straight to underwear. He did not want to sit on the toilet at all. When he did he just wanted to talk about spiders and fish and give no thought to why he was in the bathroom in the first place. He did realize what was happening when he had an accident, but of course it was to late to make it into the bathroom. Day to started out more promising with no accidents until after nap. Which also means that he held everything until nap time! He did manage to have a b.m. on the potty, and that keeps that record clean! And today I am not only working with Rogan, but Aubrey as well. She turned two in January and is now ready to train as well. Though it may sound like a lot of extra work, it has actually done wonders in motivating Rogan. A little jealousy goes a long way with this boy! I would comment on our progress today, but i don't want to jinx anything :) . Hopefully we will continue to progress well, and be out of diapers before long!
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