Thursday, June 3, 2010

On the right track...

It's naptime here, so I thought I'd update you very quickly on PT progress, day 3 of bootcamp. Things are going pretty well, and I feel like there is certainly hope he'll be potty trained (at least #1) by the time August rolls around. We've been accident free all morning and made at least 5 or 6 successful trips to the potty. Two of those completely unsupervised...crazy, right? Most of Jack's toys are in the basement, and he loves to play down there. I had a few things to do down there too, so we headed downstairs mid-morning. He had just finished some juice, so I knew he'd need to pee at some point while we were down there. He's mostly been peeing on his little potty that is in our bathroom, but I prepared the downstairs bathroom with a makeshift stool and a seat insert to prevent him from falling in. So, after about 15 minutes, he told me he was ready to go potty. So, I helped him out a little bit, but he proudly did most of it himself. Since I felt sure he wouldn't need to potty again for at least a half hour, I headed upstairs to check on a napping Sam and start lunch. About 10-15 minutes later, I hear Jack yelling from downstairs, "I went pee pee." I was sure he meant in the floor. I ran over to the stairs to find him naked as a jaybird at the bottom of the stairs. I rushed down and he showed me his pee pee in the potty (I guess it was in there!) He had not only removed his shorts and underwear, but his shirt too! It was so cute! Anyway, he did this again about 15 minutes later.

So, here's a little breakdown:

Day 1 Summary: About 6 or 7 accidents (including naptime) and 4 successful potty trips.

Day 2 Summary: 4 accidents (including naptime) and at least 6 successful trips to the potty

Day 3 In Progress: 0 accidents (currently napping) and at least 6 successful trips to the potty (2 completely solo!)

Obviously, we'll have to work up to being able to use public bathrooms, because I do plan to leave the house again this month!! Depending on how the rest of the day goes and the weather looks, we might try the park tomorrow.

6 comments:

our little family said...

HE IS DOING GREAT, LAURA!!!!! I'm so proud of you & him for sticking with it! I'm so excited for you.

seeking.senkels said...

That is great! You guys will have it done in no time and he will be riding that tricycle.

Lindsey Brackett said...

You are a hero to all mommies who have faced the potty training! Way to go Laura and Jack!

thehollandfamily said...

I love the day to day count. So proud of that little boy. He will get it right!

black tag diaries said...

dang... very impressive. maybe i need potty training boot camp?

Tiffany said...

Laura, such patience you have! I am impressed and hope I will do as well with Violet some day!