Potty Training - Update

I'm happy to admit that Jared was right. For months (well, years) Jared tried convincing me that Peanut will use the toilet when he is ready. If we push him too soon, he's more prone to accidents, which neither one of us want to deal with. But, I couldn't help myself and tried proving him wrong until July when I reached the point where I was too big, tired, and hot during my pregnancy with Rocky that I couldn't strong arm Peanut into submission anymore, so I admitted defeat. I still intended to have him toilet trained before summer 2011.

It finally clicked. I am so proud to report that bowel movements are deposited into the toilet at Peanut's command. This was our primary goal. The boy eats as much as an adult and goes 3 times a day. I'd ask you to imagine what it's like changing his diapers, but don't want to gross you out. He still wears a diaper or pullup, but tells us when he needs to go.

Jared doesn't really care about Peanut urinating in the toilet; of course, I want it all but it's definitely secondary to the other. Peanut's teacher, Ms. Wanda, thought differently. Once I told her he's showing progress on the potty, she told me to have him in pullups with underpants over them. A couple of days later, she took the liberty of removing his pullups entirely. Imagine my surprise when I picked him up and he was in underpants. The entire car ride home, I was a broken record saying, "Don't go poopoo or peepee. You're just wearing underpants." Peanut's response, "Why Mommy, why?" OK, you asking me "why" does not instill a lot of confidence. He's been pullup free every morning at school for about 2.5 weeks and has had 2 peepee accidents. That's 85% dry, not an A, but I haven't had to wipe it up, so I'll bump the B+ up to an A-. I'll let him run around the house up until "naptime" in underpants, but rely on the security of the diaper/pullup in the afternoon.

When I wrote the first post about Peanut's toilet training progress, I was a little afraid I'd have to eat my words, but am so proud that this is the update I get to post instead. :-D