Follow the Jelly Bean Road... to the Potty!

OK so I have to admit that probably the one thing that I have always not looked forward to as a parent is going through potty training. I don't know why but it just seems like anyone I have ever talked to (especially Mom's of boys) went through many tantrums, battles, accidents, etc getting their son to use the potty. But hey, every piece of parenthood is a new journey right?... so and I'll take it on with full force:) Potty training is also an area of parenting that is sort of left in the air with a huge grey area of time frames of when your child should be potty trained - 2 to 3 1/2 years is a big gap! Our Dr just kept telling me to wait until Chase was showing interest and lucky for us he has been doing this for a few months. We have had a ton of help from his school because they have potty's in their classes and encourage the kids to always try during the day so that was our first step in getting Chase motivated. The past few months Chase will always tell us when he has gone potty in his diaper or he always knows he has to pee right before a bath, etc but that was the extent of it.

So a few weeks ago Craig and I decided to buy a training potty to see if we could get Chase a little more interested in it.


We have it in the downstairs bathroom and he definitely thinks it is cool and wants to sit on it a lot but he never was able to get the timing down right. (My favorite was a few weeks ago he wanted to try in the morning so he got naked and sat down but couldn't pee. I walked out to the living room to get a diaper and he followed me and all I hear behind me is water hitting the floor... he was peeing on the hardwood floor! He was so upset because he knew he had to go but got up about 10 seconds too early - poor guy ha ha! I comforted him and told him good job because he gets it - just need to work on that timing :) )

Anyway - all of this back story is building up to our BREAKTHROUGH moment 2 nights ago!!! Chase said he had to go potty - sat down and peed in his potty!!! Woo Hoo!! He was soo excited and proud of himself and quickly demanded his favorite prize of jelly beans!



Hopefully this is the beginning of a very easy potty training journey (hey, a girl can dream right!) It would be huge to have Chase out of diapers by the time the new baby comes... we'll see!