The potty training has officially started! Kelton knows when he has to pee (he makes that clear every time he gets in the bath). He certainly makes it obvious when he has to poo! So, we decided to give the potty training a try. I took him and Kaiden to Babies R Us today and we bought a little toilet seat for the regular potty (he has no interest in going in the little Baby Bjorn potty we've had in our bathroom for him), pull-ups, big boy underwear, and flushable toddler wipes. I've printed out potty training charts and we're going to go get stickers tonight or tomorrow for those charts. Oh, and can't forget the most important element....a large bag of M & M's!
We're off to a good start! I told Kelton he could have 2 M & M's each time he pees in the toilet and 5 for each poo in does in the toilet. When we were at BRU this morning, he pooped (we hadn't started the training at that time). We came back home and set everything up and he said he wanted to try to go on the potty. I was excited and helped him get situated. I was encouraging him to go pee and he said he was going to go poo. I tried explaining to him that he had already gone just about an hour earlier. He said "But if I go poo, then I get five M & M's." I told him that was correct and if he went pee, he was going to get two M & M's. He told me again that he was going to go poo (going for the big number of M & M's!). So, we're sitting there, and lo and behold, I heard a plop! He jumped up and I asked if he went poo. He said "Yeah! I did. Can I have five M & M's now?" I told him he could. He asked "Right now?" I said we had to get his diaper and pants back on, but then he could have some. A few minutes later he was thorougly enjoying him five M & M's! We talked about trying to go pee in the potty as soon as he wakes up from his nap, and if he does go, that means more M & M's.
We'll see how it goes. We don't plan on pushing too hard for this to happen, but we'll see. I have a feeling, with some M & M's and sticker bribery, this may just work out!
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