Potty Training

We refer to the No-Cry methodology for everything(including babymaking) and this time or topic is no different. It's not that your child never cries but it's the idea that you give him and yourself consistent education and realistic expectations to start with. (I'm going to use him cuz I've got a boy, it's subject to change) This particular book, the only one that I've actually read instead of just looking at the pictures(they commonly have kids sitting on the potty holding newspapers and such), uses a very simple idea, observe and educate before introducing the potty to your toddler. How do you know when your child is ready? You take the readiness pre-test.

We've taken the pre-test periodically for the last year, and we finally seem ready to begin. How did we know? We don't for sure but keeping all the pee and poop confined to diapers seems like a pretty restricted way treat it, almost inhumane. (Not that poop is human but after dealing with too much of it, it begins to take on it's own terminology and occupies alot of time)
Seriously, he started telling us more and more frequently that he was wet or poopy and needed a diaper change. In short, he's becoming uncomfortable with having a dirty diaper on his butt.

So, yesterday we embarked on our potty seat journey as a family. Dylan picked out his new Lightning McQueen and Mickey Mouse underwear and I paid for them. Dylan wore big boy pants for the first time, peed in them while on our couch and Mommy cleaned it up. I'm especially grateful for Tricia's clean-up part and very proud of my little boy for his understanding about what happened to the couch and who was responsible for it. He never got upset, from what mommy said, but did repeatedly point out the spot on the couch and describe it as pee pee spot.

Today, Dylan not only peed in the potty but pooped in it as well. Of course, we called mommy after each one to tell her how proud Dylan was of himself. Right now, my main objective is to offer the potty at diaper changes and introduce the underwear in the evenings, in between our normal diaper changes, when we are home to observe. Ideally, we can help him diagnose the need to pee or poop before many accidents occur.