Potty Training~Day 1

Being summer and all, I thought I would potty train Hudson.  

Here are the facts as why I chose to do this:

• Hudson has been dry through his naps and at night since he was 1
• Hudson can poop on demand (ha, ha so funny~I would say "Hudson we need to leave the house soon can you get your poopy out" and sure enough he would!)
• I have the time

So I decided to ask some of my fellow "expert" mom friends what they read and did.  I bought two books: 3 Day Potty Training (downloadable Ebook) and Pottywise.  So I read and researched something I seriously love to do!  To my disadvantage, we had been gone for a good 9 days previous so I hadn't adjusted Hudson to the idea of going on the potty.  We hadn't really talked about it so we went cold turkey...

After coming back from meeting Baby Claire, I have Hudson 1 day or "normalcy", whatever that looks like in my house:), and we went straight for the 3 Day Method.  We started off with a celebratory breakfast, homemade pancakes, strawberries, whip cream, and orange juice.  Yum!  Then we went upstairs and started to put away the diapers and we talked about how they are for babies.  I bought Hudson some fun underwear with Thomas, Cars, Nemo, and Toy Story.  He liked those!  I then showed Hudson the potty seat and explained we were going to go on that now instead of in our diapers.  He was less than enthused.  Great I thought, but mentally I have committed to 3 days!  So we put on our big boy underwear and off we went to play.  The book says to not leave their side for 3 days and rush them to the potty when they start going.  I would ask him frequently to "check himself" and see if he was dry.  I would also let him decided when he wanted to go potty.  

So we played...

And played...

And played!

Checking if he was dry!

I believe he is saying "I have to go potty."

I was letting Hudson drink and drink but my kid has fabulous bladder control!  On average I'd say we only changed 5 diapers a day with him.  Finally around 11 or 11:30 we had our first "incident".  I rushed him to the potty and he freaked out!  He wouldn't sit there and the book says (as my father laughs at me and says "look in the book") to not leave them their a long time only a few seconds.  Well I tried this all day.  He ended up waiting me out till nap time and did his business in his bed because he was so afraid of the potty.  I would ask him all the time "Check if you're dry."  He would and he always was.  Then I would say "Let me know if you have to go potty, ok?!"  That way you are putting it on them and its not "Let's go sit on the potty now."  I myself have never done well with direct orders...I tend to...rebel:).  I love the parenting book "Love and Logic."  Give us two choices, both which you are ok with and let the child choose.  We do this a lot with Hudson!

So after a full day of rushing my kid up and down my stairs to go potty, we were 0/4 for the day.  I was very discouraged and decided he wasn't ready but I made a commitment to try for 3 days.  2 more days to go and boy was I exhausted physically and emotionally.  Its like when you bring your first baby home and you're trying to nurse them and your milk hasn't come in, very frustrating!  It was hard too because I don't care for messes but that's how they learn:).  I tried to be as positive and supportive as I could.  That night we were both VERY HAPPY to see daddy!

Chillin watching a Thomas movie:).