Potty Party 2009 = SUCCESS!!!

HURRAY!!! Jaxon is now well on his way to being potty trained! He is 3 and and half exactly, and for some time now we have been trying to encourage and excite him about potty training. We have practically promised him the moon, which has made him very excited, but unfortunatly also very anxious about PT. He knows exactly when he is going to go, and he hides. Then he is embarrassed about it, but still refused to sit on our cute elmo seat that we got to go on top of the toilet. While we were in Utah, his cousin Oakley (8 months younger) pretty much got potty trained, and I was getting very frustrated. My sister Amber (Oakley's mom) is a certifiable genius, and invited us over today for a Potty Party to get Jaxon excited and ready and DOING IT! So, 7:50 this morning we showed up with a potty chair to match Oakley's (That plays music when something goes in...) several drinks, and a change of clothes! Amber gave Jaxon some of Oakleys Unders, just so he could wear them around his ankles while they sat and watched a movie and DRANK AND DRANK AND DRANK! (the unders around the ankles actually made him very excited!) So, after an hour, and SEVERAL cups of juice, soda, and punch....still no tinkles...not even from Oakley, who does this all the time now. Jaxon started crying that he was done and wanted to get off the potty pronto, which to me was the cue that he really had to go, and was holding it, becuase he was worried about going on the potty. Right then Oakley let loose! The potty played music, and we all danced, cheered, clapped, laughed, etc! Well, Jaxon thought that was pretty cool, so about 2 minutes later his eyes got big and he said, " MOM! I GOTTA GO TOO!!!" and sure enough...a few tiny sprinkles came out! Of course we did the dance/cheer/clap/ high five/hurray routine all over again, and then off to the kitchen for their reward- ice cream! Well, not 2 minutes later, with his underwear on, he says, "MOM! I gotta go again!!!" We ran him over, and this time, he let loose!

Really? It's that easy? He goes one time and now he can tell me??? Over the course of the next hour at Amber's house, he went at least 10 more times...each time telling me it was urgent, and each time just tinkling a few drops!

After leaving Amber's, we went to Walmart to pick up some "big boy underwear." Now I totally understand why moms who are potty training DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE!! We didn't have any accidents, but we used the Walmart bathroom 12 times while we were there. Each time he squeezed out a drop or two, and I wasn't about to tell him to get a grip, so we actually went to the bathroom 3 times before we even made it to the underwear aisle! We then met back up with Amber and my SIL Emily, and all this time he was in underwear, and no accidents! We ate lunch together, he used the potty twice while at lunch, drove home, and still no accidents! He sat on the potty one more time before nap time, and now he is sleeping in a diaper! When he wakes up he is very excited to pick one of his new pairs of underwear to wear. YAHOO!!!!

I AM SO EXCITED!

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On a much sadder note...while emptying the kiddie swimming pool in Amber's backyard, my phone met another wattery grave. It is currently drying out in a bowl or rice, but I'll be honest...I don't have high hopes for it. So if you call, leave a message, or call the home phone.