It's Potty Time!!

At 3 years, 1 month, and 6 days old, something clicked and Drew started using the potty! We’d had the “peeing on a tree” event earlier that week and maybe that is what sparked it! All I know is it started Saturday night after a long shopping day with Mom and Whitney. Once we got home, I had Drew go to the bathroom when Jon did (which is nothing new). Then I asked him if he wanted to pee in the potty like Daddy so he stood there and tried but nothing happened. The next thing I know, he is in there with Jon…peeing! And it was hilarious!! He would pee just a little bit and then start laughing, then pee some more and start laughing! Luckily I thought to grab my camera (the pics had to be cropped for obvious reasons!).



He peed in the potty two more times that night before bed! Sunday morning we got ready for church so not much of an opportunity to use the potty. Then we went to the river so, again, didn’t really get to reinforce what had started the night before. He stayed with my mom Sunday night and she said he was peeing in the potty that night and when I talked to her at 11:00 on Monday morning, he had only had one accident and had been peeing in the potty all morning (#2 is a different story…).

He seems to do best, though, with no diaper or underwear on. When I picked him up from mom’s yesterday, she had underwear on him and when we got home, he had an accident. After that, I stripped him down to just a shirt and no more accidents the rest of the night. (The M&M's he got after peeing might have helped -- he definitely has that part figured out -- even if just a little drop comes out, he's looking for his treat!) He even woke up with a dry diaper and peed in the potty this morning before going to school! Not sure how he’ll do at school today since he has a Pull-up on, but I definitely think we are headed in the right direction!! Yay!!