So yesterday, we just went for it: hid the remaining diapers, gave him big boy underwear and stocked up on M&Ms. And it went exactly as I hoped and feared. He was completely perfect with #1... no accidents, even during a two hour nap and a one hour outing to get a Christmas tree. But when he had to go poop, he tried hiding from us, putting up the gate in his doorway and pooping in his underwear. Not sure what the fear is with going on the potty, but I'm pretty sure once we get over the hump of the first time, he'll get it quickly because hd definitely knows when he has to go and tries to find a hidden corner to do it in.
So we have about 3 weeks to get him fully potty trained. My life continues to get more glamorous.
In the meantime, I love seeing his cute little booty in the character underwear. Even if it does take a while to wash and fold them all.
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We've been trying to potty train Jacob for months and months! But then, it just kind of clicks and he starts running to the bathroom unprompted to go potty.
Sounds like you are doing a guerilla warfare approach and I hope it works wells for you- it just takes lots of patience! So good luck and hang in there (cleaning poopy pants is so NOT fun)!
I agree with the cuteness of little butts in character undies!
You didn't give yourself too much time but I hope it works! How's it going so far?
thanks CP. It is going surprisingly well so far...he finally started going #2 on the potty on day three and yesterday he was completely accident free.
I told myself long ago that I would make sure he was 100% ready before starting potty training and that I wouldn't start when he was dealing with other major changes, but that went out the window when the other option was starting him in the younger room at preschool and then making him transition again soon after. I am really happy I decided to just go for it, but we'll see how I feel in another week or two if we're not quite there with potty training.
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