No more pull-ups!

This is a picture of Zander at Halloween with his favorite chef, Mr. Tony. He dressed as Mr. Tony from Arigatos for Halloween this year. What has that got to do with potty training you ask. Just keep reading. I took home all of the pull-ups from school yesterday. Zander has done great with potty training. We struggled there for a few days trying to get him to understand that you shouldn't hold the stinky in because you don't want to get your big boy underwear dirty. I tried everything that I could think of to bribe him with. All of the usuals, m&m's, suckers, TV, etc. Nothing seems to work, until I remember his favorite thing - Japanese cooking. I simply told him that if he put the stinky in the potty he could go to the dollar store and pick out any spatula that he wanted. Well, that was it. We now have 4 new spatulas and a new bowl. We have been really lucky, there have not been any accidents! I am very proud of his new accomplishments. Next week we tackle the pacifiers!

Big Boy

Where has my baby gone. All of the sudden it seems that I have a big boy. It happened so fast. He has done a great job this week with the transition to under wear. However, he has not done a stinky in the potty yet. We have created what he calls his book center in the bathroom to make it a relaxing time, but still not luck. It is naptime of day 3 with no stinky. I am afraid that he is holding it in because he doesn't want to get it on Go Diego and he is afraid to put it in the potty. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! What makes it hard, it that they do not have a bathroom in his classroom at school. He spends 10 hours a day there. By the time we get home and cook dinner and have a bath, it is time for bed. What little play time he has with his toys is being taken over by potty time. After nap we will be having some grapes and juice. Hopefully he will go after that. Gotta go watch the UNC game. After that it is off to Alana's surprise birthday party. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Potty Marathon

We found out last week that Zander will not be able to go to the state of the art top research and lab school starting this summer unless he is potty trained. I normally would not be worried about that, but the school that he is in right now, does not have a bathroom in the class room. He has actually regressed in his training. I know that pushing training can literally causes holes in brain development and have not made it a top priority, but this changes everything!!! For those of you that do not know, our first daycare lost Zander and has been charged with Child Neglect. He is no longer there. The new daycare is OK, they haven't lost him yet, but he is not learning anything. He is almost 3 and has been put in a class of children that starts at about 20 months. The other children only say about 2 words at a time. It is very important to me that he is in a good school. So Zander choose Go Diego Go, Elmo and Spider man underwear and he has worn them all day. All day is to Mickey's for breakfast, to Walmart for grocery shopping and home for nap. No, I did not put a pull-up on at nap. As long as Mom remembers to send him, he will pee -pee in the potty; however stinky is a whole other story. He has never done a stinky in the potty. I am anxious to see how the rest of the day goes. Any advice would be appreciated. Let the games begin!!