Jaxon is totally awesome. 2 weeks ago Jax finally decided he was ready to start using the potty.
Back in September he wanted to do it because his buddy Lily was training. Will and I were excited to possibly get it out of the way before Bridget came. We bought the potty & we couldn't get it out fast enough. He sat down and peed. That was that, then he didn't want anything to do with it. So we put away the potty and pulled it out a few times since then and had no luck. One day I decided we were going to do it and he peed on the floor 3 times in 2 hours and kept saying, "I don't want to pee in the potty!"
A couple of weeks ago, HE decided to go for it! A few things contributed to his desire to become a big boy...
1. NO Chuckie Cheese until he was wearing big boy underwears and filled up his first chart. (I've been telling him we can't go to see Chuckie until we is wearing big boy underwears for about 6 months! All of the commercials help to taunt him, haha.)
2. He couldn't have his sheriff car from the movie cars until he pooped in the potty.
3. his diapers were getting snug = uncomfortable, I just didn't buy him the bigger size...hehe. That way he understood that he was getting too BIG for his diapers. He was in a 4. He started to not want to wear them.
Since he wanted to give it try to beable to go see Chuckie, get his Sheriff car, and wear underwears, NOT diapers...we had a NAKIE day! He loved it :) To my surprise when ever he needed to go he ran, sat down and went...piece of cake! There were a couple of days that he would hold his poop and go at night in his pullup...that was not ok with me. I then told him that he's pooping in his underwears and that is gross and not ok and if he did it again..."I'll put you in a cold shower." dun-dun-dunnnn.....I guess that is scary for him, because he got big eyes and said..."o'tay I not poop in my pullup...I not poop in my underwears."
He is such a superstar!! In 2 wks we've ONLY had 3 accidents, none of which happened while out and about, thank goodness. He wears underwear for his nap...i know, pretty awesome. The last four nights hes kept his pull up dry at night. We've made a new chart, that if he keeps it up three weeks he can go pick out a new toy...hes very excited. So whenever he see a commercial for something he wants and says "I got to have that mom!" I simply reply, if you keep your underwears dry at nap and bed time you can buy it at the store! hes so excited :) I guess if you wait till they want to, potty training isn't so bad...knock on wood.
(he wouldn't pose for a picture, he was too excited)
(Yes, that is Will up in the tunnels with jax)
they encourage parents to cruise the tunnels too...we were the only ones :) on a very busy day...surprising, the tunnels are fun! Will didn't fit so good ;)
Needless to say going potty around here at the McKay house is praise worthy...I even get a high five and a "good job mom!" for my efforts...He's such a sweet boy. Today Bridget had a blowout...which is at least an every other day occurance, and Jax told me that she had to have a cold shower. haha, I told him that shes too little, but when she gets big like him she will...
"Oh, o'tay"
Jax with his "Potty Cake!"
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Yay!!! Good work on the Potty Training! We need to get started by Jack doesn't want to and I don't feel like fighting about it. So not looking forward to it....Ugh
That's great to hear!! All I want to know is how Jax learned what a cold shower is?
Good Boy, Jaxi-poo! Awesome.(Nap time and bed time take a bit longer. If he is doing great at those I'll be even more stoked for you!) I read something...Their bladder muscles have to develop for them to hold it that long...If a mom times the intervals between going during the day...that's how long he can hold it during nap time and night time as well, but nap times are tricky. You have to remember when they last went to know if they might have an accident. Ashlyn is only at 4 hrs. Good for naps(even though she doesn't nap)...night time is the same. If I wake her to go after 4 hrs, she stays dry...but I just let her sleep and use pull ups. PS You had a big sister that shared a room with you and I ALWAYS told you you were too short, every time you wanted to do what I was doing, eat what I was eating and go where I was going! Happy to know that a little of me-rubbed off on you. I see that from time to time and it makes me laugh. At least that's one good thing, eh? I think I got the "you're Too short" from Dad. However he would always say that to me because I was always the shortest on my soccer team and in my class etc....plus I was the shortest kid in the family. He would tease me and say "Are you sure your not too short?" Then he'd throw me in the water to ski when I said it was my turn. NEways... fun to see a new post on here! Oh remind me to tell you about Ashlyn and the mail today. She keeps looking for something from you. lol.
I'm impressed. Dayton's still not dry after naps. And Dayton still used his night-time diaper for pooping for a few months after potty-training. He occassionally does it still, but I really don't like it. So if his diaper has poop in it, he gets no TV, no computer, and no chocolate milk for 24 hours. I guess I'm picking up on my mom's technique of grounding kids from the things they cherish the most, even though I HATED it as a teenager.
I just started potty training mason yesterday--- you are lucky that you are done. Your stories are so funny.
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