That's What I'm Talking About

It's been a while now since we had Micah's potty party to help him potty train. Just to give you a little background on my potty training experience... With my oldest, I had no idea what I was doing and it was... um, let's say... "challenging". And I'm trying to be very positive here. With my 2nd, I read the Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day. Great book, would recommend it. Luke did spectacularly. He really did potty train in just one day. Hardly had any accidents - ever. Very impressive. I thought then that the author of that book really knows what she's talking about! So, with Micah, once I determined that he was really ready, I pulled the book out again and read it a 2nd time. I was ready for another success story. Well... Micah didn't respond as quickly as Lukey did, unfortunately. I am now convinced that you can potty train some kids in one day, but not all kids. :-) And I wonder how much birth order plays into it all, but that's another story. Micah did great at the party and really seemed to want to go potty like his big brothers. He certainly understands how and what he's supposed to do. Just being the 3rd born, motivation is not always so high for him. So, we're still having accidents from time to time. I think overall he's doing great. Just sometimes he'd rather do something else than make it to the potty on time. And being forced to wear the wet pants does not phase him in the least. I've started rewarding him for the days he doesn't have accidents. Maybe that can get us out of the accident slump. He already gets special green frog stickers for putting all (emphasis on all) his poo-poo in the potty. One day he earned a frog sticker on his chart (posted on the bathroom wall). He looked at the chart and said, "Now that's what I'm talking about." If only we can talk about it all the time! :-)

Here are a few pictures of the potty party day. We had a "bear picnic" theme. The bathroom was the bear's clubhouse.