A Huge Milestone!

Two Sundays ago, I had reached the end of my rope. We have been working with Tyler, who is now 3 1/2 years old, for more than a year on potty training. He really was good at it - when he wanted to be. Unfortunately, most of the time he didn't want to be. The potty training issue had been the single most frustrating part of raising Tyler thusfar. I kept reminding myself that it would all come together eventually. Two Sundays ago, it finally did.

May 17th. I'd had enough. Late in the morning, I decided to give Tyler a giant shove forward into potty training. I took off his wet and dirty Pull-Up, put him in a pair of his "Big Boy Underwear," and explained to him how it was going to work from that point forward. I'll spare the details of our conversation, but the gist of it was that the days of diapers and Pull-Ups were now over. And I didn't care how many extra messes I'd have to clean up, or how many times I'd have to change wet clothes, or how many extra loads of laundry I'd have to do. This WAS going to work.

I was shocked to discover that he did GREAT that day. He told me each time he had to use the bathroom, and he didn't have one single accident. After that first day, I was cautiously optimistic. But I was not expecting as much for day two.

We are now 12 days post-diapers. To my absolute amazement, Tyler has not had one single accident during this time. I am so proud of my Big Guy!! And I am so incredibly relieved that the potty training battle is now OVER!!!

So tonight, I am going to pack up the extra Pull-Ups and tuck them away in Nathan's closet. I anticipate that by the end of this year, we'll be ready for Potty Training: The Sequel. And with the money we'll save by not buying Tyler diapers and Pull-Ups, we can now afford to send him to preschool in the Fall.

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!