Porter Potty

I know the title is terrible, but it made me chuckle. We have started down the long dreaded road of Potty Training.  As I try to post this we're gearing up for another session.  P is stuffing his face with Junk food he is normally not allowed, to make him thirty enough to drink water.  He hates water.

I have read 4 different potty training methods and just recently found one I felt would work for Porter.  I liked the other methods and felt there was a lot of good points in them and will most likely use them with Priya, but they just weren't right for Porter.  I read an article in Parent Magazine about potty training that referred to this book.  This is the course that we have decided on.  Aaron has been a big help in this process of selection. 

 

Why we picked it:

1. Your child doesn't have to give up diaper 100%.  This was big for us because learning new skills as big as this takes time for Porter.  We need him to feel successful, having to go straight to underwear all the time would be so discouraging for him.  We don't want that. 
2. The whole book is focused on little boys.  It is very sensitive to issues unique to boys, which I like. 
3. Training is done in sessions and progression.  With each little step you give your child more to build on.  This is just what Porter needs. 

I felt like the other methods would work if I could ship Priya off for a week and do nothing but focus on Porter completely for the whole week.  But Aaron was kind enough to remind me that Porter's personality is such that if he senses that pressure at all, he will have nothing to do with it.  This method is very low stress (as far as you can take that term with Potty training) and ubber positive. 

We went shopping for supplies Saturday.  Mentioned favorite junk foods of Porter's shown below.  He picked his potty and Mickey mouse underwear.

Sunday afternoon we had our first session.  We switched him out of diapers to underwear.  Since then he hasn't wanted to wear underwear, which I'm fine with because that makes catching an accident so much easier for me.

This isn't part of the method but I liked it from Potty training in one day and used it with Porter as part of starting.

"You want me to do what?!"

If you wonder this is what my house looks like at the end of a session.

There have been enough accidents for me to get discouraged, but I'm trying to keep that to myself.  He has made huge progress in this week though.  He now says "Ah-oh" before he goes and we rush to the potty so he can go.  HUGE!!!  I need to finish this up and go start another session... wish us luck.

We went to the park on one of the warm sunny days we've had.  This is a special needs swing and I could fit both kids in it...not so securely.  No babies were harmed during this outing.

I love this picture of him at the park.  He loves being outside!  So do I!

 P has been without glasses this week because of some unfortunate circumstances.  He has been so frustrated with things he can normally do, like eat dinner.  His glasses will be fixed Monday!


Day light saving cuddles!  Love the cuddles, can't wait for us all to be adjusted to the change.

I hope you are all doing well! Love~Meg