So our son, at 17 months (that’s two months earlier than his sister which is surprising) is potty training himself. We’ve put him on the potty every night before his bath, just like Edzea to get him used to the concept and last night, he actually peed. Then pooped. We were floored…so out came the smarties and boy was he happy! We thought it was just a fluke, random occurrence until this morning when I woke up with him.
I put the potty out in our downstairs bathroom. Edzea had to go and I told her that if she started wiping her bum on her own then she would get a treat (she’s a bit put out that Rohan is getting them). So, Rohan went over to the potty and sat down. I asked him if he had to go. He wanted to be stripped completely naked and Edzea said, “he went Mommy, I heard it”. Sure enough pee pee on the potty. He wouldn’t get off until I presented the treats. 20 minutes later, he had disappeared and was sitting on the potty again. I thought he was just playing the “I want more treats game” but I humoured him and took off his diaper and he went again. Dry diaper for the morning. I was a bit astounded. So, he seems to get it???>>> We weren’t planning on seriously trying to potty train him until we were back from Mabel Lake but I guess we’ll see how it goes over the next two weeks. Smarties are a big motivation!
Tim’s had him since the morning because I’ve been nauseous and lying down for a couple of hours so I’m not sure how it’s gone since then but so far I’m impressed! and everyone said boys were harder to train. My boy is obviously superior!!!
Oh and he also wants toilet paper so he can wipe and put it down the potty. Very funny!
