Potty Talk

As we continue our adventures in potty training Brody there are a few things I want to remember.

I've been asked if Brody is completely potty trained, meaning no diapers at night or at all, and the answer is no. When Brody takes a nap or goes to bed at night he is still in a diaper, but all waking hours he is potty trained. There is two reasons for this. The first is, he still wakes up most mornings with a significant amount of pee in his diaper. This to me is a tell-tale sign that he is not ready for underwear at bedtime. The second reason is that Brody joins us in our bed at night almost every single night and it is one thing for him to pee all over his bed and his sheets, but it is quite another to pee in OUR bed on OUR sheets, or worse, on US!

We have gone 8 days without any accidents. Its a small victory if you ask me.

Everytime Brody sits down to go to the restroom he tells us, "It's still working!" when he begins to go. Thanks buddy, we were worried that it didn't.....

During our first week I hardly ever left the house but one day I had to borrow something from a friend, so we left and kept our fingers crossed that he would inform me if he needed to go. Sure enough, Brody announced the need for the bathroom. We go to the spare bathroom and lift up the seat to a longer shaped toilet. Brody looks at it and then looks at me and says, "Hey Mom! Its a oval!" Yes, I guess it kinda was shaped like an oval. Glad that your need to go didn't override your knowledge of shapes....hehe!

Brody will use his little potty or a normal toilet now without hesitation. If he uses the normal toilet when he's finished peeing he does this little jiggle to get the last drops of pee to fall. If he's on his potty he'll tap, shall we say, his boy parts(?) to get the last drops to fall. This is not something we've taught him, he just does it and it makes us laugh every time!

Brody's also discovered the joys of being a boy. He can 'go' just about anywhere, and standing up too! While outside with Trevor he peed and informed Trevor that he was, "watering the plants."

We are so excited that he's done so well. He loves to wear his "unawares" (not undies, or chonies please!) and has opinions on which ones to wear each day. High five to you big boy!