NewsFLASH: He Pooped on the POTTY!

Well this deserves it's very own post, where we run through the neighborhood screaming at the top of our lungs with utter excitement and joy:

HE POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!

As it turns out, we didn't realize that we were potty training Collin. I mean, we have a "potty", and he's been interested in it, but we didn't think we'd really start training him until this summer, as all professionals regarding the activity suggested that the absolute WORST time to start potty training is when a sibling is born. So we weren't even really thinking about it. But, apparently Collin was.

This week, while Drew's been home, we've been saying things like "you wouldn't have to lay on the changing table like this if you went on the potty..." when he's squirming like a little lizard. We were throwing out these phrases to get him to listen to us and lay still, not really thinking he'd take it to heart. Well, it turns out he did. So on Tuesday, after another trying nap time adventure (that's an entirely separate post!) he said "Poop!" and went and walked into the bathroom. This is interesting I thought, but hey, if he's leading the way, we'll try. So we did, and low and behold, he (insert celebratory music here) POOPED ON THE POTTY.

Hooray! I was so happy that I forgot all about the horrible horrible parent I've been during naptime...(and then I remembered an hour or so later :(, its awful. )

So, we're still not really "potty training", we're more like waiting for Collin to lead us along and do it himself. I've always heard that boys usually train later (like after 2 years old) and are more difficult to train, so I'm a bit skeptical that our 20 month old is pushing us to let him go on the potty. On Wednesday we put him on the potty a few times and he actually tried to go...we'll see how tomorrow goes, but again, we're not pushing it. But, being the school psychologist I am, you can bet I set up a reinforcement schedule that should be powerful enough to keep him glued to the potty all day. We're happy to play it up when he wants to go, books, stickers and a treat for success, now and again, will hopefully pave the way.

We're super lucky to have such a wonderful little boy who's maybe deciding out with the diapers and in with the new (underpants!).

Did I mention HE POOPED ON THE POTTY!!!?

Its downright fantastic.