Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! <wild cheering in the background>
My almost 3 1/2 year old son has FINALLY decided that it is TIME to go poopy on the potty! I’ve waited three days to go by before writing this post…hoping that it wasn’t some sort of fluke. For some inexplicable reason (because I had given up complete hope) he has decided on his own that he was ready. He never even told me he needed to go! He just helped himself to the potty (without the kid’s potty seat, no less) without me knowing then yelled for me to come and see the poop in the potty for myself! I was only too happy to wipe his butt for him as tears of joy rolled down my face for I had truly believed I would never see this day come!
Needless to say, I was completely overjoyed as was my newly trained 3 year old along with his 7 year old brother. We all started doing the Snoopy Happy Dance and singing and carrying on. I even baked cupcakes to celebrate!
I’ve gotten alot of grief from members of my family about my boy’s delayed progress in this area…and I’ve given myself some of that grief, too. After all, my first son was completely potty trained at 2 3/4 years old so why was it so difficult training my second??? After months and months of failing at The Art of Poop Management (and believe me, there wasn’t a tactic I hadn’t tried) I finally, with great exasperation, resigned myself to the fact that the boy will be potty trained when he is ready and not a minute sooner.
Good things do come to those that wait give up!
No more coaxing, bribing, pleading, reprimanding, or withholding…no more poopy diapers…it is FINISHED! YAHOOEEEEYYYYY!!!!!!!!
I am SO with you on this & my youngest just had his FOURTH birthday last week!!!! He FINALLY seems to be making progress today. I’m praying tomorrow goes as well. Congrats!!!! And I LOVE that photo!!!!
Congrats! And that picture is priceless! Here is to letting go (as it were…)!!
Now what will Brooklyn do when she realizes that she doesn’t need to help Daniel go poo in the potty! Although you are the only one that didn’t believe that this day would come – I have not seen a man yet walk down the asile on his wedding day in pull ups!
Can’t wait to see you…it is snowiing right now (Dumping) we are supposed to get 3 feet of snow today and tomrrow – and of course we have to drive to Reno to see Peter Pan at the Pioneer Center! Should be fun.
What a great picture and congrats on the potty training!
Woo Hoo! What a great moment. None of my 4 was an “on time by some random standard” to potty train. It made me a little crazy, I remember how happy I was when each one finally got it.
Congratulations!
Jodi