Potty Training

Well, only one week (last Tuesday to this Monday) after we started working on potty training Landen, we can say that he is pretty much potty trained! I have potty italicized because we have yet to get Landen to willing poop in the toilet. Right now, he is either holding it for days or going in a diaper (or underwear...we had a big mess on Tuesday because I gave him wheat bran on Monday since he hadn't gone in 4 days). He has gotten up from his naps all this week completely dry! He even wore his underwear for nap time yesterday. Most of the mornings this week he has gotten up dry. Monday morning, he woke up a little before 5, to go to the bathroom. When I saw the light come on, I was worried that he turned on the bedroom light (which he has done before and woke Adellyn up), so I jumped out of bed to check on the situation. I was thrilled when he said, "Mommy, I have to potty," as he started to take his pants and diaper off. Afterward, he went right back to bed and slept in until about 8:30; and he was still dry! I have even stopped giving him M&Ms for going potty. I will still give him some if he asks right after he is done, but he hasn't even asked for a couple of days now. I'm pretty happy about that because I wasn't really sure how I would "wean" him off of the rewards once he got the hang of it!

Even though he potties in the toilet every time now, it doesn't mean we don't have messes to clean up...after all, he is a boy! However, his messes in the bathroom are not entirely his fault. A while back I noticed that he has a little extra piece of skin that causes his stream to shoot up. I was hoping that as he grew, it would become less of an issue, but now I realized that the problem is not going to go away on its own. I am going to take him to our doctor with me when I go for a prenatal check up next week to have her look at it. I'm hoping that whatever she decides to do doesn't interfere with his potty training or take us back to square one. Hopefully she also has some advice on getting him to poop.