Potty Training Month 2

Can you believe it is possible to undo in 3 days something that you've been working on for 3 weeks?

We had a minor setback with Potty Training the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Because we were visiting next door (Jim's parents live next door to us) with all the family for the 3 days surrounding Thanksgiving, we put Joshua in a pull-up the WHOLE time- and he did very poorly with telling me he had to go. I would take him in to use the potty periodically, and whenever I had to go, I would make him go too, but he generally had already gone in his pull up> Grrr!

So Sunday was back to nakey baby and he pitched a fit when we took his pants off... he was not happy. Then he proceeded to, 3 days in a row, poop somewhere on the floor (one time was at Gigi's house~ sorry Gigi!) The first time it happened, we had a talk with him and told him that he would be "disciplined" if he did it again- *and we did* Plus, he forgot to tell me both at breakfast and lunch that he had to go potty, and I ended up cleaning "piddles" off the floor :( Grrr.

But alas, tonight at El Bethel's church meeting. Joshua told me (during preaching service) that he had to go potty and when I took him in the bathroom he went and stood on the step stool and said "No, Mamma, I not go piddles" and I said, "Joshua, if you told Mamma you had to go and don't have to then that means you told Mamma a lie, and you get a spanking when you tell a lie" I sat him on the potty and he went piddles! Hooray. Then we got up 3 more times becuase he said he had to poop (which I think he really did- but the it wasn't until the last time that he actually did) I was SOOOOOOOO thankful. This would be the first time he has EVER told me he has needed to potty while wearing a pull up- Perhaps, we have had a breakthrough!

So after two steps forward and one step back, I think we made a giant leap tonight!