Hallelujah.....

After months and months of crying and temper tantrums (by both of us!), I'm pleased to announce that my son has finally decided that peeing in the potty is not scary. YES!!!! I don't know what was different about this attempt but it finally took! Once he stopped being so freakin stubborn, it was surprisingly easy. He hasn't had any accidents or anything. Granted, he now thinks he needs to go pee every 30 minutes but this is a trade I'm willing to make.

We'd tried everything we could think of... rewards, watching me and Luke pee so he could see it's no big deal, I spent hours on the internet looking for every tip or trick I could find, I even pulled up Youtube videos of other kids learning to potty train for him to watch (yes, slightly weird but I was willing to try anything.) This time we tried the easing him into it approach. First, I had him wear his underwear and when he needed to pee we put a pull-up on him and had him sit on the toilet and pee in the pull-up. The next time he need to pee, we put the pull-up in the bowl of the potty and had him pee into that. The next time he had to go, I asked him if he wanted the pull-up in the potty or not. He said no and went about his business, then he gets up and says, "See mom, it's not scary after all!" Sigh. I don't know if it was the pull-up method we used or if he was just finally ready but in any case I'm very, very excited!