The Potty Chronicles

After our Saturday discussion at Target I decided on Sunday we should dive in and try the potty thing. I reminded Zachy about the cool Star Wars toy that he could get and he seemed game to give the underwear thing a whirl.

Sunday - first day of unders. Zachy managed to pee through two pair but put all the poop in the potty.
Monday - Rick and Zach fake illness to avoid potty training. Okay not really, they have horrible allergies and were out for the day.
Tuesday - Zachy is back in unders, per his request. He made the entire day at school until we arrived to pick him up and then he peed. He did manage to poop in the potty not only at home but also at Target. His reward were some stellar Clone Wars unders, which he gets to wear tomorrow.

A few fun things I forgot about potty training:

1. The need to get completely naked no matter how dirty the public bathroom is.
2. The joys of teaching someone just how much toilet paper you can put in a toilet and not flood the house.
3. The joys of teaching a kid how to wipe his butt with the toilet paper.
4. Wondering how many other people in the public restroom are listening to you cheer and praise your child for using the potty.
5. Having to constantly remind your child to not touch all the parts of the public toilet and then wondering if it really matters because you already took off his shoes, pants, and underwear to get him on the toilet.

Fingers crossed that we are on the road to a diaper free house.