potty update

this afternoon, nathan declared he wanted to wear underwear please! he's not worn it since saturday, but has peed in the potty when asked. he kept it dry all evening (3 hours) and peed and pooped on the potty! i know you guys don't really care all that much about the bowel habits of my kiddo, but since this blog serves as a memory book for us, I just have to post the details! nathan also requested to wear underwear to bed... and since his diapers weigh 10 pounds in the morning, the answer to that was, "when your diapers are wet and have no poopy then you can wear underwear to bed." I think we're officially potty training and I have no idea how we got here!

update2/22 830 pm: from his bed he is begging to go pee pee... "mommy daddy come quick. i really gotta go pee pee. i gotta lota poopie in there. help, i need to get to the potty." and our dilemma began... does he really have to go? do we reward him for sensing that he had to go if he really does? will he be up all night asking to pee? oh my goodness. so I go in there and talk to him about being truthful and ask, do you really need to go pee pee? "yes mommy. i am truthful. i do need to go pee pee and poopie too." off we go to the potty and yes he peed, and pooted a few times. indeed he was honest. then he said... "mommy i can keep my diaper dry. may i please wear underwear to bed?" so on went the huggies overnight diaper and on top of that? yep, some car undies. some battles i will fight, others i will relinquish to the tot.

update 2/23: no word about underwear this morning, but after lunch was a different story. he wore undies and stayed dry with several prompted trips to the potty. after nap he wore underwear to a playdate and again stayed dry with prompted trips to the potty. he pees 99% of the time we go. :) tonight he lasted through dinner with dry undies too. he did have a little accident while snuggling on the couch with daddy... but it's totally understandable to focus solely on daddy (and diego) instead of having to pee. :) he definatley knows what to do on the potty and has shown he can "hold it" but doesn't yet associate the feeling of having to pee with needing to ask to pee. any suggestions there? we're working on it!