Johnny has had an awesome week. Monday, he made the change from pull-ups (which we always called diapers to try and make them seem as "little kid" as possible) to underwear, and he hasn't even had an accident yet. Without fail, he has used the toilet exclusively for almost 2 full weeks now, the second of which in underwear. We are all quite impressed, and it shows me that once he makes up his mind to do something, it happens. I'm just glad he has finally decided to make this change!
Thursday was Halloween, and we had a busy evening. We trick-or-treated at the mall, (in the light, nice and warm, with candy I didn't have to "check") went to our church's "Autumn Extravaganza" that had everything from bounce houses to games to a professional photographer to capture all of the costumes on film, and then trick-or-treated at the grandparent's houses. Johnny did enormously well with the fact that he wasn't allowed to have any of the candy he collected, (due to all of the sugar-- which he doesn't eat) and we gave him several sugar-free mini Reese's cups throughout the evening. The next morning he tried to convince us that he had to take all of the sugary candy he got into school to give to his teacher, because she had jokingly told the kids to bring her anything they got and didn't like. She said she felt bad about the fact that he took it seriously, but it is just a part of the deal with my little dude. No biggie! We were able to refocus him on something else and he moved on quite nicely.
Last night my mother-in-law and sister-in-law took Johnny for the night. He had dinner, a movie and a sleepover with them, and Steve and I had a Numb3rs marathon. We were informed pretty late yesterday evening that he had pooped on the potty, and I promised him a prize when I came to pick him up. This morning, I got a FaceTime call from him to say that he had done it again. I took the question mark prize box with me, and he found a book in it the "first time" he looked, (he made me take turns, not put two in at once) and a Spider Man costume the second time. Yay Target 50% off Halloween! He has been dressed up ever since. We went to GG's to watch some of the Penn State game, and then made our way home.
In 2 weeks we will be having a Potty Party for Johnny. To celebrate the end of his long journey through the land of potty training, we will have a party with all of the people who were instrumental in the process. He is so excited! The arrival of the party day will also mark the end of the prizes he has been getting as incentives to go. He will then have been in underwear for 3 weeks, and I figured that a party was a good way to end them. I expect him to fight me a bit on it, but I don't think that after going so long without using pull-ups he will even ask to use them again. Either way, he won't get them. Hopefully the final transition won't be too bad. I'm excited to celebrate with him, and I think we will get him some special new underwear as a present. My little man is finally a big boy!
Thursday was Halloween, and we had a busy evening. We trick-or-treated at the mall, (in the light, nice and warm, with candy I didn't have to "check") went to our church's "Autumn Extravaganza" that had everything from bounce houses to games to a professional photographer to capture all of the costumes on film, and then trick-or-treated at the grandparent's houses. Johnny did enormously well with the fact that he wasn't allowed to have any of the candy he collected, (due to all of the sugar-- which he doesn't eat) and we gave him several sugar-free mini Reese's cups throughout the evening. The next morning he tried to convince us that he had to take all of the sugary candy he got into school to give to his teacher, because she had jokingly told the kids to bring her anything they got and didn't like. She said she felt bad about the fact that he took it seriously, but it is just a part of the deal with my little dude. No biggie! We were able to refocus him on something else and he moved on quite nicely.
Last night my mother-in-law and sister-in-law took Johnny for the night. He had dinner, a movie and a sleepover with them, and Steve and I had a Numb3rs marathon. We were informed pretty late yesterday evening that he had pooped on the potty, and I promised him a prize when I came to pick him up. This morning, I got a FaceTime call from him to say that he had done it again. I took the question mark prize box with me, and he found a book in it the "first time" he looked, (he made me take turns, not put two in at once) and a Spider Man costume the second time. Yay Target 50% off Halloween! He has been dressed up ever since. We went to GG's to watch some of the Penn State game, and then made our way home.
In 2 weeks we will be having a Potty Party for Johnny. To celebrate the end of his long journey through the land of potty training, we will have a party with all of the people who were instrumental in the process. He is so excited! The arrival of the party day will also mark the end of the prizes he has been getting as incentives to go. He will then have been in underwear for 3 weeks, and I figured that a party was a good way to end them. I expect him to fight me a bit on it, but I don't think that after going so long without using pull-ups he will even ask to use them again. Either way, he won't get them. Hopefully the final transition won't be too bad. I'm excited to celebrate with him, and I think we will get him some special new underwear as a present. My little man is finally a big boy!
Wow, what a kid!
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