So... we did it. We potty trained Ian. Wade took Friday off work, and I'm so grateful he did. Even to just have him around to relieve me, help make meals, and be our support. It was a long 3 days, but I can confidently say now near the end of Day #3 - we did it. Correction, HE did it!! We've been cooped up inside on the tile or hardwood for days, but it was all worth it. I had no idea the challenge we were in for, nor the rewarding feeling after success.

We started first thing in the morning on Day 1. I had previously hid all of his diapers from sight, and he knew this was the day. When I went to get him in the morning, he stood up in his crib, started pulling his PJ bottoms down saying "big boy undies, bye-bye diapers!" I think that morning we had about 3 accidents and 2 good tinkles in the potty (it was hard to keep track). But around 10ish we had a break through where he was on the potty and had a good long pee in the potty. I think that's when it started to click for him. He woke up from his nap dry, went pee on the potty right away. But we had another accident in the afternoon. I learned to be more on top of it, ask him more often but not push the issue. By Day 2, he was telling us on his own he had to go. We also had an incident with poo poo which I won't go into details but let's just say the poo never ended up in the toilet. I think we had 2 morning accidents on Day 2, I had to try really hard not to get frustrated and remind myself he's learning from them. The last accident was because he was not wanting to tear away from his toys. Day 3 there were no accidents (as of the afternoon), he knows when he has to go, and if he hasn't gone in a while I remind him he needs to stop playing with his toys, take a break and try the potty or else he'll have another accident. The BIG breakthrough is he POOED in the potty today!!! Day 3, I knew he'd been having to go for hours, but he was acting too scared to sit on the potty. It came down to right before nap time and he just kept wanting to try. Not sure how he got over being scared, I told him I'd hold him if he wanted and that he's safe. I also started talking to his butt saying "come out poo poo" and boy did that make him laugh. Maybe that's what did it. I told him we'd get frozen yogurt once the poo went in the potty, too. The last attempt I said no more truck videos (it kept him on the potty but distracted him too much, he'd sit there for hours doing nothing if he had the chance). So I was reading him an ABC book, got to the letter R, and he went!! I was so proud I was near tears. I'm still so excited about all of it. I know he's still got some learning to go and there will be more accidents, but I really feel like he's got it down and the hardest part is over. So proud of him, I could just burst. He's a big boy now.

And one from my phone - he's so proud to be in big boy undies the morning of Day 1!