We are SO proud of Philip. It really was the right time to potty train him as he has taken to it so easily and plus it allows us to give him extra praise just in case he is having any jealousy over Braewyn being here. If you read the prior post, he began wearing underwear last Monday afternoon after requesting to use the potty. I was hesistant but decided to go for it and not look back.
Monday evening went well. One accident, but thankfully Philip was on the back porch watching Matthew cut the grass. Before bed, he was back in a diaper as will be the norm for some time.
Tuesday morning and Philip doesn't want to try to potty after waking up. His diaper was pretty soaked so I thought maybe he had just gone. Well, pajama bottoms and diaper off, underwear on. We tried to potty about an hour later, but nothing. "Good try," I tell him. About 30 minutes later, pee on the carpet! Can't remember how the rest of the morning went, but I don't think any more accidents. After lunch, we read a book before nap and then tried to potty again. Yippee, pee and poop! Again Philip was so excited at seeing me get so excited. He wanted to call someone to tell the good news. We had called Aunt Lori the day before and I didn't want her to think we'd be calling each day he pooped, so Philip asked to call Uncle Jonathan instead. We left a message and then told Daddy our good news over the phone as well. Diaper for nap time. Philip slept until almost 5:30pm but woke up with a very wet diaper. After dinner, he tried to potty, but nothing. Matthew and I then took the kids to Walmart to pick up some things for our July 4th get-together the next day. Yeah, Philip! Dry underwear all the way to Walmart, throughout the store, the drive home and even stopping at a fireworks stand! Upon getting home, Matthew took him to the bathroom and then Philip pee-peed!
Wednesday, Matthew was off work and unfortunately neither of us stayed on Philip that closely. Two accidents in the morning. A good long nap and then off to our friend Kristie's house for her July 4th party (our 4th year attending!) with Philip in underwear! On the way over, I asked Philip if he wanted to tell everyone that he was wearing underwear. He said no so we didn't make a big deal of it. However after Matthew took him to the bathroom the first time at Kristie's house and Philip came out saying, "I went potty!", the celebration was on! Everyone began giving him high-fives and saying, "Yeah, Philip, I'm so proud of you." I don't think he minded everyone knowing after that. Well, we spent from 5:30pm until 10:00pm at Kristie's and NO accidents! Praise the Lord. We even spent the last 30 minutes down by the lake watching fireworks (which scared Philip by being so loud) and we traveled home with Philip in the same underwear in which we left the house. (Post to come about our July 4th.)
Thursday was another good day. I took the kids over to visit my friend whom we call, Mrs. Cordie (that's her first name). She will be 93 next week. We became friends when I began bringing her CDs of our Sunday services 4 years ago. She is still sharp mentally, but is slowing down physically. However, she can hold a two-month-old baby girl as I chase a toddler around her house. Philip went potty there and no accidents again. That evening we ventured out to Kohl's and all went well as well.
Friday I left Philip with our neighbor Tracy and his friends, Emily and Anna Grace, while I took Braewyn for her two month check-up (post to come). Tracy apologized for not watching him closely enough as he had an accident and she graciously washed his shorts, underwear, socks and tennis shoes! Thankfully, they just put in hardwood floors throughout their house a few months ago so no damage was done. Friday night, Matthew and I decided it would be nice to go out for dinner. We picked a Chinese buffet restaurant which provides enough choices for us all to enjoy. Next was the mall. That was a little intimidating as the bathrooms are few and far between. Praise God, Philip made it through the night like a champ! No accidents. On the way home, I asked Matthew what constitutes "completely trained". I don't remember what he said, but I feel Philip is well on his way there. At least during the day.
Saturday was a full day too and overall successful. We started out going to the local farmer's market in search of great home-grown vegetables. Side story... We found a HUGE zucchini (probably a foot long and four inches in diameter). The man who grew it actually gave it to me free of charge after I had bought some other vegetables. He said I only had to fix this special recipe with it: make spaghetti (boil spaghetti, brown hamburger, mix in tomato sauce), cut zucchini in half length-wise, scoop out seeds, fill with spaghetti, cover with parmesan cheese, cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes. It was awesome as we ate it for lunch on Sunday! Anyway, after the market we had lunch at McDonald's and then drove to Funtasia, a mini-golf place. Matthew played arcade games with Philip while I fed Braewyn and then we headed out to Hole #1. Those who live in town know it was around 90 degrees on Saturday! Yes, the four of us sweated profusely but had a good time. Philip actually tried to play golf for the first 6 holes, the next 5 he pretended to play baseball and just threw his plastic club in the air, and then we left on Hole #13 as it was then 2:15pm and well into naptime. Still no accidents throughout our game!
Saturday evening, Matthew and I attended a wedding so my parents kept the kids. Unfortunately, Philip pee'd on the carpet just 10 minutes after we left and later had a poop in his underwear. If the grandparents love him enough to babysit these days, I suppose that they've signed up to clean up the accidents too.
I must be honest that the first few days were emotionally taxing on both Philip and me. As of today, I think that he's realized this is now how life is. When he woke up from his nap today, he called for me (he stays in his room until we go get him out) and said, "I need to go potty." Sure enough, his pull-up (Walmart brand White Cloud training pants work great!) was dry and he pee'd right away in the toilet. Just have to get the poopies in the potty and master "Hold it down" as we say when he's going pee on the toilet. You parents of little girls lucked out of that one. It's a shame when your son makes it all the way to the toilet but then his underwear end up wet anyway from the spray coming out under the seat!
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