Luke is POTTY TRAINED.
He just turned 3 earlier this month, so I think he's gotten to this point in pretty good time, especially for a boy. I'm so proud of him.
Now, for the story...
Luke has been aware of his need to 'go' for probably close to a year now.
Almost every evening after bath, Luke liked to have some 'naked time', and during that time he'd always let us know if he needed to pee, and we'd take him to the bathroom to use the toilet.
For some reason though, we could never convince him to wear underwear, and as long as he was wearing a diaper during the rest of the day, he just used it instead of saying he needed to go to the toilet.
I even bought him cute Toy Story underpants, during the time that he was most into Toy Story, but he didn't go for it at all. So we left him alone for a while longer.
Luke is a VERY stubborn child, and has an amazingly strong will. He is NOT easily bribed.
This isn't the kind of kid that'll break at the first sight of a lollipop or a candy bar. LOL
He's pretty tough, so I have been trying to think for a while of something that would be exciting enough for him, that he could be bribed with it, to start wearing underpants.
The other day he was out with me, and we decided to stop in at the pet store to look at the animals.
Out of all the animals, Luke was most excited to see all the fish. He just LOVED watching them swim around the tanks. This is when I realised that this might be the key... he has enough toys that a new toy wasn't bribe enough. Candy wasn't going to work, and he doesn't like books all that much.. but a FISH is something he's never had.
So I passed the idea by Jake, and then went ahead and bought a tabletop sized aquarium kit. It came with all the bits and pieces needed to set it up (for $20), so I just needed to buy the fish.
I let Luke take it home, and I put it on the bathroom counter (still closed in the box), and explained to him that we would buy him a fish to put in his aquarium, when he started wearing underwear.
He promptly picked out a pair and put them on... we haven't looked back since.
He poops, and pees on the toilet just like a big kid. He tells me on his own when he needs to go so I don't have to ask him every 15 minutes. I have put him in pullups at night, but today he even napped for over 2hrs with just his underwear on, and he woke up dry and ready to go to the toilet.
No accidents so far. He's doing great.
So tonight after dinner, we took Luke to the pet shop, and let him get a gold fish.
I tried to help him pick out a name for the fish, but I think it's probably just going to be named, 'FISH'. lol
Very original. haha
He's pretty excited about Fish.
I think we will look into getting his little tank a light so that he can see it from his bed at night (and it'll work as a great night light too)
So, the diapers are GONE (well packed away for when Kate needs them), and he's a big boy now.
We went from full diaper duty just 2 days ago, to underwear, no accidents, a nap in underpants, and Luke telling us completely on his own when he needs to go (he's even used multiple public restrooms without being freaked out too much)
I'm so proud of him. I knew he could do it :)
So meet the new member of our family
"FISH"
He just turned 3 earlier this month, so I think he's gotten to this point in pretty good time, especially for a boy. I'm so proud of him.
Now, for the story...
Luke has been aware of his need to 'go' for probably close to a year now.
Almost every evening after bath, Luke liked to have some 'naked time', and during that time he'd always let us know if he needed to pee, and we'd take him to the bathroom to use the toilet.
For some reason though, we could never convince him to wear underwear, and as long as he was wearing a diaper during the rest of the day, he just used it instead of saying he needed to go to the toilet.
I even bought him cute Toy Story underpants, during the time that he was most into Toy Story, but he didn't go for it at all. So we left him alone for a while longer.
Luke is a VERY stubborn child, and has an amazingly strong will. He is NOT easily bribed.
This isn't the kind of kid that'll break at the first sight of a lollipop or a candy bar. LOL
He's pretty tough, so I have been trying to think for a while of something that would be exciting enough for him, that he could be bribed with it, to start wearing underpants.
The other day he was out with me, and we decided to stop in at the pet store to look at the animals.
Out of all the animals, Luke was most excited to see all the fish. He just LOVED watching them swim around the tanks. This is when I realised that this might be the key... he has enough toys that a new toy wasn't bribe enough. Candy wasn't going to work, and he doesn't like books all that much.. but a FISH is something he's never had.
So I passed the idea by Jake, and then went ahead and bought a tabletop sized aquarium kit. It came with all the bits and pieces needed to set it up (for $20), so I just needed to buy the fish.
I let Luke take it home, and I put it on the bathroom counter (still closed in the box), and explained to him that we would buy him a fish to put in his aquarium, when he started wearing underwear.
He promptly picked out a pair and put them on... we haven't looked back since.
He poops, and pees on the toilet just like a big kid. He tells me on his own when he needs to go so I don't have to ask him every 15 minutes. I have put him in pullups at night, but today he even napped for over 2hrs with just his underwear on, and he woke up dry and ready to go to the toilet.
No accidents so far. He's doing great.
So tonight after dinner, we took Luke to the pet shop, and let him get a gold fish.
I tried to help him pick out a name for the fish, but I think it's probably just going to be named, 'FISH'. lol
Very original. haha
He's pretty excited about Fish.
I think we will look into getting his little tank a light so that he can see it from his bed at night (and it'll work as a great night light too)
So, the diapers are GONE (well packed away for when Kate needs them), and he's a big boy now.
We went from full diaper duty just 2 days ago, to underwear, no accidents, a nap in underpants, and Luke telling us completely on his own when he needs to go (he's even used multiple public restrooms without being freaked out too much)
I'm so proud of him. I knew he could do it :)
So meet the new member of our family
"FISH"
