About four weeks ago I was having a frustrating morning and told him he had to sit there until something came out. I brought in a TV table and his laptop and he played computer games while he waited. He'd call out to me and said he'd gone poo-poo, I'd come check and say "Not yet, keep trying!" We repeated that about 5 times, and then voila! Success. I was very delighted, and had him call Nathan at work to announce the big news. Then I gave him the oft-promised whole bar of Hershey chocolate, and took him to Target to pick out a special toy for going poo-poo in the toilet. There was no way I was going to let this get overlooked. I wanted him to know it was a big deal, and a very good thing to keep doing!!
A couple days later, a special toilet seat that I had ordered arrived and I made a big fuss about his special seat and installed it in his bathroom that night. (The seat is called The Family Seat and has a built in child ring and adult ring so you don't have a clunky potty chair or insertable ring kicking around the bathroom. Read more about it on my Rants and Raves Blog). The next morning, at 5:45, David called out to me from his new throne that he'd just gone poo-poo in the toilet. We gave him very bleary-eyed praise, amazed that a kid would wake up so early to do business. I guess he likes his seat. :)
We decided he was going consistently enough to be ready for big boy underpants, and told him when his pack of pull-ups was all gone, it was time to start wearing underwear. We held our breath sending him to school in undies, and the real test was driving for 10 hours to my brother's house in Connecticut for Thanksgiving and spending a week out of David's normal routine. He passed with flying colors, and we're super delighted!!
