Maybe it's Potty Time

A few months back Hayden took it upon himself to try out the potty. I had one sittin inthe basement and he wanted to sit on it and viola he went potty. I thought we hit the toddler jackpot and that he was pretty much going to train himself. Just wake up and Hello potty Goodbye diapers. For several days he would occasionally pee on the potty and then poof. His interest just vanished. Well for the better since I was still adjusting to bearing the title of mommy of two. In all honesty it is so much easier to just change a diaper. Not to have to repeatedly ask "do ya have to potty" or "it's time to try to potty now". repeated trips back and forth to the potty. Changing pants and underwear (or underpants) as he calls 'em. Having to sit on public toilets and have pee pee treats readily available. We were at the zoo and Hayden peed on the potty then asked for his pee pee treat. Uh oh. I forgot 'em at home. I went to the souvenir shops scattered throughout the zoo but no candy as it attracts rodents and varmints as the worker explained. Well as I explained the crisis the middle aged man said "here", and reached into his pocket to pull out a breath mint. Okay that should work. I handed it to Hayden who took a bite then spit it out. "Too hot, I can't like it" Hopefully I didn't just teach him to accept candy from strangers. Fast forward two months and we are trying again. Got some good pointers from Aunt Andrea and her successful approach to potty train Addison. Sticker board. check. Pee pee treats easily accessible at all times. Check. Pull ups. Check. Real underwear. Check. In addition we added a treasure chest full of treasures. Once he gets a row of stickers he gets to pick a treasure from the chest. So far this is working well. He usually is only having one or two accidents a day and having successful trips to the bathroom. He does not want to use the kid potty. He wants the big potty. Big potty it is. We are just going to take it one day at a time and not really force the issue. If he wants to potty great but I figure he will figure it out when he is ready too. It's not worth tears and a power struggle. He has no interest in going potty in the morning when he wakes up and you know what? It's okay. It's not like he's 25 his 2.5 years old. They already grow up so fast why rush it.