Monday, August 04, 2008

Master of his own poop

Saturday afternoon, Jacob asked me to show him to the potty so he could pee. There is a ritual -- he needs me to place his stool and take care of his britches, but then he wants me to go away while he stands up and does his bidness. The man likes his privacy.

So I did, and then promptly lost track of time. Maybe 10 minutes later I realize he's still in the bathroom, only because he yells for me across the house.

"Mommy! Come see what I did!"

So I do, just in time to watch him sliding off of his padded potty seat. Which he put there himself. On which he was obviously just sitting.

"I made some poop for you, Mommy!"

And he did. He hasn't had an accident since. The Jake, he is potty trained, here at 2 years and 5 months. Yeehah!

The nighttime thing is a different story. He woke up dry a few nights in a row last week, so I told him he could stop wearing diapers at night. Every night since then he has slept horribly, and not just from wetting the bed. Could it be that he was stressing about peeing his pants in his sleep? I suggested he wear a diaper to sleep in last night and he didn't even fight me. He also slept well. So I'm not completely free of the costly diaper overlords just yet, but surely now it's only a matter of time.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Master of his own poop first, next Master of the Universe!

2:24 PM  
Blogger Twinkletoes said...

Congrats! It's so excited to be done with diapers - even if you still need a few in the middle the of night. We are also just doing diapers overnight and 95% of the time, she is dry...but my other thought was...what else would I do with that carton of diapers???
~Lynn/PA

10:47 PM  

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