It's Time...

It's Spring Break!

I remember when I was in high school; Spring Break was a time to hit the beaches or the slopes.

Teenagers going to the tanning salons to get some "color" before hitting the beach or getting together all their gear for the ski trip. Everyone looking forward to a weeks vacation from school!

Now that I have a toddler; Spring Break is a 1 week vacation for Little Man from Mother's Day Out to spend potty training! Woo Hoo! 2 weeks of preparation for the big event. Buying big boy underpants, making sure the little potty is ready to go and the big potty has a good insert if the boy is so inclined (you know...so he doesn't fall in), stocking up on M&M's (aka bribes. oops! I mean reward!), discussing the pros of being potty trained. "If you use the potty like a big boy this week we'll go to the Zoo or Pump It Up or (fill in the blank here)! Also used the fact that his cousins play flag football and you have to be potty trained to play sports!

Little Man and the supplies

Someone suggested I do the countdown. So we did the.."In one week, no more diapers!" "In 3 days, no more diapers!" And this morning:

Me: "Guess what tomorrow is?!"

Little Man: "What?!"

Me: "No more diapers, only underwear!"

Little Man: "Oh, yeah!"

Don't know if he really understands the big picture but he did tell a friend of ours that now he can play sports and go to Pump It Up! He doesn't like "poops" in his diaper and is put out when he has to stop playing to get his diaper changed. So, I think he is ready! We've already been practicing, "aim at the square of toilet paper" in the big toilet. May try my brother's suggestion of "shoot at the cheerio in the toilet". We'll see what works for Little Man. Not doing the pull-ups though because he treats those just like diapers.

Will keep you posted on our potty training adventure! :)