Nathan began the potty training project early, expressing his curiousity and desire at 18 months. As exciting as the idea of no more diapers sounded and still sounds...there's a lot more involved than anyone may expect.
Hearing other's stories either makes you think your ahead at the game or have a lot to work on, and I've felt both ways. Nathan is now 25 months old and to meet my original 8 month goal I've got roughly 1 month to go (in reality less).
Road bumps:
*Although Nathan has nearly learned total bowel control, he still can't quite pull his "Pull-ups" or his pants up or down on his own.
*Too much Lactose = much, much less control on his part...I don't blame him, poor kid.
*It's only 50-50 as far as us reminding him to go and him telling us he needs to go.
*Most of the time he seems to do it just for the rewards, but at least they are working right!? (thank you - fruit snacks, popsicles and Mamba's)
*And of course nap and bed time are a whole nother ball park, so I'm not taking that into account.
All in all, Nathan is making me one proud mamma, but I'm not putting money on day-time big boy panties by the 17th. I'll keep working on it, wish me luck and I'll keep you posted.
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