Potty Training 101

I am kind of clueless about the whole potty training thing. Housebreaking a dog, well that I know.......doing it with a little person is totally foreign. I just have to say that Austen is actually the one teaching me how it's done. He is practically potty training himself!!! He went a whole 24 hours without going in a diaper......he held it all night even though he had a bunch of water before bed.

That being said, I had no idea it was going to be this exhausting. He has to go every 10 or 15 min and in between I'm constantly watching him for signs that he has to go. I had a million things on my to do list yesterday and even though we did not leave the house once all day, I didn't get any of them done. In fact, I only managed to put away 1 measly load of laundry and empty the dishwasher.

That stuff isn't as important obviously, but it's just surprising how time consuming it has been.

I've discovered a few things along the way.

1. If he says he has to go, he means it! Even if he just went.
2. Pants take a long time to get off.....it's better to just skip the pants.
3. Bribing with skittles might not be the best thing with him. (He has realized he gets a skittle every time he goes in the potty which makes him think he has to go A LOT!)

Here he is in his big boy pants.....how cute is that?

This morning he put on some of my running gear so he could go run too.
With no pants it's extra funny.

I'm so proud of my little guy!! He is doing so well with all this and it makes me realize how grown up he's getting. I am seriously the luckiest mom ever!