POTTY TRAINING

Right before the beach this year (2008) we sort of started working on the potty training with Will. We knew that he was ready and he understood the concept - he just wasn't quite getting it so after we got back we tried another method. He absolutely loves the movie, CARS, so we bought some of the cars from the movie as an incentive to go to the potty and believe it or not....it worked! We showed him the cars and told him that if he went to the potty he would get one so he ran straight to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and went "potty!" It was actually hilarious to watch him because after we gave him one car he wanted to keep going to the bathroom for more and we were worried that he was going to hurt himself after a while! He's gotten quite the collection now and is still working hard at this - he's even moved to underwear and is staying dry through the night a good bit! :) I've changed the method a little and made a potty chart for him to put stickers on it each day so at the end of the week he can see the progress he's made and on Friday's we give him a new car - he likes this and gets so excited by the end of the week about this! It's such a relief knowing that we'll soon (for the most part) be out of pull-ups! :) He also picked out a toilet seat the other day (football) and he was so excited about this also! We are so very proud of Will!

The famous football toilet seat:



The potty chart that I made for Will:



The big boy himself and his Lightning McQueen underwear: