Up until last week, I had a son who was creeping up on being 3 and 1/2 who continuously told me:
“Mama, I will have a paci and wear diapers FOREVER!”
I giggled. But deep down, I really thought he might.
And since he’s the baby, I kind of (KIND OF) thought it was okay.
But then I started thinking about the fact that he would HAVE to be potty trained to go to any kind of school next fall.
And really, he needs to go to some kind of school.
We both need him to.
Of course, he thinks that he is going to go to his big brother’s school. Which he cannot do until he is 4 (and he misses that dreaded school-cut-off by over a month). So, he’ll be super sad when he has to go somewhere else. But, thank goodness, that’s another story for more than 6 months from now.
Anyway.
Last Friday Finn woke up with a dry diaper. Now, it took my first-born about another whole year AFTER he was potty trained to go all night with a dry diaper (which we slept in until we had that down, because who has the energy to change sheets daily?!!?? anyone??!!). So, I took it as a sign.
And we took off the diaper and went to the bathroom.
There was crying. Yelling. Screaming. Shaking. Fear. Terror. Anger. And a lot of it.
Then he tinkled in the potty.
Then he smiled and said
“Mama, this is the best day EVER. Don’t I get M and M’s?”
And that was about it. No accidents. No more drama. Diaper at night, underwear during the day.
Toy Story undies helped us along.
And we put stickers on a paper every time we went potty until it was full.
The full sticker page resulted in a “big prize”.
A new game for his DS.
Now, this is slightly shocking to me on many levels.
1. My 3 year old son has a DS.
Rationale: if he doesn’t have what his brother has he will either steal or break his brothers “thing”.
2. He knew EXACTLY which DS game he wanted. Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. Apparently this game was advertised on the instruction page of his Toy Story game. Obviously.
3. Hobbes, my first born, got a Thomas Train when he got his first sticker page filled for potty training. That was what he played with. He was so sweet and YOUNG.
4. Second children (and probably all after that) are just something else.
Now, in full disclosure I feel like I should tell you that Finn probably WILL have his paci forever. At least in his bed. I’ll take off diapers, but I won’t mess around with kiddos who sleep all night with a paci!
