Wonder what Jack thinks about all this?

Well…Jennifer decided to go ahead with Jack’s potty training.

Step 1 – Get Jack into his big boy underwear

Result – Easier said than done, Jack refused to put his new underwear on until lunchtime

Step 2 – Get him on the potty

Result – 1st visit was dry; we didn’t get to a 2nd visit as Jack peed on the floor in the kitchen 7 minutes before his next trip to the potty

Step 3 – Back in the diaper

Result – Jack acts like he’s gonna poop; Jennifer puts him on the potty and 10 minutes later, nada

Step 4 – Run to store and get Cool Alert Pull-Ups; they turn cool when you start to wet which gets your attention and gets you used to what having to go potty feels like

Result – That’s it for today; Jack goes into his Cool Alert Pull-Ups tomorrow morning

As you can see, our method of potty training is unique to us.  Question is, will it work?

Let’s go back to the drawing board for just a minute.  We consulted a favorite site of ours, babycenter.com for some more advice.

Ok, Jack watches Daddy pee all the time and we talk about the day when he’ll go pee pee in the potty.   Good, we got that one right.

We bought him a potty as well.  Looking good.  Wow!  So we should stop making fun of Everyone Poops and think about buying it for Jack?  Makes sense.

So he needs to get used to the potty, first with his clothes on, then with his pants down.  Hmmm….  We’ve sat him on it many times, but I don’t think we did it that way.  Oh well…what’s next?

Hmmm…maybe instead of feeding Jack’s Diego doll Frosted Flakes, we should be showing him how Diego goes pee pee on the potty.  Guess there’s something to this doll thing.

Another one we got right on the money!  We bought Jack some pirate underwear on our summer vacation and he wore Thomas the Tank Engine underwear today.

We need a schedule too.  He should be in diapers for long trips and at night and training with his underwear or Cool Alert Pull-Ups in the morning.  No problem.

Sit first, then stand…covered that one yesterday.  Naked time?  Sounds messy.  Perhaps we should do that one in the kitchen.

Celebrate success…that’s a no-brainer.  Keep trying…fine, sure.  Add some flair to potty training?  Do tell.  Oh, throw some shapes or cereal o’s in the potty for target practice, use some food coloring and let him change the color with his pee.  Cool.  We have the M&M’s on our side with this one.  Every successful potty earns Jack his favorite candy.

Nighty, night.  Good thing is that Jack regularly has dry nights and naps.  Once we keep him dry all day, we can try going diaper free at bedtime.

An official “no more diapers” ceremony.  Sounds like fun.  Wow, that will truly be a great day.

Maybe we don’t have to stick to a particular “theory” of potty training.  Perhaps we can do this in our own unique way, applying the advice we get in a way that’s best for us and Jack.

Tomorrow’s another day.  Good luck Jennifer and Jack!