Potty Training - Day 1

This morning I put Colin in underwear. 30 seconds later, he peed in them. Needless to say, I had extremely low hopes for the rest of the day. He picked out new undies to wear and I decided to set a timer. I explained to him that when it went off, we had to check his underwear and he could have put a sticker on his potty chart if he kept his undies dry. 15 min later - undies were dry! We continued every 15min until he finally peed in the toilet, then moved it to every 20min. Each time he got a sticker for keeping his undies dry, then if he peed he got another sticker and an M&M. Could be overboard with rewards, but I don't care - it worked for him. He kept his undies dry all morning!!!

I put him in a pull up for naptime and I encouraged him to keep it dry (knowing he wouldn't be able to yet, but still putting the thought in his head). Sure enough, he woke up wet. No biggie.... he had a small tantrum with not wanting to go back in undies, but I waited it out and sure enough he went back in undies. And then he stayed dry until bedtime!

He sure did make his Mommy proud today!!! And the incredible thing is that he loved his undies so much, he wanted to wear them to bed. Now I know this means I'll be getting up with him in the middle of the night when he discovers his bed is wet and he doesn't like it, but that's alright. I cannot believe how easy today went - hopefully day #2 will be just as easy :)