Warning – Contains Potty Talk

We had a big night in the Ishida house. For the VERY first time, Thomas pooped on the potty. Oh, he has dabbled before. He peed a couple of times after sitting there for twenty minutes. He even peed NEXT TO the potty last week. But last night was the real thing!

He told me he didn’t want to pee in his diaper and then that he didn’t want to use the potty. I then explained that those were really his only two options and he said “OK – Potty”. And then he Pooped – on the potty!

We have started a reward system where he gets a marble everytime he uses the potty. When his little jar is full, Thomas can trade the marbles for a toy of his choice. He has had the jar for about three months now and, as you can see, it hasn’t been a huge success yet. Two of the marbles mark this particular occassion. He has been showing renewed interst lately though. We have been reading potty training stories – most of them involving Sesame street characters.

I am way more excited about this than I should be. In fact it is right up there with my anticipation about the Wiggles concert next week. Yes – those Aussie men in colourful skivvies.

And to think I once used to get excited about silly things like going out to dinner and traveling. Oh how life has changed