Potty Training: Day 1

I finally started it. I don't think there's anything else I dreaded more than potty training. I've been telling Lucas that once school ends, we are going to get potty trained. I'm more motivated to do this now because 1) his school in the Fall requires him to be potty trained and 2) he's nearly 3. It'll be great to have him 95% potty trained by the time he's 3. So, that gives me a mere two weeks for me to accomplish this task. 

I honestly did not plan to potty train Char at the same time. I jokingly talked about it, but never took anything too seriously. Even the morning of, I just placed her on the potty to see if she was interested. Since she stayed on there, I made a quick decision to put together a potty chart for her and potty train them at the same time! I might as well get over this much dreaded stage of life once and for all rather than do this twice, right? I decided to toy with the idea of killing two birds with one stone. And boy was I in for a shocking surprise!

 How the morning started

 Look who peed first!

 His and hers: iPad & iTouch

 Pretty much how we spent the majority of the day

Day 1: Potty Chart

The unexpected underdog, Charlotte, was victorious! When she needed to pee, she would walk to the potty and point at it. She had two accidents in the morning because I didn't think she could pee 15 minutes apart. But once I got the hang of her "language", I was able to put her on the potty before she had to go. Lucas, on the other hand, was a piece of work. I think he had five accidents and really didn't care to try that much. I had to put him on a time out for him to get his act together.

I have NEVER been so happy to put diapers on them during nap time. After nap time turned out a little better, both didn't mind sitting on the potty for long periods of time with their Apple devices. Char actually didn't want to get off her potty because she was too into the videos. I put on a diaper for both of them when we left the house for an hour because I didn't want to deal with any accidents. I decided to put them back in underwear after dinner and realized that they both stayed relatively dry for two hours! I think we're on to something here people! 

And now, on to day 2...