Boot Camp

So up until now this has pretty much been our only use for underwear...

....wearing them as a fancy head decoration. But this week we entered potty training boot camp and have been using our underwear in a proper manner.

We have been trying off and on for several months to get Noah potty trained but our little boy has the hardest head in the world and has brutally rebuffed all our efforts. So, I told him Okay, we will play hardball then!

Starting Monday morning we switched to underwear and I informed him that was it! No diapers, no pull-ups (except when sleeping of course) - we were going cold turkey. I would like to say that I had some sort of master plan for this but I would be lying. I have been flying by the seat of my pants with this whole potty training thing. I haven't felt so unsure of myself as a mother since Noah was a newborn. I mean, the most advice I can get from anybody is, Oh, just be patient and consistent or They'll let you know when they're ready. Well, thank you very much (not) but if I wait until Noah tells me he is ready, he will be on his way to college. He hates change and he hates having to stop what he is doing to have to go to the bathroom, hence his desire to just stay in diapers. He considers them more convenient.

Well, much to his disappointment the diapers are gone. Although, I do think he is coming around on the underwear, especially the Thomas ones. He has been doing pretty well too. A few accidents here and there. Day 2 was our breaking point. He totally tested my resolve by informing that he would rather piss himself (my words, not his) than go to the potty. I will just pee my pants Mama, and you can get me new underwear. He said this calmly and matter of factly and I went downstairs and cried. I mean, how to you motivate someone with that kind of attitude? Thankfully, I think he was just testing me to see if I would cave and pull the diapers back out. I did not.

So, today has been the best day yet. He has voluntarily peed on his own three times this morning and I am hopeful that this means he has finally accepted the underwear as part of his life!

**PS - i realize that there are no spaces between my paragraphs - it won't let me fix them and i am getting frustrated so you can just read it like it is!