Big Boy Underwear!! WPJ--August 18, 2010

Bye-bye diapers...Hello Big Boy Underwear!  Our William was so ready to ditch the diaper and move on to big boy underwear!  By the time he turned 2, he'd shown interest in the potty and on occasion would take off his diaper to sit on the potty and pee-pee, so during the second trimester to end of my pregnancy, we slowly worked more on talking about the potty and letting him practice.  We didn't push him at all, just simply followed his interest.  I didn't have the energy to fully tackle potty training, nor the heart to completely have him "grow up" before the baby came.  I also knew he would most likely regress once the baby came, so again, decided to be relaxed about it, but make it fun and exciting to practice.  We praised dry diapers and slowly talked more and more about once baby came and he became a big brother, that meant soon, we'd say goodbye to diapers for him...b/c babies used diapers and big brothers had really cool underwear!  I never minded changing the "extra set" of diapers once Griggs came.  In fact, changing William's diaper meant his was still somewhat a baby, yet, all to fast growing up and ready for the change. 


We decided around 6 weeks, once that last package of size 5 diapers dwindled down to the last few remaining diapers, we were ready to take William shopping for his NEW BIG BOY UNDERWEAR!!  We loaded up and went shopping!  Target was the location.  Griggs slept peacefully in his carseat while Philip and I shopped with William in the UNDERWEAR aisle!  He was beyond excited!!  We let him pick out three packs...CARS, MICKEY MOUSE AND THOMAS!  He was absolutely adorable and precious taking time to look through the different packs.  He hugged on the package and held tight!  We also walked down the (pull-ups) BIG BOY BEDTIME UNDERWEAR aisle and waved bye-bye to the diapers.  We let him pick out a small package of pull-ups, explaining they were underwear for night time that were just extra soft.  He picked out TOY STORY pull-ups.  We made a big deal about them being underwear b/c they had pictures and were blue all over, not white like diapers.  (He bought the idea!)  We let him tell the cashier what he was buying and why he was buying them.  He was so funny and so happy about his big deal! 


Once at home, we had him throw the last 3 diapers in the trash can and tell them bye-bye! We had every pair scattered on the couch before he decided on which pair to wear first!  How funny!  Well, that night, he had determined accidents so that he could wear EVERY SINGLE PAIR!  We were firm, yet understanding.  We told him that he could not do that and b/c he no longer had a diaper, when he pee-peed, he HAD to go in the potty so he would get GERMS all over him and everything.  It took only a few days before the initial excitement of changing pairs wore off.  Once he realized all the pairs were truly his and that he could wear any he wanted, he quit having those "accidents". 


Over the next few weeks, he seldom had wet accidents and only once had a poo-poo accident.  That accident happened at a friend's house because he couldn't find the potty and once he did find it, couldn't get his pants down fast enough.  Lesson learned.  MAKE SURE he know right away where the bathrooms are! 

He was officially potty trained 2.5 months before he turned three!  Sometimes, I look back and think, where did my little bay go..., then I remember, he's right here, always, regardless of diaper or big boy underwear!  Ha!  I think overall our potty training days were well played and a fun chapter.