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Come on, you know you are dying to know which of my new year's goals I finished.....



Okay.

I'll tell you.

Cole is POTTY TRAINED!

This is actually very exciting for me. It is the first time in 6 1/2 years that we have been diaper free in our house. And yes, I know, in 5 months we will have diapers again, but the break will be SO. NICE. And I thought that since I'm so used to buying diapers, I'll start stocking up on some for when the baby comes so I don't have to worry about it then.

Anyway, Cole was actually my hardest child to potty train. He has been three for a few months, and I am a HUGE believer in waiting until your child is ready to potty train to start because, well, it is much much easier. But Cole was so...old. He can't start preschool in a diaper, and honestly, he had no desire to be diaperless. So on Monday, which was a holiday, Bryan and I started potty training. And that first day was a complete failure. Cole would seriously cry (tears I'm telling you!) and shake his head (I guess telling us no?) every time we put him on the toilet. Treats weren't even a bribery option, which is huge if you know Cole. He lives off treats. We'd say "I'll take you to Chuck E Cheese if you go potty!" and he'd say he didn't want to go anyway. It was that big of a deal to him!

Tuesday wasn't that much better, but then that night, while I was at a YW meeting, Bryan texted me that Cole had gone in the potty chair! And I thought it would be easy from there. Um, no. Wednesday and Thursday were very trying on my patience and my washing machine. I always put my boys in tight cotton jammie pants because it soaks up the accident and doesn't let pee go everywhere, but I got over confident and put him in jeans. Ugh. I even called Bryan on Wednesday or Thursday and threatened to quit the whole thing! But I'm glad I stuck it out. By Friday though he was getting the hang of it, and Saturday he did awesome! We even took him to church in underpants! He hasn't had an accident since Friday (today in Tuesday) and for the past three nights he has done great, and woke up dry in the morning. We were putting him in a diaper at night because I got tired of waking up in the morning, waching jammies and sheets, and bathing Cole. But he's not wearing diapers anymore at all and now gets upset if I even mention in!

Now I am so far from a potty training pro, but here is my link from when I potty trained Bryce on how I did it. This is just what worked for me, and I have found the more ideas I have, the better prepared I am!

Next post: kitchen update! (Finishing is one of my goals!)