One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Today I tried to start taking more notice of Patrick’s little “cues” for when he’s going potty. We had him in pull-ups all day, and after meals I would sit him on the potty. We had three successful pee’s in the potty, but we also had a bit of a set back, when Patrick took off the pull-up this morning while Mommy wasn’t watching, went poop on the floor and decided to step around in it, getting it all over the same carpet that had already been cleaned yesterday. Thankfully, Daddy was kind enough to give Mommy a break and cleaned the carpet for her today. However, neither of us were very happy. So we’re trying a new tactic: Patrick gets an M&M each time he goes in the potty. He also gets to flush the big potty after we empty out his potty, and he can wave bye bye to poo poo and pee pee. And yes, those two words are very frequently used in our house right now. It’s all an interesting part of potty training a toddler!