Potty Update

POTTY UPDATE WARNING:  Don't read if you don't want to hear about #2's!!
 
To all parents Frans' chocolates make excellent bribes for potty training.  Dev wanted to know what was in the bag we brought home from our date day.  I told him that it was a poop surprise and that unless he went poop I couldn't tell/show him.  An hour and a half later...no joke...he was on the pot for an hour and half...we had success.  We WILL be successful!! 

Deven loved his dark chocolate covered caramel topped with sea salt!!  So much so he was trying to go again an hour later so that he could get another chocolate. :)

Pretty School

Every once in a while I post Deven's daily from school.  I'm sure this will be really embarrassing later in life, I mean, who wants the world to know what time they went to the bathroom when they were almost three.  So I will keep this short and sweet...Deven has not gone to the bathroom in his diaper since Sunday and that includes at school.  This is his daily from today.  Nick and I are happy happy parents!! 

Cross your fingers that this will last.

You will notice in the comments at the bottom that Deven says that he is now ready for 'pretty school' (preschool).  :)

Big Boy Scissors

Deven has been working sometimes hard sometimes not hard enough (according to Nick and me) at using the potty...not diapers.  It has been a tough road for our little guy but I am told I am not alone, boys just take longer?!?!?  Well I am ready...changing a real babies diaper just shows me how gross changing a three-year-olds diaper is and I am ready to be done!!!

THE Potty Chart

Last week I made Deven a potty chart. That's right, I broke out the arts and crafts for this one...glue, big girl scissors, construction paper and glitter glue!!  The game is: if he goes 10 times, not necessarily in a row, he will get a surprise.  I decided to leave all the surprises blank so he can tell me what he wants.  I would never have guessed that he would want scissors for his surprise so it is a good thing I asked.

Well he did it folks, a freakin' miracle!!  We went to target and got the scissors that very night.  His next surprise is a cup cake from the bakery!!  Apparently baked goods will get this kid movin' because he even went at school for the first time ever this week.  Wish us luck and let's hope he keeps his surprises this cheep...something tells me he will catch on soon enough though and will start raising the stakes.