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Friday, January 7, 2011

Potty Progress?

Last night's "underwear project" was a bit confusing but it gave me a little glimmer of hope that Ben and Con will actually (someday) be potty trained...

Conner had one accident in the kitchen, and as he realized what was happening, he began crying... It was very sad for him that he had not made it to the potty. However, this is the child who still screams "no" and smashes the lid down on the potty about half the time so....

Ben had an accident on the carpet about 5 minutes after the diaper came off and the undies made their first appearance of the day. About a half hour after this, he ran over to the stairs and yelled "potty" but did not make it up to the potty in time so Mommy had to clean the carpet on the stairs... Then he had to pee again and made it all the way up the stairs but couldn't hold it long enough to make it down the hall. This last one was kind of Mom and Dad's faults though because we didn't move fast enough... we didn't think he actually had to go that time... we were wrong...

We have a potty in the living room (easy access) and one upstairs in the bathroom. I know the one upstairs is further to trek, but last night that was what Ben preferrred to do. So, the Resolve carpet cleaner has gotten a lot of use, but maybe we are starting to get somewhere... or maybe I am just feeling exceptionally optimistic today...

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