My big boy is growing

Edin is potty training! Thursday night I thought I'd save a diaper by asking him to wearing underwear. He asked for M&M's so I told him he had to potty to get M&M's. "Okay." So he sat on the potty and went!! Whoa, that was awesome! Just before bed I asked him to go again and again he peed and got M&M's. I slapped a diaper on him and the next morning we kept it up. Friday he had two pee's and a poo accident. I'm pretty sure this pooping bit is going to continue to be ugly.

Today was the second and a half day and he's doing a great job. I ask him every hour to sit and he only fought me once. He doesn't seem very interested in the M&M's or marshmallows. He seems willing to do it just to go. He even went in a public potty. I was surprised. James said he was scared but did it. Right on, Kid!

He started to go number toosies in his little underwears and he freaked out and ran to the bathroom. Unfortunately he got scared and wouldn't finish. We waited all day for him to soil another pair of underwear but he never finished going! When he got in bed he said his tummy hurt. Then he tooted and said he felt better! This kid is a hoot. I figure he'll finish sometime in the night and that's okay with me. It's much easier to clean up a diaper mess than underwear!

I was surprised Edin just started going on the potty. I think trying it a couple of months ago helped prepare him. He wasn't ready then but when he was he knew what to do. He's definitely progressing. He's getting better at realizing when he has to go. So far he pees a little and then rushes to the bathroom to finish. I've never been a huge fan of pull-ups because I thought it would confuse children. "It's not a diaper...but you can pee in it?" Maybe they don't think they can. But today he wore one and I really liked knowing that if he didn't make it to the potty it wouldn't be so hard to clean up.

After we put him in a diaper to go to bed he was talking to James and then suddenly said "Edin has to potty!!" and ran for it. I thought for sure he'd just go in his diaper like "Ah, now I can relax and just go." I mean, maybe I'd think about doing it...

Tomorrow will be another day. I think he'll keep getting better. I'm going to bring his potty booster to church just in case he wants to go for it. This little man surprises me all the time. I love him so much. I'm so proud of him!