Potty Training

The week before Easter we decided to take the plunge into potty training Ethan. We got him a potty when we moved here in June and were very casual about it. We basically just encouraged him to sit on it, and most of the time he only used it right before getting into the bath. Tristan had been wanting to do it for a while and I was dragging my feet because I was dreading it. Our friend, Jill, sent us the 3-Day method after using it with her son who is about Ethan's age and we decided to try it. We figured the worst that could happen is that we spent 3 days on it and still had to keep working on it.

The first day we started out with a "ceremony" where he received his undies that he helped pick out. He was excited about finding some Thomas undies.

Look at that cute little bum!
The 3 boys, ready to hunker down for 3 days of potty training.
The next part of the ceremony was to "throw away" all the diapers in the house. We didn't really throw them out. We just packed them up later!

Since you have to devote 100% to potty training, you can't really go anywhere for the 3 days. Tristan really took over, spending a lot of time coming up with things to keep us busy. One day I had to run out and grocery shop, so Tristan and Ethan planted our broccoli and cauliflower starters.
Ethan did a great job. We did have some accidents, but never at night and never at nap time! By the end of the 3 days, he was pretty much trained--even going #2 on the potty! We still constantly remind him, but he usually does great! I can't believe he's such a big boy already!