Potty Training Day 1

By On August 11, 2012 · 3 Comments

Even though we’re kind of potty training by necessity, I still want to have a record of things for my own knowledge.

The Gnome will be 22 months old on August 10th. We started potty training Wednesday, August 8th.

We put him in regular briefs the night of August 7th for bedtime. That was a big fat mommy and daddy fail. Neither of us remembered that he was wearing “big boy underwear” the next morning. We were still trying to sleep while he was jumping all over us in bed. Until I felt something wet on my back. That was Accident #1.

Hubby put The Gnome back in a diaper while I was cleaning up the mess. As soon as he left for work, I changed The Gnome back into big boy undies (the diaper was dry) and got back on track.

I should have realized that he almost always poops first thing in the morning and left him naked. Poop is going to be our biggest obstacle, I think. He’s only pooped on the potty one time ever and that was a fluke. Needless to say, we quickly had Accident #2.

For the rest of the day he did really well. We only left the RV briefly to take a walk and then to walk to the shower facilities and take a shower. I put him on the potty (kind of, see my confession) every 45 minutes to an hour and he almost always goes.

My sister came by to visit around 3pm and I couldn’t get him to go while my sister and niece were there. As soon as they left, we had Accident #3.

At 5pm, I started prepping for dinner and we had Accident #4. The rest of the evening was uneventful and we put him to bed in big boy undies again.

Tally:
Pee accidents: 3
Poo accidents: 1
He did poo today.

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  • Kristen Bobbitt

    Ugg that is way better than my experience. I started 4 days ago.  My son is almost 23 months and he hasn’t peed on the potty yet. He goes constantly in his underwear. I rush him to the toilet and he won’t go. Take him off, he pees on the floor.

    One big plus, He has went 2 nights in a row without peeing in his bed which is unheard of for him. In diapers he used to wake up with his diaper soaked!

    So I am discouraged but also hopeful, I guess.

    Diapers are SOOO much easier. :(

    • http://thegnomesmom.com Lori W

      Ha, I just commented on your FB status about this. Day 1 was rough. Days 2 and 3 were much better. Today is day 4 and it’s been terrible. 

  • http://www.dontlicktheferrets.com CJ

    Cheeks turned 20 months on July 13th. We are eight days into no diapers and she’s had six accidents. The third night, she woke up around midnight, peed in her potty and got back into bed. Our secret? We left her naked the first four days and put her in dresses. After four days, dresses with undies. Yesterday she wore shorts and hasn’t had an accident. We take the potty with us in the car. Good luck!