The Potty Diaries ... on hold?

Ah, potty training! If you've been through it, please, um, HELP!

Christopher is great about sitting on the potty, but he's not actually going in it yet. He hides in the closet to "go"! So if you have any good tips, please post a comment. Adam and I would love to hear your ideas.
And the poor guy gets really frustrated when he sits there for a few minutes and nothing happens. So we're trying not to pressure him, just encourage him as much as we can.

We're praising him for trying. But how do we help him to actually "go" in the potty?

We have till Thanksgiving until baby #2 is born, so we have about 6 months, give or take, to complete potty training. Is that doable? I hope so!

Coppelia, Adam and Christopher-in-training!

The potty diaries

Potty training, take 2! A few months ago, at our friends Mark and Kristy's house, Adam and I found Christopher sitting on a potty. Wow, we thought, this is it! He's ready! Adam ran to Walmart, bought a really cool potty and we were ready to go! But Christopher decided the potty was yucky. There was no way he was going to sit in that thing. So we let it go for a few months.

Then, when our friend Jessika from church told Adam how she had potty trained her son, Talan, we decided to try that tactic. We took Christopher to the store, and he picked out "big boy underwear". Power Rangers! We told him that when he's ready to wear big boy underwear, he can wear these. And the underwear waited in his drawer for a few weeks.

Suddenly, a few days ago, Christopher announced he did not want to wear diapers. He wanted to wear his Big Boy Power Ranger Underwear. Yay! So, I went on a google-fest, googling everything about potty training. Mayo Clinic has some great info. And I found one lady's idea of using a timer the first few days, to get him used to going to the potty.

Day 1: The underwear was on right after breakfast and the timer was set to every 10 minutes. We had a few accidents, but every 10 mins., Christopher sat on the potty. And each try, he got a star on his special potty chart!

Day 2: Breakfast, underwear, timer at 15 minutes. He almost made it to the potty to poop (almost.) And he almost made it to pee (that time without the timer, he just ran to the potty!) We'll make it next time!

Day 3: Busy day for mom and dad, so no real attempts at potty training. But more tomorrow!

Daddy took these super cute pics of Christopher. Too cute!