I think I can say it!

We have hit potty training success!

We are through day 4 of no accidents! And he has woken up several days in the morning and after naps with a dry pull-up!

He is doing so well, and i am so happy that I can now say I only have one in diapers! (well, except for the pull ups at night until we are sure he can make it... but I got a couple packs on clearance at CVS for $3.50!)

My little boy is turning into a big boy! Not so much a baby anymore!

Potty training update

Well, Jack finally woke up a little after 9 this morning, and he was just not feeling well. After sitting on my lap for an hour under a blanket, and not wanting to eat, I decided to take him to urgent care. When he woke up I went ahead and put him in a diaper since he wasn't feeling well.

So we went to urgent care, and he drank a whole cup of juice. When we got home an hour and a half or so later, he told me he had to go pee. I told him he could go in his diaper, but he stood there doing the potty dance, and insisted he go on the toilet. So, I took him in there and he went. Then he wanted the diaper back on, so I did. 2 minutes later he had to go again. So back to the bathroom we went, and he went! Then I told him we were going to wear underwear because it was too hard to put the diaper on and off (Oh, and the diaper I had put him in that morning was still dry!) So we put on the underwear, and went and ate lunch.

A little bit later (15 mins?) he says he has to go again, so I go in with him. He sits there for like 5 minutes and nothing, so I keep asking him "are you sure you have to go?" and he keeps saying yes. So I leave him in there, and a few minutes later, Josh goes in to check on him, and he says he went poop! And he did!

So, so far today, even though he hasn't been feeling well, he has gone to the bathroom in the toilet every time! Even though we haven't asked him or taken him. He is telling us when he has to go! It's great! I expected it to take longer than this, so we are happily surprised!

Oh, and urgent care said he didn't have all of the signs of croup, but went ahead and gave him a dose of oral steroids... not sure if that was it, but he is acting like he is feeling quite a bit better now, so that's good!

Potty Training! (and sick?)

So, we knew Jack was getting close to being ready to potty train... I would have loved to have him potty trained a long time ago, but he just wasn't ready... But lately he's been showing more interest in it, so we thought he was finally ready.
We wanted to do it over a weekend when we could stay home and not go anywhere, and this was the first weekend we had, so we decided to go for it!
Jack and I went friday night to pick out some big boy underwear and a toy that he gets when he can go without accidents. He was so excited!
Saturday morning started with 2 accidents right off the bat. I was setting my alarm for every 15 minutes, but the first time he peed, and then the second time he peed and poo'd... needless to say I was beginning to question his readiness (mostly because I had just taken him to the potty!)
But, after that he went down for a nap in a pullup (which was just barely wet when he woke up) and when he woke up, I took him to the bathroom, put him in his trainers, and it's like it just clicked for him. We went the rest of the day without any accidents! (Except one, but he was in the doorway to the bathroom taking his pants off and just didn't make it to the toilet, so at least he was trying!)
So, we ended the day on a high note, and I am excited that he really is ready, and he is getting it!
He loves putting pennies in his piggy bank, so whenever he goes on the potty he gets a penny for his piggy bank, and if he wants a sticker or a piece of candy he can have that too. (Though he forgot about those ones most of the time, he was more excited about the pennies!)

So, 1am rolls around and he wakes up, so I go in there and he has thrown up all over his bed and himself, and had a 100.6 fever. Not sure if it's a stomach thing or if he was coughing and threw up. I've heard him coughing a couple times, and it sounds like maybe it could be croup... I've never been around it, but I hope it's not! He isn't coughing a lot, but when he does, it sounds harsh, and almost like a seal (which is what made me think croup...)
But, it is 9am, and he is still asleep, which is very rare, so we will see how he's feeling when he wakes up! Hopefully it is just a regular cough/cold, and not croup!

Potty Chair

I pulled the potty chair out of the garage yesterday, and Jack discovered it today. He didn't want to get off of it! I snapped this picture today, and it cracked me up. (sorry for the terrible quality, it was my phone)