Potty Training Day 7

Today was a great day! Carter got five stickers — nothing different from yesterday, he was just more spaced out. He did so well, holding it longer today and going pretty quickly once he was in the bathroom. He also went twice by himself! The timer was set for 75 minutes, but sometimes we’d forget to turn it back on after he went so he held it for about two hours once or twice. No accidents, but he pooped in his diaper twice — before we changed this morning and then again before bed. It seems morningtime is a regular time for him to poop, which makes me excited as he’s never had a “routine”, he just kind of pooped whenever. So perhaps this weekend we’ll try the trick I got yesterday — you put him in the bathroom with no clothes after breakfast and tell him he has to stay in there until he poops. Sounds a little cruel, but the couple in the article did well. Their son went after five minutes the first day, and after a week he had pooping on the potty down pat! Maybe next week we’ll keep underwear on him at night to see how he does. He stays dry most nights, and maybe he’ll hesitate to go if he has underwear on. We’ll see how he continues the next few days! Looks like I don’t have to buy size six diapers until Lauren needs them… YAY!