Potty Breakthrough?
So, yesterday I asked Timmy in an offhanded way to change his pull-up so he could sit down and eat his lunch. He said, “I have to go on my potty.” I thought, “Yeah, right” but I didn’t say anything. He took off his pull-up and handed it to me, then proceeded to go into the bathroom and pee in his potty!!! I was so freaking excited!! I picked him up and swooped him around before letting him wash his hands.
So far he hasn’t repeated this achievement, but I’m hopeful. It is the first time in a long time that he willingly went on his potty and it is the first time that he announced he had to go and then went. He’s told us before that he had to go, and then went in his pull-up or big-boy underwear.
Maybe my strategy is working. I’ve refused to change his diapers any longer. If he wants a diaper change, he must do it. Since he’s wearing pull-ups, it is very easy for him.
But it is backfiring in a way: now Kellie is taking off her diaper whenever she pees in them. She throws the diaper away and then comes to me for a new one. I think I’ll get her some pull-ups, too. Then maybe I won’t have to change diapers at least, although they’ll still be wearing them.