Soggy Bottom Boy

The potty chronicle continues...

We've had some major successes with potty training. Evan has been consistently asking to "sit on toily!" Yesterday, we were at the grocery store and he told me he needed to go pee-pee and he was able to hold it until we made it to the restroom! Amazing.

He has been consistently having accidents as well - maybe 1 or 2 a day. I'm kind of wondering if the novelty is wearing off and he just doesn't want to have to stop what he's doing - playing or watching TV - to do his business. So, I have gone back to prompting him about every 20 or 30 minutes. Even if he says no, I still walk him over to the potty and sit him down. He usually goes - but under protest.

I'm really trying hard not to be discouraged by these accidents. I know that my attitude has more to do with my own struggle with perfectionism than with Evan's behavior. And I really don't want to project that onto him. So, I'm trying to stay positive and handle his accidents with detached efficiency rather than getting upset and judging them as setbacks. I'm sure this is completely NORMAL when kids are learning to use the potty.

The important thing is that he understands this is his new lifestyle, not just a temporary thing.