Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Potty Training- Second Time Around


I am excited to report that Samuel has initiated potty training. He wants to pee and poop on the potty like Wyatt and doesn't expect a reward for success other than an occasional high five and being allowed to wash his hands and play in the sink a bit! Jonah isn't as into the whole potty training thing, but he doesn't want to be outdone by his baby brother so he is playing along. When Sam is naked he is 100% successful at going in the potty. Jonah...not so much. The main problem is that I can't keep them off the potty! They can pee a little bit every time that they sit down so they want to keep doing it. The first 2 hours of my day on Monday went like this..... somebody pees on potty, I empty and clean out potty, the trainee washes his hands, somebody else pees on the potty, I empty and clean out the potty, trainee #2 washes his hands, trainee #1 pees on the potty again, I empty and clean out the potty, trainee #1 washes his hands, trainee #2 pees on the potty.....etc. etc. I finally put the potty in time out on the kitchen counter so everybody would stop peeing in it and end the vicious cycle so that I could make breakfast! It is a lot different potty training the twins compared to training Wyatt.... I think that I need 2 pottys because the boys try and push each other off the potty when the other is on. They fiddle with themselves a lot more than I remember Wyatt doing which makes it a lot harder to pee according to John. They love peeing outside and are self-motivated! I am so looking forward to only having 1 kid in diapers! Yipee!!!!!

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