Chronicles of Potty Training vol1

When I first learned I was pregnant with my first child the very first though I had was "I am going to have to potty train this child!" and I was literally terrified. My first attempt at potty training was a disaster, it took a full year to get him peeing and pooping on the potty and controlling himself through the day and the night. My second try was much better, however not because of anything I did. God blessed me with a child who potty trained himself in less than a two weeks; he was not even three yet and was staying dry both day and night and completely potty trained all on his own. Then I had to start all over, my daughter is very strong willed and was determined not to let the potty training be easy, but finally after a year of struggling she was potty trained. Now here I am again, fourth time around and still no clue!

Aaden's surgery was a tremendous success and he healed exceptionally quickly, as is a family trait, and he has expressed a desire in using the potty. His exact words were "big boy, potty now" he then jumped up ran to his room grabbed his Lightning McQueen underwear and went to sit on the potty. Nothing happened. He sat on the potty five more times that night, wore his big boy underwear around the house, and just before bedtime...had an accident. "That's okay," I said "Potty goes in the potty, not on Lightning." I put him in a diaper and put him to bed.

We are now three days into our potty training adventure and he has spent a great deal of time sitting on the potty and peeing in his underwear. I am going to have to put this one in God's hands. I have no clue what I am doing and I have done this before, I have read the books, I know most of the methods inside and out, I have exhausted them on the other kids. I still have no idea how to get this task accomplished.

I guess I will have to take this one day at atime. Besisdes no one goes to kindergarten in diapers... right???????????