Today was our first official day of potty training with Luke. We tried a little yesterday, but it was mostly just to introduce him to the whole thing. He didn't like sitting on the toilet and I didn't want to fight him every few minutes these first few days to get him on it, so we went to the store today and he picked out a training potty (Go Diego Go potty) and some thick underwear that absorbs a lot and saves my carpet. He's doing pretty well. He likes to sit on his potty and he loves stickers so that's his reward when he's successful. Maya loves to help. She even made Luke a chart to put his stickers on and asks him regularly if he needs to use the potty. We've finally had a few successes this evening.
During my piano lessons today, Matt took over. I came up afterward to find them both asleep on the floor. Looks like this whole process has taken a lot out of them both.
I placed an open diaper under Luke so if he did have an accident, my floor was safe.
It's been a few years since I've done this, and I'm sure that boys are different than girls - so any suggestions or things that have worked for you are more than welcome. Who knows - one of you may have the secret I need to make this whole experience a lot less stressful.
