They'll turn 3 in march so.... Time to Potty Train! They threw away all of their diapers this morning. This was serious. Their mom and I stayed at home with them all day while they walked around in a t-shirt and big boy underwear drinking TONS of water and salty food to make them thirsty. We weren't allowed to ask them "Do you have to go to the potty?" and instead had to say "Pay attention to your body. Tell mommy or Amy when you have to go to the bathroom."We set a timer for every 10 minutes and checked to see if everyone was dry. If yes, time for candy! and a lot of cheering! We also gave them salty food to make them thirsty so they literally were going about every 10 minutes in the morning and every 20 minutes in the afternoon. Needless to say, there were lots of accidents. I think we went through about 14 pairs of underwear between them. Whenever someone forgot to tell us (or didn't know it was coming) we picked them up and ran to the toilet. Then they had to help us clean up the mess... I mean they have to know that it's gross to pee on the floor somehow.
We started to see some success toward the afternoon. Both boys made it to the toilet at least twice and cheers and candy followed. It's only the end of day one and I think this will go pretty quickly, and believe me, I'm so glad all the diapers are gone. I'll let you know on Monday how successful we were! Here was my present for helping with this project-
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