You Win Some, You Poo Some: Potty Training Day 2

Well, this morning I walked in to find Carter sitting in a wet bed.  Have I mentioned that I hate Huggies diapers, and that I will always be a hardcore Pampers mom? No, okay...another blog perhaps.  Anyhow, I found this ironic as last night, in bed, after explaining for the 3rd time that yes, Carter will still wear diapers during sleep time my husband says "Aren't we supposed to just let him sleep all night in his own mess if he wets the bed? Didn't I hear that somewhere?" I turn, of course, to laugh in response to his joke only to find that he was, in fact, serious!  Just to be sure, I ask "Are you serious right now?"  "Yeah, I thought I've heard that before." What?! "Um....I think you're getting human potty training confused with canine crate training, dear."  Sigh....

So after dealing with wet sheets and wet clothes, Carter and I resumed Operation Pants Off.  After the optimism of my half cup of coffee set in, I decided that I was going to try and tackle the downstairs cleaning this morning since yesterday, my usual cleaning day, was completely potty focused. I can do this...I was a middle school science lab teacher for goodness sakes.  I can handle a vacuum and pee pee at the same time. 

Skip to an hour later, "Mommy, shoo shoo on tricycle! Oh no!"  Sure enough, right on the seat.  Thankfully it was a clean drop and there was little clean up.  The Radio Flyer carries all kinds of loads around here.  Needless to say, I became a little less vacuum focused and a little more potty focused after that.  The rest of the morning went well, and we managed to get the downstairs pretty spotless.  Score!

Now, the major goal for day 2 of this method is to leave the house or play outside for an hour without having an accident.  I decided to tackle this after nap.  Get this...I get him to go potty before naptime, put him in his diaper, lay him in bed, look him in the eyes and take his hands and say "Carter, we wear a diaper just in case, but we pee pee in the potty now.  So as soon as you wake up you say mommy go pee pee in the potty." He agrees with his usual "okay." Eh...couldn't hurt.  I shrug and walk out.  Almost 3 hours later, over the monitor I hear "Mommy, go pee pee potty."  I run in, we run out and into the bathroom.  I strip off his DRY diaper and put him on the pot to hear the sweat sound of victory.  Dude, my kid just make it through a 3 hour nap without going pee.  Score again!

Heck yes we are goin outside, son!  So, as directed we go to the potty (to connect leaving the house with going potty first) then on go the loose fitting shorts (I guess toddler nudity isn't acceptable outside of the house) and out we go. 

We had one small accident early on, but 2 successful trips after that...so I just stayed out until dinner.  About 2.5 hours.  The fresh air did us both some good, I believe.  Cabin fever was beginning to set it, so I was glad for the sunshine.

I'm glad to say that the bag of gummy bears is dwindling, and our confidence is building.  He is going to Grandma Barbara's tomorrow, so he will continue Day 3 there.  The control freak in me is a little scared, but the pregnant tired woman in me needs a break and a mani pedi. 

What have I learned today?
1. In the words of my good friend Tom, "Let the main thing be the main thing." Sometimes multi-tasking is beneficial to the to-do list but detrimental to everyone else....including the Radio Flyer