Saturday, December 28, 2013
Potty training update
We're going through about four or five diapers a day these days, so we've stopped using cloth diapers (an 8-diaper load every other day didn't seem eco-conscious). We go diaper-free on all but the longest excursions. Beck goes without a diaper for nap about half the time (at his request), but Theo usually requests a diaper right after lunch so he can poop in it, then needs a new one to pee in for nap. We have lots of underwear but Mindy noticed that the boys seem to have more accidents in underwear (maybe because they feel like diapers) so they go commando almost all the time, except when they insist on wearing their cool train and car underwear. We still have accidents frequently, usually because the boys don't realize they need to pee until too late, but they are doing really well. Theo still resists pooping in the potty. We're trying to encourage it by telling him that he can play with Max's helicopter when he finally goes poop in the potty (Max donated it to the boys at the end of our Ann Arbor visit, but we haven't let on to them that we have it). Theo seems less developmentally ready for it yet, because he's still wet after naps and very wet in the morning, but he also tends to drink more than Beckett does, so that probably works against him too. We're just very happy to be out of the every-other-day diaper washing, line drying and stuffing schedule, and the limitations that put on our travel. We do spend more time during time out of the house pestering the kids about whether they need to use the potty, and helping them use public restrooms. It's great to see them feeling proud of their progress and of growing up!
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