Potty Training Update....

Brennan is a real potty champ. He's really had remarkable success - particularily with peeing. Poop has been a little bit slower. We had our potty party on a Sunday. By Tuesday, Brennan still hadn'ed poo'd in the potty, so Sean asked him if he wanted a diaper....he said "yes, papa." Within 10 min of the diaper, he pooped.

After talking with him about it, and reading some stuff on the internet we figured out that he was literally afraid of letting the poop out. When Sean pushes B on the swing, he plays the "Get Out of Here" game. He says "Get Out of Here" and then pushes him as hard as he can. Brennan loves it. Sean explained to him that poop is the yuckies and that his body just wants to "Get It Out of Here." That really seemed to connect with B. On Friday morning, we had several "false starts." Sean went to go take the garbage out, and I went to go shower. When Sean came back inside, Brennan proclaimed that he had pooped in the potty. Sean was a little doubtful until he checked it out - and I came running when I heard him hoop & holler. Now we have a tradition of "running around" with each successful poop in the potty....with Sean and Brennan galloping around the dining room like Honey and Arnold (Grandpa Jack's horses).

We started to use bribes the day B actually used the potty. On Thursday, when Sean asked B what he wanted as a prize if he put poop in the potty, B said he wanted a lawn mower - a real one....so, Sean took him to the Home Depot to look at them. Luckily for us, I guess, he didn't poop in the potty until Friday - and that day he said the prize he wanted was a cake. That was much easier.....below is a picture of him with his "Poop Cake."