"I want chewin' dum"

...you know...cuz' that's what big boys get when they poopoo in the potty!

We are officially potty trained! Only one child in diapers now! WOOHOO! I am doing the diaper-free, potty trained, cost-cutting, thankful mommy dance. Ty did very well with the potty training, however, I had some serious issues with it...at times.

These 'people' tell you that it it SO much easier to potty train boys in the summer because they can go out in the grass. Uh, pardon me but, which stinkin part of pottying training is easy?

I know I know, maybe some of the super-moms out there have ALL the patience in the world and just adore the beginning stages of potty training, the frustration, the accident clean-ups, but this mommy doesn't.

Ryan arrived on the scene after a hard days work to me crashing through the door toward him with a "weary soldier" appearance and proclaiming " I'M NOT CUT OUT FOR THIS POTTY TRAINING JUNK!" However, I overcame and encouraged and Ty adapted and picked it up VERY well. It only took about three days for no peepee or dribble accidents, but the poo problem took a little over a week.

We had tried just about everything to encourage and give incentives for going poo in the potty. We had RAH! RAH! RAH! sessions and everything. Nothing worked. UNTIL, one day when I had the striking notion that it could be a privacy issue. So I tried, subtly, saying, "Mommy's going to step out here and get you a book. You go ahead and go potty while mommy's gone to get your book." VOOALA! Not ONE accident since then. The poor little guy just wanted some privacy.

Let me just say, I LOVE potty trained kiddos! It is SO nice. It's like a dream to just have ONE in diapers now, and a nice hefty load of the checkbook too.

Congratulations little man! You did it! ......and so did mommy! Whew.