Potty party

Summer is cruising by and we've been busy (hence the lack of posts lately). Our big boy turned 5 last week and we've had visitors and just generally a busy schedule. Now we are looking at 5 weeks of essentially no schedule for my preschooler. It should be interesting figuring out how to keep him stimulated and keep us from driving each other crazy. Given all that, it seems like the perfect time to attempt potty training with B! Tuesday is D-day. We start with an all-day "potty party" whereby B will literally spend the entire day in the bathroom. We've been working up to it by putting him on the potty every couple of hours and practicing taking his pants off and sitting. But I don't think anyone can truly prepare for this. It's going to be fascinating. I definitely would not have attempted this yet on my own - how do you potty train someone who can't communicate that they need to go? We'll spend the day in the bathroom and B will be nude from the waist down and we'll pump fluids and hope that he figures it out.

We're not much behind schedule from our "typical" boy. He showed no interest and is incredibly strong-willed so I waited until he was 3.5 before I even started. And it was a looooong evolutionary process involving multiple training potties, pull-ups, refusal to "go" in public, relapses etc. etc. My expectations are not that high. But if we can get him out of diapers this young, that'd be huge. I cringe whenever I hear of an older kid still in diapers. I have a good feeling about my B-man. Here's to a successful party!