Potty Training

My little boy finally decided he was ready to be a BIG boy (with a little prompting from mom)!!  We I have been working on potty training off and on for a while, but it was pretty much a waste of time.  Dayton was not ready for this next step to becoming a true big boy.  I really was at a loss, Kylah had been too eager to sit on the potty, so I was a bit frustrated and I think he could tell!

My main problem in all this was I was trying to do it all by myself.  When I finally decided to ask God to help Dayton be ready and for my patience in the whole ordeal, things started working!!  I don't know why I try to do so  many things on my own - you'd think by now I would have learned to go THE SOURCE for everything.

After asking for tips on Facebook and reading this blog entry, I was determined to give it a try - I sure had nothing to lose!  I prayed long and hard before starting this endeavor, and boy did it make a difference!!

Yesterday we started.  I didn't do everything exactly like the blog stated, but I had something to go on and adapted it to work for us.  Dayton only had 2 accidents all day, one of those was during nap time, which I won't even count!!  He got to put LOTS of stickers on his chart and had a BUNCH of car marshmallows!!  He was so proud of himself, which made things go much more smoothly than it could have gone.  By lunch, he was telling me when he needed to go!

Here is a video from earlier today (please excuse the messy room and the lighting)!!  Can you tell he's proud of himself??

Day 2 went way better than I ever expected!!  He told me every time but once that he needed to go, the other time I asked him to try for me since it had been quite a while and he went.  No accidents at all today, even during nap time!!

I am still putting diapers on him at nighttime and haven't quite decided how I'm going to handle church in the morning.  I am thinking pullups might be the easiest, just in case he has an accident, but since he is doing so well, I definitely don't want to mess things up...

Blog Commenting Challenge -Day 5

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Blog Commenting Challenge -Day 4

Today's Challenge is to talk about our hobbies...I really don't have very many hobbies. I do love to read. Some of my favorite authors are Nicholas Sparks, Richard Paul Evans, and Cindy Woodsmall. I have really gotten into Amish stories lately and some days I think I'd like to be Amish, and then I realize how hard I'd have to work and that thought quickly passes!! Another hobby is spending time with my family. I'm glad for summer break to be here so we can spend more time with Kylah - she'll be starting Kindergarten this fall and it sure will be a big adjustment with her gone all day every day!!

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Blog Commenting Challenge -Day 3

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Blog Commenting Challenge -Day 2

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