potty update

As I write this, Dennis has successfully pee-peed in the potty seven times today. The first few times, he got his underwear a little wet as he was realizing that it was time to pee. He raced in and pulled down his drawers and put the majority of it into the potty each time. By this afternoon, he was getting to it in time to stay completely dry. We didn't have to remind him or mention it, he just would stop, announce "I've got to pee-pee", and run to the potty. Twice we weren't even aware, he just came and found us afterward, half naked, proudly declaring "I pee-peed in the potty! Come look!". We are so proud. He is doing so well!

The poo part is a different story. After supper last night, he said he thought he needed to poo-poo in the potty and he sat down and passed gas and then looked at us and said "I don't know how my poo-poo works". We told him to be patient, he'd learn in time, but not, unfortunately by dinner tonight. He deposited a load in his underpants as he was running to tell us he needed to poo-poo. Very gross--you can't just throw underwear away!

So tonight we re-introduced him to Pull-Ups and took him out shopping. He actually used the toilet at Target, just said he needed to go, ran in, dropped the pants, and I set him down and let him go. I got sprayed, which he thought was kind of funny ("I sprayed you, Mommy, hee hee hee"), and I realized that we'll need to have a discussion about aim. Still I consider today a MAJOR step forward in training.

When he's finished on his potty, we have to take the pee to the toilet, pour it in, and then he gets to flush. He says "are you ready, Mommy?" and I tell him I am and he says "okay, three, two, one... and ACTION!" as he flushes. Then he says "bye bye pee-pee". HOORAY!