Cody's A Big Boy & Friday Foto Finish

We might of had a break through!!

Cody finally went poop in the toilet!!

Yes, that is bold and in big letters. I showed him how happy I was for doing such a good deed, and not in his pants! This picture was right after he went poop and got his new toy that he had been wanting for months!

I am hoping that now that he knows that it is not scary that he will do it again and again.

The details (don't read if you don't want the nitty gritty of little boys going potty!)

I thought he might have to go and I think he started to go in his underwear, I sent him to the bathroom, like I have done many times before, but it's like he wanted to sit on the toilet. He started to get up like normal and I grabbed a book and we started talking about the color pants the character in the book was wearing. I could see he relaxed more as we were talking and then he went. He got all excited when it happened and hugged me with a huge smile on his face! The other thing was that Chase wasn't in the bathroom at the time. Chase was checking out a mess that I have on the floor in the office, so there was no pressure of big brother (that is potty trained) hounding him that it was his turn on the potty.

This totally Finishes off my week and especially my Friday! Play along here:

Potty Training Update

Cody's Potty Training Update



*I am up to my ears in poop here people.
He does not get it that it goes in the toilet. He will tell you where it goes, but then he continue to go in his underwear. He only poops at home in his underwear. He doesn't go poop anywhere else, well I take that back he has gone in his underwear at grandma's also. But never in the toilet.
*I have heard that they do it on their own time, but now it's my time.
*He goes every night just about the same time, at a time right after dinner, when I am not paying much attention to him as I am cleaning up the kitchen from dinner.
*On Monday I set my timer for 6:30 around the time he normally goes and no he went early at 5:30pm.
*On Tuesday again, I talk to him every few minutes "Let's go Potty." just to remind him about the whole process. I took him also a few times and he never went last night at all.
*So we will see what happens tonight.



To be updated...

Two for Two-sday & Update

Playing along with Debi today on Two for Two-sday! Click on the button below to play along!



This picture of Chase and Cody is from a couple of weeks ago. I found this recipe for O'Henry Bars from The Amazing Trips. (I don't have the exact link of the recipe I will re-link it tonight when I get home.)
The O'Henry Bars turned out to be delicious and of course Chase and Cody helped with the majority of it. They put the ingredients in the mixer and then they patted it into the baking sheet. We ate the dessert that night for desert, gave some to grandma and I brought them to work. Everyone liked them.

I also wanted for my own record update on two things: Sleeping and Potty Training.

Sleeping: Both boys for the last couple of months are in their room, sleeping in their race car beds. We go to bed at 8:30pm I read three books to them and they are asleep by 9:00pm. They both sleep all night and wake up in good moods (most of the time). It is nice to finally have a routine and children that sleep through the night. When Chase wakes up in the morning he calls out "Mom" and I come and get him carry him to the couch and we cuddle for about 15 minutes. Cody sleeps in a little more than Chase and when Cody wakes up he will walk out and find me (usually in the kitchen starting breakfast). He drinks some milk on the couch with me next to him.

Potty Training: Chase is completely potty trained. He will go in public bathrooms both pee and poop. There is no issues, he has been completely good for about two months now. Every once in a while he will still ask for jelly beans for a job well done for going poop.

Cody is completely pee trained. He did it when he was ready no matter how hard I pushed him, he pushed back the other way even harder. I backed away and he went. He finally got the hang of it and has not a accident since. Now pooping is a whole different story. He is very pee and poop shy. He will only pee when he is comfortable, it's getting better for public restrooms. He only poops at home and in his underwear. The last two nights I have been putting him back in pull-ups because I am tired of washing poop out of underwear. He will not use the toilet. Even if I ask him did you go poop? (When I know he has) He will answer No. Like he is ashamed of it or something. After he poops in his underwear I make him sit on the toilet. It's kind of frustrating and I am just not going to talk about it. Maybe I am putting to much pressure on him.

Sorry that got a little long.

Makes My Monday

This weeks Makes My Monday is -

Cody went #1 potty all weekend in the toilet!!

This is a huge step for him. We have been trying and trying to get it to click - even with Chase fully potty trained it didn't matter to Cody. I don't know what happened but it clicked and I started to jump up and down and the more I jumped up and down the more #1 he went. It was a great weekend!

And that's what makes my Monday!!

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Cody Potty Training

I have to report that Cody pee peed in the toilet this morning for the first time!! I was so excited. He has been in underwear (during the day) since Monday but never have made it to the toilet. Last night after school every 15 minutes I would ask him to go sit on the potty. He never do go and I think just waited until he had on his pull up for night time to go.

But this morning, he went to the bathroom, all by himself, and then peed. He then said "Mommy, I pee peed." I said "You did? Where?" Cody said "Right there in the toilet, I get a piece of candy now right? and a sticker and a toy." I said "Yes you get it all" but first we had to change his shorts because he had his shorts down and yes some made it into the toilet but some also went onto the front of the toilet. I am differently not complaining this is a huge accomplishment!!

I think Cody is a little shy when it comes to this and this is why he won't pee (I guess pee shy). If he is pee shy now at (almost) 3, what will it be like in high school or adulthood? I hope he can get over it and we are on the way to potty training success!

(This is normally where I would post a cute picture of sweet Cody, but my camera card is not with me and I wanted to post this so I wouldn't forget)

Makes My Monday

Chase had a perfect weekend with potty training. No accidents.

This is actaully two weekends in a row with no accidents. I am so proud of him. He is really starting to get it. He even went to the bathroom by himself a couple of times without telling me, until after he was done.

And having one (almost) completely potty trained ... Makes my Monday!!

We don't even want to talk about Cody and potty training ... that would ruin my whole weekend!

This is Chase with a little bit of shaving cream on his cheeks - he was watching dad shave and wanted some also!

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Potty Training

I have to say that they whole potty training thing is awful.

I posted a few weeks ago that Chase was actually potty trained at school - they wrote him off as being such and now he doesn't cost as much to send him and also he can go into another classroom this summer. So he is doing very well at school - no accidents. I have to say at home he has a poop accident every weekend and some nights after school. I am getting very tired of this. This mostly happens when he is playing outside and not interested in stopping what he is doing. I go out and remind him occasionally "Do you have to go potty?" "No Mom" is the response that I get. But in 15, 30, minutes later he could be standing there going poop.

I borrowed a book from a friend about potty training and I also downloaded the "How to potty Train your child in 3 days.", which I haven't totally read, but I am desperate to get him to go poop in the potty. It not like he won't go poop in the potty, just if he's too busy he won't. Both of these books start you from the beginning so I don't know if to start over with him doing one of these methods, but I don't know if I can start somewhere in the middle with just pooping. So frustrating. I have been officially potty training him since October, 2008. He will not wear anything but underwear and at night time it's a struggle to get him to wear pull-ups.

I need help but don't know where to begin.

Now I will move onto Cody. Cody is very shy when it comes too peeing, apparently. Too me he shows no signs of being ready to pee in the toilet - or even in the bath tub. School have him in underwear during the morning and I guess does very well - goes into the bathroom, does something (no one has yet to see him pee) but yet he stays dry. So he holds it until the afternoon and he pees. So I also have him in underwear at evening time after we get home and before bed, thinking that he needs to get used to the feeling of peeing. He has accidents all the time (which is fine) but he doesn't care if he is wet or not - he will continue to play and not even notice it.

But we have motivation to get him potty trained so he too can move up to another class, along with Chase and his best friend Jacob.

From the beginning, I told Chase that he could have a piece of candy if he went poop in the toilet, it worked and he was doing good. Knew that I would offer Cody that same reward. But that doesn't work when he doesn't even want to sit on the toilet.

So I started a potty training chart thing with stickers, get a sticker if you go pee or poop and get a toy or party or money or anything that they want after you fill up this chart of like 25 squares, not too hard right? Well, Chase has two stickers on it and Cody none. I tell Cody when he poops in his diaper he could get a big toy and he will Repeat me I get a sticker and toy but just change me and I will go back to playing.

It's not working...

So my friends, can someone give me any advice, hits, tips what should I do differently...

I know this was a very missed up post with no pictures, but thanks for letting me vent a little.

Thanksgiving Thursdays

I am so Thankful for so many things. But today I am very Thankful for

Chase being Potty Trained!!

School has officially "signed him off" meaning he is officially trained. He is still in Pull Up's at night, though. He doesn't want to wear them but he isn't waking up either to go pee at night. So we will still need to work on that.

Keep up the good work Chasers!

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Potty Training Update Again

At school now Chase is in underwear! Yesterday was his first day at school in underwear and I guess he did great. He only had one #2 accident. I am so excited for him. He is doing so well at this.

Potty Training Update

I have to say that Chase is doing a wonderful job going potty, both #1 and #2, in the toilet. He can go all day at school without an accident. Of course, some days are better then others. He does a excellent job at home also. I remind him a lot that he has to go potty and he goes every time. We have had our fair share of accidents, maybe one a day or so. He loves to have underwear on. I still use pull-ups when we aren't going to be around a potty. He is just now starting to tell me that he has to go, before it was me telling him lets go potty. So there is progress there. I am very proud of him and the good job that he doing.

Last night in the bathtub Chase was having an attitude and he didn't want his picture taken, so here he is anyways!


Cody is starting to show interest in going potty. He is starting to pull down his pants and diaper and stand in front of the toilet, he also wants to sit down on the potty. Nothing has come out yet, but baby steps. I think this is great. He is so cute. He is so proud of himself when he stands there and *thinks* he is going potty. He loves having pull-ups on. Good job Cody keep up the good work!


Last night having fun in the bathtub.

Monday's post

I am going back to work (for a few weeks) on Monday's. I haven't worked on a Monday since the boys were born. I have a best job (and boss) for letting me work Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday's since I came back to work.

The reason I am going back to work is the same week that I lost my grandfather (like that wasn't enough to deal with) I also lost my computer at work. The hard drive that held my whole accounting software, crashed and is now unrecoverable. So I am now going back to work on Monday's to recreate the stuff that I lost. I do have a backup from August that the computer people were able to recover, so I am happy about that!

Chase and Cody are going to school one more day a week. Everyone at school was very excited to have them another day.

Also we have started small steps toward potty training Chase. Everytime I sit him on the potty he pees. I jump up and down because I am so excited. He is actaully pooped also. So this morning I put together underwear and 5 changes of clothes for him and school is going to work with him today. Maybe we will be potty trained soon at least with one. It just means that he is growing up so fast, I don't know if I am ready for the whole potty thing but I guess I need to be!

Happy Monday!!

Sleeping and Pee Pee

Chase and Cody for about a week now have been sleeping in their beds not on the floor like they have been for the past few months. Cody did fall off the bed last night but I put him back on and he stayed on the rest of the night. They have been doing well also about not waking up. Cody has caught a little nose bug thing that is going around and still sleeping through that. Very good boys!!

For the last few nights, before bath Chase has Pee Peed in the big potty!! He is all excited now to do it at night time. Maybe this is a small step in potty training. I was all excited for him and clapped and jumped up and down. I thought about giving a small piece of candy as a reward, but how do I reward Chase without upsetting Cody. Cody is starting to sit on the potty at least but pretends to pee and gets off the potty. So do I reward both? Any suggestions what the next step is for Chase? Do I push a little bit and put him in pull ups or too soon? Let me know some advice...