Potty Training for B

Branson started showing interest in potty training a couple of weeks before Caden came so we let him sit on the potty and he actually went a time or two! But we definitely weren't ready to go all in with a baby coming so soon. Plus I wanted to wait until after our trip to Las Vegas for Granky's birthday. Ain't no way I was traveling with a newborn AND a potty training toddler haha.

So when Caden was about 3 weeks old (yes, I know I'm insane) I decided (kind of on a whim), let's do this. He wasn't nearly as easy to train as Nolan was (let's be honest though, 99% of kids won't be that easy), but he's done pretty well!

Just like with Nolan we started straight away with underwear, but he had several accidents and I was already tired of cleaning it up so I decided to have him go commando and just sit on a mat on the floor in the living room all day. I had to remind him several times to stay on the mat (and not touch anything with his bare, you know) oey, but overall he stayed on pretty well and then he started going! I tried to get him to go on the potty every 1/2 hour to hour.

#1 was really easy for him, it was #2 that was the problem. He kept having accidents and when your motivation is a potty chart and you have to go #2 so many times (and you only go #2 about 1ish times a day) it was getting a bit frustrating for me and him. But he figured it out after 2 or 3 days!

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I'd say the hardest thing with Branson has been that he says he has to go all the time. He'll go, then 15 minutes later say he has to go again. It's not a big deal at home, but when I am say at the store with him and I have to go all the way to the other side of the store multiple times per trip, it's exhausting! And I have to believe him because I definitely don't want an accident, right?!

Also, this kid...oey. Without fail he forgets at least one step in the process - putting underwear back on, putting pants back on, turning the light off, washing his hands, putting the lid down...and/or makes some sort of mess - water all over the counter and soaked hand towel, toothpaste on the toilet seat, pee on the rug, soap in the toilet bowl, toilet paper down the hallway 🤦‍♀️ It's always a surprise what you'll find in there. Apparently we need to escort him to the bathroom every time, but that just seems like so much work 🤦‍♀️

Oh ya, and he kept peeing all over the floor so he came up with this genius idea of sitting backwards on the toilet. It works haha!

One thing I know, I sure love my crazy Branson Michael.