Its about time Jonas got his own post. It seems like everything lately has been about Liam. Well, Mr Jonas decided Sunday that he would like to be potty trained - just like that. We already decided when we potty trained Liam that bribery was the best method, so had stocked up on matchbox cars and mini lego sets to place within view of the potty to give him an incentive. I have to admit that I have not been very active in the encouragement. I remember the stress involved with Liam (mostly because I was nursing Jonas at the time and in the middle of feeding Liam would announce he had to go and I had to try and figure out how to deal with him with Jonas still attached). We came up with a system of toys for #2 and starburst for #1. Sunday morning before church Jonas got 4 matchbox cars and 1 lego set, and about 20 starburst!! Every 2 minutes or so Jonas would run to the potty and actually produce. I am not sure how he did it. But all of the attention and prizes were enough to keep him at it. He has had 1 accident which I think is pretty good in 4 days. We decided Sunday was way too expensive and have moved to candy for #2's and he now has a chart for #1's. After however many #1's he gets a piece of candy.
He still wears diapers for nap and bedtime and we haven't been brave enough to leave the house with big boy underwear on. Maybe next week. For now he just runs around the house in mostly just underwear. His little bottom looks so cute in them! Thank goodness its summer!
Are you surprised we let him on the furniture? I guess we figured with him going every 2 minutes how could he possible have an accident on the couch...
3 comments:
That's awesome. Good for him. How old are the boys now?
Ahhh, potty training! Six months living with kids and have I got some great potty training stores. He he. We used a sticker chart, it worked really well. And the choice of what type of "big boy underwear" was pretty appealing too.
That is great that he has been so easy. I think the second one is easier because we're not as stressed to get them trained like we were with the first kids.
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