Potty Training

Isn't Erik cute in his Elmo underwear? As Erik approaches two I have been trying to decide what to do about potty training. I read a book that suggests exposing them to the idea of potty chair early. We have had a potty chair in 2 of our bathrooms for a few months. Erik knows what it is and recently has been acting more interested in it.

The book suggests after a few months of exposing the child to the potty chair you should start adding time on the potty chair into your normal routine in addition to letting your child run around in training pants. I am going to start by trying to have Erik sit on the potty chair 2-3 times a day and building up from there.

We started this yesterday and he has been successful 3 out of 4 times. It is time consuming so it will be difficult to fit in on busy days. He seems to like it though. He likes to read stories, eat a snack, and "drive" his potty chair around. After sitting on it for 5-10 minutes today I told him he could get up. He didn't want to. He stayed on the chair -- played with toys while on the chair -- for 30 minutes only getting up after peeing!

We will see how this adventure goes!