Potty training for dummies

Soon after bringing Devin home from the hospital, Allen and I decided we should start potty training Corbin. Changing two boys diapers was a bit much! But besides that, Corbin was showing signs of being ready to start using a big boy potty.

He is very interested in the bathroom in general. He goes in there all the time, sometimes to do things he isn't supposed to. One time, he went in with a straw in hand and yep, he drank out of the toilet. I'm not sure how he didn't catch something from doing that but he's still alive and well so that's good to know! Of course, we are more mindful about him sneaking in the bathroom. But Corbin still likes to sneak in the bathroom when people are using the bathroom. When I'm in there, he'll try to peak IN the toilet to see what's happening. When Allen's in there, he tries to stick his head in the line of fire!

So we started telling Corbin what we were doing and we talked to him about the bathroom. When we changed his diaper, we'd tell him what we were doing and what he had done. Of course, all little boys seem to pick up on the word "poo poo." Today, that is Corbin's favorite word. Anything that happens, he'll go "ewwww poo poo." It doesn't even have to be bathroom related. If he finds something on the floor, he'll pick it up and go "ewwww poo poo."

We bought Corbin his very own toilet to encourage him to go to the bathroom on his own. Currently, we are slowly moving him towards using it. Since he's so young, we feel we have plenty of time to potty train. But, already, he's doing great. Sometimes, he pulls his pants down and that'll let us know he's trying to go. Of course, sometimes, he pulls his pants down simply because he likes to pull his pants down. Other times, he'll go in the bathroom while we're in there and decide that he, too, needs to use the potty. He has actually used his potty a few times. But he's certainly not ready to dive into underwear just yet. But soon, I imagine we'll put some on him for a few minutes at a time.

Corbin's a smart kid so he's picked up on potty training pretty good. But, I'm not sure he'll be 100 percent potty trained anytime soon. He's stubborn and does things when he wants so we'll just have to wait and see.

I imagine once summer gets here, we'll catch him peeing outside. I KNOW he'll love doing that!