Pee Pee in the Potty!

When I was getting the boys undressed to get in the bathtub tonight, Carter told me he wanted to pee in the potty. He's told me this a handful of times before but he's never actually gone.

We bought a potty seat and underwear several months ago. I was planning on starting to work on potty training but then we decided to move. I didn't want to get Carter partially trained, move, and have to start over again.

So tonight I told Carter that if he peed on the potty, he'd get a piece of candy (a Smartie). This was apparently some good motivation. Carter was trying so hard to go but it just wasn't happening. He then told me to play with Rylan who was already in the bathtub (I guess he wanted a little privacy even though I was still right there).

A couple of minutes later Carter screamed, "Mama, I peed in the potty!" And he had! He was so, so, so excited. He was jumping up and down and clapping.


When Carter got out of the bath, he told me he wanted to pee on the potty again. He also said he wanted more candy.

I was getting Rylan dressed when he once again declared that he'd peed in the potty. I'm not sure if this is going anywhere yet, but I'm going to try to encourage him to try using the potty as often as I can. I've felt that he's ready for awhile now but every time I'd asked him if he wanted to sit on the potty, he had told me no. Hopefully Smarties are the key!