I've dreaded potty training. Because I know that I have NO patience whatsoever. It's a trait that I'm well aware that I have! Mason has been interested in using the toilet since before he turned two. I just let him lead. Him leading is starting to bug me though! I still don't think he's ready to be pushed into the three day thing. I just know him and I don't think it would go over well quite yet. Maybe I'm just saying that because I don't know how to get rid of sweet sutton so I can focus on Mason's pee schedule :) That is the hardest part of this whole ordeal...Sutton! Mason doesn't wear clothes. His teacher actually told me last week that he keeps trying to undress at school. I think that's pretty funny, ha. However, when he's not wearing clothes he is much more aware of his diaper. Then he wants to take it off. He does tell me when he needs to go to the bathroom sometimes. Some days he does great and other's it's hell on wheels trying to figure out if he wants diaper, underwear, and what the heck he wants to do! All of this diaper pulling, peeing thru underwear always happens right when Sutton is starving and screaming at me. SO there I am, running around chasing naked mason, trying to get either a diaper on him or put him on the toilet while Sutton is screaming bloody murder at me to feed him. it's not pleasant. At school they are trying to get him to go when they take the other kids too, sometimes he goes and sometimes he doesn't. But the second he gets home it's off with the diaper! (mommy moment....he poops randomly all the time. He is not scheduled and wakes up with a poopy diaper most mornings...how am I going to do this in the middle of the night?!) Part of me just needs to force him. Part of me is just really not wanting to. I have my hands full already. I like my sleep too. I don't want to have to keep his door open so he can escape and/or use the bathroom a million times in the night....I dreaded having two in diapers, but now I'm not really knowing what to do with mason :)
my advice: do not rush it! you'll regret it and only get frustrated. I didn't start with braidy until the day he turned 2 1/2 and it wasn't a day too soon or too late. with quin, i tried and tried putting it off, but it was so clear to me he was ready, so I just did it. I would say, once you decide to do it, do it full on. straight undies. do it on a weekend and find a weekend where sutton can go to the grandparents or stay with dad on a monday or friday, so you can really focus on mason for 3 days straight. believe me, it's NOT fun, but you gotta do it, just make sure he's ready or it will be even worse than it already is! and again, do not compare to others....comparison is a joy stealer. mason is perfect and definitely doesn't have to be potty trained tomorrow.
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