After our first success yesterday, we decided to really try today. Unfortunately, he woke up wet this morning, so we didn't have a chance to try then. Then he pooped during breakfast, so that was another opportunity missed. But a little while later, I was in our bathroom with him getting ready to run errands, and he reached to play with the flusher on our toilet. I reminded him that he couldn't play with the potty unless he made a deposit and asked if he wanted to try to use his potty. He grinned and ran to the bathroom. I took his diaper off (he'd pitched a tantrum earlier wanting to wear Baby Legs instead of pants, so that actually made things easier), sat him on the potty, and he immediately started peeing! He beamed with pride and was so excited to flush it down! He asked to go again a few hours later, but we were downstairs and couldn't get there in time. We tried a final time before I had to go to class before his afternoon nap. He sat on the potty for about 10 minutes, playing with the toilet paper dispenser and tearing little pieces up and dropping them in between his legs. Apparently he'd put so much in that it dampened the sound because all of a sudden he started clapping and shouting "Yay!!!" I looked in, and sure enough, he'd peed without me even realizing it! When our sitter came, I filled her in on recent developments, and she agreed to work with him while I'm gone. He woke up from his nap wet, but later this afternoon, he took off running to the bathroom, so she put him on, and he peed immediately again! He asked once more this evening, but we were downstairs and didn't make it in time, and then we tried again before bed, but he didn't have to go.
SO he peed on the potty 4 times in about 24 hours! And would have made it several other times if we had been quicker to get him there (we might just need to invest in another reducing ring for the downstairs if we're really going to take this seriously). I'm so proud of him and still can't believe he's interested and having success so young! Who knows if it will last, but it's fun in the meantime.
OK, so in non-potty news, Ethan and I have been having fun with some silly putty we made Sunday afternoon. It's technically more like Gak than silly putty, but whatever you want to call it, it's pretty neat and really simple to make. Ethan isn't quite sure what to make of the texture. He's not a huge fan of playdough yet, either, so I guess this is a similar issue. He does like watching me blow bubbles in it with a straw, though, and this morning we decided to put in on the light table for further exploration. After poking at it a little, Ethan decided the best thing to do was put beads and letters into it. So that's what we did!
This was right after our first potty success of the morning so he's still pantsless at this point. Then we decided to expand the mirror station for a better look:
He had less fun removing the objects from the putty during clean-up, so I took over that job while he nursed in my lap. It's definitely a fun addition to our play, and I'm excited about more homemade material possibilities!
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