Our Sunshine Boys: Potty Trained?

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Potty Trained?

Monday morning I thought we would try big boy underwear. We've been talking about potty training for awhile but just haven't acted on it since we've been busy with Evan. I also wanted to wait until it was consistently good weather so we could be outside for "accidents."
Anyways...this is our third day....accident free. Yeah-I think we are on our way. Ryan was potty trained (during the day) a month before he turned 3. Jack will be 3 at the end of June....so I am pretty happy...we might be down to one baby in diapers.

Of course, I put him in a diaper at naptime and bedtime-(I know I need to get some pull ups). Ryan was not trained at bedtime until 3 1/2. One baby step at a time.

Jack-poor guy-even gets hand me down underwear. He has a couple pair that Grandma bought just for him...BUZZ LIGHTYEAR which he loves. I told him he would get some new ones if he fills up his potty chart. He wants Diego or Handy Manny.

I took quite the risk on Monday....we went out and were out 5 hours or so. I took a towel, an extra pair of shorts, underwear, a diaper. I was ready for the worst case scenario...but to my surprise...he went when I told him to go...or when he needed to go..he told me. WHOO HOO!!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Way to go Jack :) That's just awesome!! We're in the potty learning process as well w/Kendall~he's doing fairly well but not quite there yet. He turned 3 on April 28th :)

Keep up the good work Jack :); June 10, 2008 at 11:54 AM

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About the boys

As of 3/31/08

Ryan is 4 1/2 years old. He is in preschool and loves every minute of it. He loves to color and he loves Larry Boy, the superhero from Veggie Tales.

Jack is almost 3 and he is the aggressive one. He likes to pick on his older brother. Even though he picks on Ryan, he likes to do whatever his big brother does.

Evan is 4 months old but is the size of an average newborn. He was born 9 weeks early. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and 12 1/2 inches long at birth.

All of the boys have had their medical issues.

Ryan was diagnosed at birth with hydrocephalus. He was shunted at 3 days old. That shunt failed at about a year old. That is when the docs performed a third ventriculostomy. That failed one month later and was redone. His last surgery was January 2009 when he was 5. He has MRI's annually to make sure the hydrocephalus is under control.

Jack was diagnosed at 3 months old with hydrocephalus. He was shunted immediately but that shunt failed at 7 months old. They performed a third ventriculostomy and he has not had another surgery since. He has MRI's once a year.

Evan was born Intrauterine Growth Restricted(IUGR). He was born at 31 weeks 3 days gestational age. He was only 1 lb 15 ounces and he spent almost 2 months in the NICU.