Sometimes it's a Potty Training... F A I L

Potty training. At this stage in life I am pretty convinced that toilet training a puppy is easier than toilet training a toddler.... For that reason alone I am seriously considering beginning to have Maddie go on the toilet as soon as she can sit up on her own. Not that I am expecting it to work whatsoever, but there's always hoping.

Entering the world of potty training with Tucker we began with a S L O W introduction to going "potty" on the potty. And, despite our expansive efforts and vast pleadings (I swear I have come close to begging on the verge of tears)- accompanied with bribes of M&Ms or "silly bands," Tucker displayed amazing willpower. He could sit for up to half an hour on the toilet (probably longer actually, but we have an infant who also demands attention) and he would NOT go to the bathroom. Two minutes after putting a diaper on him, however, and we have... POOP.

Desperate times call for drastic measures- a complete switch from diapers to big boy underwear! If he was going to prefer to go to the bathroom in his pants, we were going to make that as uncomfortable for him as possible. Fail. All we ended up doing was going through eight different "big boy underpants" in a five hour time-span. His intense resolve to not go to the bathroom anywhere but in his pants is, admittedly, quite deterring for me on this venture of potty training my toddler. Attempt number two will involve a "big boy potty" instead of a toilet seat on the potty... Updates on that attempt to come in the near future.

Tucker- in big boy camo "boxer-briefs" while playing a round of indoor croquet (belated birthday present from his mommy and daddy- yeah...)