Day 50 - Potty Training Meltdowns

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I mentioned the other day that we had started potty training boot camp. Today is day 3 and so far it is going OK. He has yet to have a pee accident, but going #2 has been quite a challenge. I'm open to suggestions to help us make this happen as I don't want to go back to pull ups again. Anyways, we've been taking him to the potty every 45 minutes and we're starting to get hit with some serious resistance. We're really trying to take a laid back approach, but it is difficult to keep a calm head when we never know if he's going to happily walk into the bathroom or he's going to throw a massive tantrum.
Poor Lu has been quite the trooper while we've been focusing so much attention on Max. She just happily plays on the bathroom floor while we read stories, sing songs and talk entirely too much about pooping.

Nice to see him looking somewhat cheerful...

Day 26- Poop on the Potty and Time to Fix the Bed

Today was a VERY exciting day! We've been slowly working on potty training Max since before Thanksgiving, but he has refused to poop on the potty no matter how hard we try. Today he finally did it! The proud mama in me was tempted to take a picture of it, but I resisted... sort of.

The poop is in the potty that this very proud boy is standing on!

Someone is starting to pull up on things!

Day 3 - Signing Time and Reading on the Can

We had a really nice morning today. When Max woke up he asked me if "Tannie's house open today?" He's taken to referring to places as open or closed depending on whether or not we're going there that day. When I went to text my mom aka Tannie, I was surprised to find a text from her asking if I needed any help with the kiddos. We decided she should come to our house to play. Max loves when we have people over and proceeded to ask if Aunt E and Aunt Evonne were coming too.
Tannie and Max played shapes, farm, birds and put together a puzzle while Lucy napped and I got some laundry done. I wish I would have gotten pictures of them playing, but I was too busy enjoying uninterrupted cleaning time! Breakfast and potty time pictures will have to do today.

Trying to teach Lu the sign for "more."

Someday this kid will poop on the potty even if he has to read multiple train books to make it happen.