- Day 1: We went out and purchased a potty seat/toilet attachment/step stool and underwear. We practiced throughout the day with just putting Max on the seat fully clothed, then without bottoms, but didn't worry about him trying to use it and always put a diaper back on afterward.
- Day 2: We started with the bare-bottomed method. Max quickly refused to use the potty seat OR the toilet attachment, but Bryan had already thrown away the box so we are stuck with it! I think he really enjoys being able to watch himself pee. After two full-on #1 accidents, I began putting Max on the toilet every hour so he could get practice using the potty. He was doing great and I was a little sick of seeing his dangle all day so I began putting undies on him, which is where he had his first #2 accident. It freaked him out soooooo much and I began to question whether it was a good time to potty train or not. A few times throughout the day he had also asked for his diaper when he was just bare-bottomed. I just felt so bad, especially with his speech delay, sometimes I'm unsure of just how much he understands. Max doesn't have a baby in the house for me to tell him "babies wear diapers, big boys use the potty" and he has no older sibling or cousin around as an example of someone who wears undies. I felt I should just grin and bear it though and I'm glad I did. I put pull-ups on him for nap and bedtime.
- Day 3: I decided Max needed to learn to tell me that he had to go potty, so I put him in undies and no longer sat him on the potty every hour. He had a few very minor #1 accidents and always stopped himself when he started to have one. He'd come to me freaking out about it and I would put him on the potty where he would finish his business. This was his last day of having #1 accidents. He had a #2 accident in his undies. Another pull-up for nap and bedtime.
- Day 4: Max was very much potty trained for #1s by now! I was done with him having #2 accidents in his undies so he went back to being bare-bottomed. This time he knew when he had to go #2 and that he had no other choice, but to do it in the potty. Going #2 in the potty really freaked him out. Luckily I could tell when he needed to go and I would force him to sit on the potty and the only way he would go was if I was hugging him. He chose to wear undies for naptime and chose pull-ups for bedtime.
- Day 5-17: Max is finally starting to be comfortable going #2 on the potty and will calmly let me know he has to go and head over to the bathroom on his own, though it still freaks him out a little bit. Last night he chose to wear undies to bed so I guess we're done with pull-ups now too! From day 1, he never had an accident at naptime or during the night, so I'm pretty confident about him not needing pull-ups at night.
Max was rarely ever naked except for bath time and maybe a little bit afterward, so I'm surprised at how quickly he's embraced his nakedness and often goes bottomless after he uses the potty. I know it's been over two weeks now, but I had no idea he'd be completely out of diapers or pull-ups and into undies so quickly! I never put a pull-up on him when we went out either and he's successfully used a public restroom and a church one. It was a relatively easy process for us in my opinion (Bryan may say otherwise). We used a sticker chart for about the first week. I wanted to encourage him to use the potty, but I didn't want to pressure him so I tried not to make too big of a deal about it. Every time he went #2 he got an otter pop though (his absolute favorite). I think 2.5 years is the perfect time for potty training, in my experience with one child. Needless to say, Max in undies is THE CUTEST!!
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