A Parenting Milestone

No one said potty training a boy would be easy. In fact, everyone says that potty training a boy is hard. DJ is no exception...he's the epitome!

He's doing great, though, especially if you can stay ahead of him. He has not had a pee accident in over a week, which we think is fantastic. He has even asked to go pee first thing in the morning, having held it all night and not going in his diaper!

Poo accidents, on the other hand, we've not been so lucky. His first true poo accident came on Sunday. The "damage" was minimal, and his underwear was washable. No problem! We were hoping that would be his be big moment where he figured it all out, but not so much, On Monday, he had a cleanable accident at Eleanor's during the morning. When I went to pick him up, we noticed he was squirming a little. So we asked if he needed to go potty, he said no, so we didn't argue it. He got into his car seat, I strapped in Elektra, and then I smelled it.

"DJ, did you got poopy in your underwear?"

"Yes."

Aw, $#!+.

Well...at least he was honest.

I take him back into Eleanor's to change him. It was every bit a grand mess. I thought about trying to salvage the underwear. Then I thought better of it.

With that decision, I officially reached a Parenting Milestone: I threw out the first (of likely many) pair of toddler underwear.

After cleaning him, I asked DJ what it felt like to have poopy in his underwear (and frankly, sit on it, but I didn't actually ask that).

"It felt like mud."

"This is good..." I think to myself.

"Did you like the way that felt?"

"No."

"Excellent! NOW maybe the lesson will sink in," I think.

Yeah, well, who am I kidding? This is a toddler we're talking about here.

Sure enough, DJ had another poopy accident in his underwear. This pair required soaking, so we will see if they are worth keeping.

It also sounds like I will need to buy stock in Oxyclean before this is all over!!