Potty Trained!

Oh yes, he did it! 

Here he is, week #1 in his big boy Super Hero undies. 

Could not contain his excitement!

Who knew running out of diapers in July and offering Super Hero undies just to 'try' for the day (aka until I could get to the store to buy more diapers) would result in James being fully on-board with going potty on the toilet - from that point on? Good thing I had undies washed and ready to go for that "just in case" moment!

I should clarify that he has been very interested in the potty for a long while now. Back in June, we introduced a potty seat and stool in his bathroom for him to get comfortable seeing and to test out whenever he felt like it. He mostly used it before bath time to pee, but refused to go near it any other time of day when he had to do his "real business." We even rented a few silly potty videos from the library to "plant a seed" that might encourage him to try it. I knew he would be ready soon - August was my target month for starting to think about committing to it and hoping we'd have success by sometime this fall. But, leave it to James to declare 'no more diapers for me!' and never look back. We are SO proud. And thankful - so far (knock on wood) things have been going smoothly!

We are now on week #3 of potty training success and we have had little to no accidents. Although I am not quite sure who-trained-who, as it all happened so fast, I am relieved and so proud to say that at 2.5 years old James has officially crossed this big boy milestone! And yes, we have visited our share of public restrooms, and even port-a-potties, and we are surviving just fine (this was my biggest fear of the potty-training adventure, but as it turns out, not so bad!). In fact, I think that makes it even more exciting for James. He can now visit the potty at any location we are at, just like the big kids do. :)