Potty Training

Hey there Blogger world. I have been off the face of the blogging world but here is why.

Work. Kids. Life. Family. Work. Kids. Life. Family.

AND...

Repeat.

This weekend will be no different, in fact we are going to try and potty train Rian. NOT so much that we expect him to be a pro, but we want to see if he is more ready than he was before when we thought we would try it (yeah we didn't blog about that, it was a mess and lasted about 3 hours).

SO this is the thing. We are going to pull his potty out of storage. Get some treats. Some new undies and encourage, encourage and encourage some more! If it doesn't work, oh well, but hey we can at least put forth a good effort. THE BONUS is that this is the only weekend we have had free in a long time. So there won't be any confusion putting him back in diapers etc.

The tips we have gotten:

- Don't rush him
- Give treats
- Let him run around naked (not sure how grandpa or sisters will feel about this)
- Do a potty chart
- Let him pick out undies
- Praise Praise Praise
- Be patient
- Buy lots of carpet shampoo

Haha. All of these are great tips and to be honest its weird to think I even have to TRY to potty train a kid when the girls were SOO easy. They just said "i go potty in big potty" and BAM they had one accident each and off they went. Of course they have accidents here and there (not Carina...Haha...) but mostly when they can't control the environment and such. Someone in the bathroom to long, on a road trip, those sorts of things.

Either way, off we go to potty train. Wish us luck!