Big Boy Drew

The end of May marked two huge milestones for Andrew: We changed the crib into a Toddler Bed and he began to use the Potty!!

He picked out a ball cap (like dad's) to wear to the park on sunny days...

 We set up the big boy bed while he played in Maddie's room, then surprised him...

What happened to my bed?! 

It looks different!!

 He was super excited to climb on it himself, then climb out, then climb back in, then jump on the bed...

He's been staying in bed pretty well so far through the night... although in the mornings when I hear him talking I'll go in his room and he'll be waiting by the door for me ;)

At 2.5 years, and having never potty trained a boy before, I wasn't sure this whole using the potty thing was going to work out. But, he was really interested in using the potty and wanted to read the book, "It's Potty Time!" and watch "Elmo's Potty Time" DVD a million times, so we thought we'd give it a try.

Big boy Paw Patrol underware. 

 After bible study ended for the year, we took off his diaper and let him run around commando for 2 days. I was shocked that on day 1 he actually went pee in the potty?! So we tried day 2, and he went 3 times in the potty! We had many accidents... but he's doing great!

 One thing that helped is that Andrew LOVES to read... he enjoyed reading book after book "waiting for the pee pee to come out."

 Washing his hands...

 On day 4 he poop'd in the potty... he was pretty proud of himself! He got 1 M&M for pee and 2 M&M for poo....Way to go Buddy!!

The only issue we had with him is he didn't like wearing underwear. He preferred to go commando, but my sweet friend Liz and Mom of 3 boys suggested we try the boxer-briefs her boys use. She gave me a couple pairs her youngest son didn't wear to try out. Andrew loved them.. he was so excited to be wearing the same kind of underwear that Tyler wears. LOL. They were a hit!!

Thank you Miss Liz!

Andrew was so proud of his Potty Chart... he got to put a sticker in each box when he went to the potty!

For the first week I put him in a diaper at bed time, but he woke up dry each night, so we just put him in underwear now. He's been doing great, and I can't remember the last time he's had an accident! Good job Andrew!! We are so proud of the Big Boy you are becoming!