Let's talk about potty training

As you all know, we started potty training in mid-december. Well here we are 5 months later and we are almost 100% potty trained.

For a while, he was potty trained only if completely naked. So he spent a lot of time running around the house stark naked. We decided in March that he needed to start wearing underwear so he could get used to taking off his pants to go potty or letting us know that he needed to go potty. After a week with lots of accidents, one day he finally started to get it.

About 2 weeks ago, he started taking off his own underwear when he needed to potty. He also started doing short trips in the car or to the store in underwear. He's had one accident while out and that's b/c we were gone for 2 hours and I didn't try to make him go potty.

Corbin is a little scared of big public potties, so I haven't really forced the issue of him wearing underwear if we're going to be gone for long periods of time. But yesterday at church, I discovered that the toilets in the his class are miniature versions of big potties. So he will use the potty at church. He had no accidents yesterday at all!

Next Sunday, he will go to church for the first time in underwear. We're going to ask his teacher to take him potty midway through the service. I think this will work. If not, we're sending dry clothes too lol. I'm also looking for a portable seat to put on the public potties. It will make the hole smaller and not quite as scary, so I think he will use it.

If he keeps up this good work, I think we may be diaper free - at least while he's awake - by the end of summer - maybe sooner. As for bedtime and naptime.....that may take a while.