POTTY TIME

we are on a potty mission with Bryson and I started in full force yesterday and Im not giving up like I have in the past. I'm not lucky enough to get to have the days with him so we are doing our own modified version of whatever it takes to get this child to be out of diapers before halloween, i hope that's not an unreachable goal.
So..Day 1.. he went a few times at daycare, but the minute we get into the house i take his pants and diaper off take him potty and let him pick out and put on big boy undies- I tell him, OK.. great job on the potty and your a big boy now so we have to pee on the potty and don't get these undies wet, u tell me anytime you feel like you have to go, or just go straight to the potty on your own. We added a sticker to the potty chart.. 4 stickers=prize, by the end of the night, he made the 4 so i owe him a prize today, so i gotta go get some..whatever it takes right? lol.
We even took a wagon walk for about 20-25min and he did great! which leads to a funny bryson story:
there is a cute itty bitty mouse/shrew bobbing around the road we walk on, we were having fun watching him, and he let us get really close and he just stood there trembling and bryson says.."lets pick him up mom" i said.. he's really scared, he's shaking, lets just watch him. He says.."I want to ride my bike with him, he can sit on my handle bars, he like it?" I laugh..sorry buddy your bike is at home, "lets go get it, he want to ride with me" i said, well, maybe tomorrow we will come back with your bike and look for him. "OKKKKaay" he says.. hilarious kid. then Nolan is dragging his hands over the wheel by his seat and bryson keeps telling him STOP it baby, you can't do that, and pulls his hands back into the wagon, and nolan looks at him with a nasty look and puts them right back.. no baby stop! and pulls them back in again, over and over til the baby finally just screams.. i say, thanks bryson, your a good brother, but he's so little and doesn't understand, lets just ignore him and maybe he'll stop. Im glad he's looking out for him even if the baby won't listen!! :) They are so much fun, just make life so much more fun and entertaining.
Bryson doesn't want to go to bed lately and is becoming great with excuses and stall tactics to stay up...he showed up at the bottom of the stairs last night and scared the crap out of me, i say, why are you up? "ba cause..ba cause mom, i just want to" then he sees my popcorn, i want some! so i give him a little handful and say, we are going to bed. he goes and hugs and hugs me, don't leave mommy, sleep in my bed" then he says.. i want popcorn. i just didn't eat much today." i say, oh so your hungry cause you didn't eat enough.. "yep mom." I said, well, sorry buddy, its bedtime so you can have breakfast when you get up. and I finally get to leave after a long conversation and a million hugs. Its so hard because i love his loving side, even when i know he's trying to manipulate me! lol.

Back to Potty.. Day 2! he wakes up, daddy takes him in to potty, he begs for big boy undies, but i tell him we can wear a pull up and wear some undies over it, he finally agrees. we get are on our way to school this morning and in the car hes s aying..i have to PEE..i say, hold it, we are almost there.. we get in and he sprints to the bathroom and goes potty! i was SO proud, this is huge for him! So i tell the teacher what we are doing and hope hope he continues doing well at school and doesn't forget to tell people, but i will pick him up at 430 and we will be back on our routine like last night. and saturday we will do all day at home and just focus on potty potty potty!

FInGERS crossed, wish us luck!! (more updates as the days go by!)