His own system

Little Bug has taken over his own potty training. He has developed his own system:

1. Yell, “I WANT POTTY!”
2. Remove Pants
3. Run through the house (allow for several laps)
4. Eventually arrive at bathroom
5. Put step stool in front of toilet- make sure to spend a few minutes positioning it just so.
6. Put potty ring on toilet in a haphazard manner that seems to increase the chance of butt dunkage by 500%.
7. Take off diaper
8. Climb onto toilet
9. Pee
10. Laugh and Clap
11. Run through the house- as these are victory laps, make sure to yell, jump, laugh, and seem pretty damn proud of yourself.
12. Ask for a “potty feet” (potty treat in Little Bug words)

I personally think he has a great system. It involves more steps than I had expected, but hey- we all have our own methods. Nick and I have decided that we aren’t meddling. He obviously felt like he needed to control the situation in order to do it.

In the past three days, he has gone potty on the potty 10 times- twice on Tuesday, 3 times on Wednesday, and 5 times yesterday! All by himself and always when he needs to go. He doesn’t sit on the potty for hours- like he did before. He doesn’t need the incentive toys. He just does through the above system- which in itself can take 5 to 20 minutes- and is done.