Once Upon a Potty

Big news about some big jobs over here -- Max pooped on the potty today for the first time! I brought him upstairs to get him ready for bed and he wanted to sit on the potty and read books and play with toys (bedtime stall tactic). So, he sat and sat and sat and sat, and with a little encouragement he ended up using the potty for its intended purpose. I think he had to go and happened to be in the right place at the right time, rather than a conscious potty effort, but it's a start!

Max made me laugh because after he went, he bent over, peered into the potty, spotted the poo, and said, "Uh oh!!" He was pretty enthusiastic about his M&M rewards (now in the locked closet, rather than the boy-eating dresser) and emptying his potty into the toilet. He likes to flush the toilet and watch the poop disappear -- he always sends it on its way with, "Bye bye, poo poo!"

I know we have a way to go before he's ready for big boy underwear, but can you imagine how awesome it will be to eventually only have one kid in diapers? ;)