Monday, March 17, 2008

Happy Poop Day to You!

OK - potty training has officially driven me crazy. Today I could tell that Joey was trying to go poop in his pull-up and I started pleading and bargaining with him to please just TRY the potty. I started off with offering toys and candy, everything I could think of. Finally I said "if you just try, we'll make a cake" and that did it. Not only did he try, but had success! This is the first time he has pooped in the potty, except once where I think it just accidentally happened, and we have offered him every kind of bribe under the sun. So, to keep my promise, we baked a cake and he even got to frost it himself (I improvised on a lot of ingredients because I was not planning on baking a cake today, but it turned out pretty good). He loves to blow out candles and sing, so we even sang "Happy Poop Day to You". Anyway, by the time we were done eating our cake he pooped again IN his diaper. So, I don't know that we've actually made any real progress and I'm exhausted (I woke up this morning to find him snuggling up next to me with an overly full diaper which required me to have to wash all of the linens, my pajamas, his pajamas and my brand new pillow).
Here are some pictures of my proud boy with his "Poop Day" cake:

7 comments:

Robyn said...

Too cute!! Joey looks so proud with his "poop day" cake!! :) Maybe I should try this with Gabriella since she has such a sweet tooth!!

Robyn

Becca said...

I think this makes you an awesome mom! Happy Poop Day! My daughter has been peeing in people's yard on our walks around the neighborhood. I feel like I have a puppy!

Peace and Hugs,
Becca

Laurie said...

Tooo cute! I would take one in the potty as a success! What I would give for that!

Heidi said...

Now THOSE are pictures to save and when he's a teenager you can remind him of his "Poopday cake". Yay for Joey!

Janet said...

Oh, you are way too funny and original! What a great idea. Is that why the cake is brown. lol... gross...

Our Family of 5 said...

OH my goodness! Look how proud he looks! Adorable!!

Katie said...

Potty training is so hard ... I have not had any luck yet either :)