Spolier alert - he is not yet potty trained!
Day three...finally. This was by far the hardest day for me. I think it was partly because we have been cooped up in the house for three days straight...partly because the boys still have this lovely stomach bug...partly because my three wonderful dogs could not have been more annoying...and partly because I am just exhausted!!
Today was just more difficult in many ways though. To start, one of the above annoying dogs woke me up at 1:30 am to go outside, and I found a present in the dining room from one of the other above annoying dogs. (Seriously, can I not get a break from the bodily functions, even in the middle of the night??) Then, the boys woke up WAY too early this morning (5:00 am), so I had to get up too to make sure Felix went right to the potty - but I was too late. He went sometime during the night or early morning, because he was wet, and so were the sheets. So, I had a load of laundry going by 5:30 am, which should not be allowed. By 6:00 am, Felix had two extremely messy accidents, thanks to the stomach bug.
(Can you see now why this day was not the greatest?)
All else went well during the morning though. Felix had only one #1 accident, which unfortunately took out about 10 of our precious washable crayons which happened to be on the floor under him (although those things are the best invention ever, it was NOT worth it to me to wash them).
I was soooo ready to sleep while the boys took a nap, but stupidly spent about 30 minutes doing dishes, sweeping, and cleaning up the tornado in the living room, and by the time I laid down to try to sleep, Felix woke up very unhappy with a very wet pair of training pants. This is apparently the worst thing that can happen to this child - to have a nap cut short. He had a 30 minute tantrum, and then I finally gave in and brought him downstairs. He was happy as a clam for the rest of the afternoon, although strangely full of energy for having a lack of sleep. I am proud to say there were NO #1 accidents in the afternoon, and only one small #2 accident (again, courtesy of the stomach bug).
So, as you can see, Day Three was plagued with stomach bug accidents and sleeping accidents. As for the stomach bug, I can't decide whether this was the best or worst thing to happen to a potty training weekend - on the one hand, he had plenty of opportunities to practice going in the potty! For instance, although we had three accidents today, we also had three successes. On the other hand, some of those bouts came on so quickly it would have been impossible for him to get to a potty in time, and so it meant a LOT of clean up for me.
As for the sleeping situation, I am not sure what is going on. We started out with four nights of complete dryness, so I know it is possible. And four seems like a lot to be a fluke, right? So, the only thing I can figure is that he has had a LOT of fluids over this weekend, so accidents aren't out of the question. He had a bit less to drink today than over the past two days, so we'll see how tonight works out. I was extremely tempted to put a diaper on him for bedtime tonight, but I resisted. I just made sure he went to the potty right before bed (which he did), and that's the best I can do. He seems to get the underwear thing, maybe the training pants are confusing now? I don't know.
Here are the stats for today:
#1 Successes - 13
#2 Successes - 3
#1 Accidents (awake) - 1
#1 Accidents (asleep) - 2
#2 Accidents - 3
All in all, it was a successful day. I found that I could trust Felix enough by this afternoon to sit across the room playing with Asher, or to make dinner in the other room, without feeling that he would be standing in a puddle when I looked again. I do feel as though he gets it - because he is able to hold it pretty well and goes very consistently when he sits on the potty - but he is still not choosing to go to the potty by himself, or asking to go (except for those instances yesterday). So, did the 3 Day Method work for us? Not in the way it proposes to, but it was successful in that we are much closer to being trained now. So, I do recommend this method, but keep in mind that it might take longer than three days!
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