diaper free house?

Mason has been asking to use the toilet about once a day for a while now. I keep telling him no because I find diapers to be very convenient and the thought of potty training very annoying. But, then I realized this is about how old Andrew was when he showed interest (although I waited because I was about to have Mason) and we have another friend the same age working on it too. So then I decided I'd do it as soon as I had a few days at home. Thanks to the snow, that happened yesterday. It's actually really annoying that we had a whole week off due to the snow - I could've had him trained for sure, but instead I decided to wait until the last minute. But whatever.

I'm using the same technique I used with Andrew which means all I'm doing is talking about potty and poop, cheering for every win, cleaning up the misses, keeping sticker charts, bribing, and setting timers all day for the next few days. The one good thing about round two is I know what to expect so it's not nearly as frustrating as it was the first time.

For the record - Mason is rockin' the potty part but not the other part. He has 5 (out of 6) stars and even woke up dry this morning! Tomorrow (day 3) I'm going to try something different for #2's and hope for the best. If I don't have any luck, I'll have to reevaluate the plan.

Matt wishing Mason good luck before heading out for work.

Mason getting excited about his new unders.

: )

Another benefit to round two is that my fear of toilet germs has gone way down. I think it has something to do with that statistic about cell phones being dirtier than a public toilet. I think the point was to get you to wash your phone but it just made me realize toilets aren't so bad. : ) Anyway, my point is I don't think I let Andrew read books while he was learning because I didn't want anything to touch anything. Big mistake! Reading has been a huge hit for Mason. And they're all board books, so it's nothing a Lysol wipe can't fix...

Here's a video of him reading 8 Silly Monkeys. I didn't get the camera in time to catch him really getting into it, but with a little prodding from me he repeated some of it... still cute.