Aiming to Please

I have been trying to potty train Nathan for a good year now. I have been so unbelievably unsuccessful. I have gotten that kid to do everything there is to do on the toilet and he still refuses to give up the diapers.

Stubborn kid.

Saturday I took all the kids with me to the swim meet. Evan needed to do a few things before we could leave to go out of town. The kids all like the swim meet, it is fun so I didn't mind taking SIX kids to a swim meet by myself at 6:30 in the morning and then hanging out in the scorching heat.

Maybe I minded a little.

Well, Nathan decided he didn't want to be there. And that was that. He cried and he threw himself on the ground and then cried some more and pretty much intentionally made a scene. He is two. He can do that.

So I called Evan and told him our arrangement just wasn't working out. Could he please please please come get Nathan? A few minutes later Evan came and got that boy and the two of them got to hang out the rest of the day.

When I came home eight hours later drenched in sweat, Nathan had a surprise for me.

He decided he was ready to wear big boy underwear like his dad and poop in the potty, like his dad.

Have I ever mentioned how much Nathan likes his dad? The kid idolizes that man. He will do anything for his dad. And Evan knocked out in a few hours what I had been trying to do for a year.

Go Evan! And way to go Nathan.

We left for my parents and Nathan stayed dry the whole time. He did have an accident in the car on the way home because we couldn't pull over fast enough. I am so impressed. We even went to the park today (okay, it was really just swim practice and they have a park by the pool. But it sounds better if I say i took him to play at the park, right?) and he used the bathroom there. He tells me when he needs to go.

Want to hear a little funny? He thinks he has to poop every tine he pees. So he sits on the toilet pushing and grunting until finally something comes out. Several times today he made the comment that his bum hurt. The poor kid is going to end up with hemroids at this pace!