for the past month or so, aidan's daycare has been helping him transition into the older toddler room. he would spend the mornings in the waddler room (read "not potty training") and spend the afternoons with the toddlers. three of the girls in that room were with aidan in the waddler room until about 5 months ago. (that whole girls potty train faster than boys thing, I suppose.)
today was his first entire day in the toddler room. it was touch and go for a minute there-- "i want to go upstairs!" he said, clinging to paul. (he wanted to go to the waddler room where he would see miss gerilynn (our favorite filipina) and get his morning hugs and kisses.) luckily aidan's little homeboy, CM., transitioned along with him. CM was sitting on the floor playing with toys and he was excited to see aidan when he arrived. actually, it was CM that offered a toy car to aidan, who then said "Hmm!" and let go of paul long enough to set him down next to CM for a little playtime.
we walked out of daycare with a conspiratorial "whew!"
picking him up after work, he was outside playing with the girls. he had a great day. apparently, all three girls brushed his hair. and, there was the following comment on his daily report card made by his teacher:
"i was standing with aidan while he was on the potty. while we were waiting, he said, 'come on pee-pee. it's time to come out!" his communication skills are awesome! LOL."
3 comments:
Good for him and good for you! Transition is hard but it sounds like he's doing quite well :)
If it makes you feel better - he's already way ahead of Lyssie. She went for a few days in the morning... and now wants nothing to do with it. That's fine. I'm not in a rush. Robbie was 3.5 before he was completely potty trained. It'll happen when they are ready.
Oh - and because he had the same daycare pressures - there was a time when he only did it for daycare!
hey kayce! long time no see (virtually and physicaly!)
we're following daycare's lead. we are surprised he is into it as we aren't pushing either. we've had a potty in our downstairs bathroom for months. we're convinced it's the stickers and peer pressure. he got one on friday for peeing in the pot and he didn't want it taken off his hand up until sunday-- even though it was in tatters and barely recognizable after baths and washings. you would have thought we tore the head off his teddy bear when paul took of the final remnant paper and goo. (we replaced it with a star since he sat on the potty for us over the weekend.)
i think lyssie enjoys the "power"-- "i can go, but i don't want to!"
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