We're gonna Riiiide the potty train!

After Jake and I got back from our trip to Sedona Jake was supposed to start his job the following Monday. Lucky for me they didn't need him to start for another week so I got to have Jake home to help potty train Bridger. Thank heavens I didn't have to do it on my own! I don't think I could have handled it. Jake was a trooper and did such a good job helping him.

We started potty training on Monday, Jan. 9th. I went out to the store and bought TONS of juice, treats, and incentives for Bridger. We already had his Thomas the Train underwear and Cars potty. Jake sat in the bathroom with him most of the day and just let him watch movies, play in the bath, and read stories.

Here he is on his little Cars potty. We didn't like having to clean this out so we bought another Cars seat that goes directly on the big toilet. Much easier! Bridger did a great job that day and only had a few little accidents. It took him a bit to figure out how to hold it so when he would say "I gotta go potty!" that meant it was already coming out.
The next day he did really well too. He had one number 1 accident and a little number 2 accident. After that he has gone number 2 in the toilet every time without a problem. I had heard horror stories about kids holding their poop for days without going so I was worried about this. I told Bridger when he went number 2 in the potty he would get a remote control car. So after he went number 2 (which he calls number 5) in the toilet Jake got his toy and they danced around the house. This was a cheap RC car that I bought so it busted to pieces after only 20 minutes. My parents said they wanted to buy him a better one so we took him out to the toy store later that day to pick a nicer one out.

He has only been potty trained for less than two weeks and already he sleeps through the night with his big boy underpants on, goes to church and nursery with them on, has gone out to dinner and movies with no problems, and always tells us when he needs to go. I love how he tells us he needs to go potty. He runs out to tell us "I need to go potty" like it's a secret and he's excited/anxious to go. For the past couple of days we've had no accidents day or night. Wahoo! I'm so proud of this kid! And let me just say, he looks SO cute in his little boxer briefs! Way to go, Bridger!