Potty Patrol

So yesterday I decided to start potty training Carter. Well let's just say it was a waste of time yesterday and I am seriously dreading today! Those of you who don't follow me on Facebook didn't get all the nitty gritty details of the day so here they are:

By 8:15am, after taking Caden to school, we were already in underwear pair #3. We had wet and pooped in the two previous pairs. YUCK! But I kept up with it and would only allow Carter to play in the playroom or kitchen. He did get to sit and watch one cartoon that morning, but he had to sit on the couch on a towel, just in case! I took him to the bathroom every 15-20 minutes and nothing. Not once drop of ti-ti (however you spell that bodily function) in the potty!

So around 10:30am I think he needs some juice. He hasn't gone in two hours. So I give Carter a glass of juice and start the clock watching again. I take him and nothing, then literally no less than 5 minutes later his pants are soaked! I take him a couple of times before picking Caden up at 11am and again nothing. I take Carter as soon as we get home, nothing and again 15 minutes later, nothing. Each time I take him it is a fight and he sits on the potty for like 30 seconds then tells me he is done. It is almost a power struggle to get him to sit up there at times.

Anyway, I am thinking surely he has to go more so I keep working, then of course 2minutes before Cory gets home for lunch, I put Carter on the toilet again and nothing, but shortly after that wet pants! AGGHHHH!!! I put him in a pull up for lunch and nap and try to relax for a couple of hours.

So after nap, I put him on the toilet and do the routine for a bit, then send them outside to play. I go get him in 15 minutes to take him potty and he is soaked again. He doesn't seem to care either. Caden is repulsed but Carter is just jumping on the trampoline with urine soaked pants. So I bring him in and clean him up and put on I think pair #6. I take him a few more times and nothing still!

I have to leave at 5:30pm for church and I remind Cory that the boy is wearing underwear and about the lack of success we are having today. When I got home last night from church, I find out that Carter did not go in the toilet at all but didn't wet his pants either. So Cory got lucky of course and didn't have to deal with that! But when I got home around 8pm Carter's diaper was soaked.

So onto today...he ran from me screaming "No big boy, baby, need di (diapers)." I am thinking today might not go so well either. I am pretty sure he is not ready yet, but I will give it a whirl this morning and if it goes like yesterday, I am so done for a while!