July 14, 2007

Okay, so I'm a little delayed in posting this, but Ryland was the first of the triplets to become potty trained on July 14th. Although the most reluctant to practice wearing underwear, Ryland totally blindsided me by agreeing to wear underwear three weeks ago and never looked back. He used the potty 6 times that day (mostly on his suggestion) and remained completely dry all day (other naptime/nightime). From that day on, he continued to use the potty with no accidents during his waking hours. The only thing he would not do is poop on the potty, which he requests a diaper for.

I must say other than several interruptions a day to celebrate and do the whole potty dumping/hand washing ritual, Ryland's potty training has been entirely effortless on my part. (Unlike big brother Cameron....kind of glad I didn't have a blog back then to document that laborious task!) Ryland has experienced one potty training relapse so far. We went to Legoland amusement park two weeks ago and after nearly falling into the toilet in the public restroom, we urged Ryland to go ahead and go potty in his pull up. Despite repeated protests on his part, Ryland finally exclaimed "I DID it!!" Well, he did it AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN after that....once he knew that was an option to go in his pants, he took the liberty of going that route a few more times.

I am happy to report we seem to be mostly back on track with only a few accidents. In fact, I think his renewed interest may actually have to do with a public restroom obsession (definitely did not get that from his germaphobe parents!)....a recent mini family vacation provided him ample opportunity for him to express his desire to try out every new public facility we entered. Mason would immediately parrot Ryland claiming that he needed to use the (public) restroom too.....unfortunately, he will have to master the at home potty before we let him indulge this fancy!!!

And on a final potty training note, Ryland pooped on the big potty for the first time today....didn't think you'd read a potty training post without a little TMI, did ya?!