Number 2

So, the diapers came off about 3 months ago. For the first month it was fun for him, but there were lots of accidents. For the second month it wasn't so fun, in fact he hated the idea of doing it at home (even though he did it at nursery perfectly) and he would almost purposely wet his pants to spite us (or so it seemed). For the third month he enjoyed it, because he could do the whole routine by himelf. Not only that, he enjoyed the privacy. He didn't want anyone watching... although when he was done he would run and out and yell "I HAD A PEE".

Even with all of this success, he never EVER wanted to have a poo. It was IMPOSSIBLE to get him to even sit for 10 seconds to try. If he was wearing his training pants when he got the urge, instead of going to the toilet, he would run to the bathroom, grab a diaper, pull his pants off, put a diaper on and then do his thing. Best of all, he would always do it in the same place, in the corner of our office, next to my chair.

Well, finally a couple of weeks ago, he had success at nursery and we all celebrated with ice cream. That was the turning point. Every time from then on, whenever he got the urge, he would ask "If I poo in the toilet, can we get ice cream." Well yes has been our answer and we did a whole week of ice cream runs. But now the "fun" of number 2 has taken over the reward of ice cream. He runs out screaming "I had a poo!" everytime. In fact, when we're out shopping or whatever, he'll randomly stop at toilets and claims that he has to poo (even though the likelyhood is near zero because he already had 2 today)... but who are we to complain. Life is getting easier!