Jackson becoming a big boy!!!

This Tuesday we will be two weeks into potty training Jackson! I must say its gone far better then I thought it would. I had been preparing myself for the worst, but also praying that God would give me patience and wisdom to communicate to Jackson how this works! God has been faithful to do so! I really thought it would take him a lot longer to grasp the concept of using the potty! On the first day he was already understanding it! Grant it we are not totally out of the woods, but its definitely been a smooth transition with all of us! Thank you Jesus for that! We started out with a little potty chair in the living room. The first day, in the first couple of hours we had several accidents. I had a hard time trying to keep him on the potty seat for any amount of time. Finally, I told him if he could sit on the chair for 5 minutes then he could have a treat. So I set the timer, and in 2 minutes we had success. Well, of course I went crazy jumping up and down! He got to pick between marshmallows or m&ms for his treat! Marshmallows it was! Well, as soon as he finished his treat he was ready to try again on the potty chair! At first, I was making him go sit on the potty every hour. Now, we are every 2 hours. He hasn't gotten to the point of telling me every time he needs to go. I am still the encourager, but thankfully he goes whenever I ask him to. He hasn't had an accident at all during nap time. He usually is down for 2 hours maybe just a little longer. Last night he actually stayed dry all night. He does wear a pull up for nap time, bed time, and any time we are away from home. He has done great going at other places,too! We have transitioned to the bathroom potty now! Which is really nice! Oh, I am making him sit when he goes! Byron will be the trainer in the standing up process, b/c I haven't gotten a clue how that works! We still haven't had success in #2, but I haven't pressed the issue either. Every time he goes I tell him he doesn't have to do that in his undies, the potty is waiting for him to do it there. I am being patient and hopefully he will want to try it soon enough! All in all I am definitely proud of him. So thankful we aren't buying diapers anymore! Yes, we have pull-ups but we use like one a day so that is definitely okay with me!!!

Here is Jackson in some of his undies! He is so darn cute in them! His favorite pairs are of course his CARS ones!