Today, for the first time, I put Lukas on his potty without his diaper.  We’ve been practicing sitting on the potty fully clothed and have spent many weeks discussing the business of what happens on the potty.  We’ve talked at great length about what pee pee and poo poo are and where they come from.  I was very careful to make sure that he was ready before I started this long process. 

When I put his bare tushy on that potty, I still wasn’t 100% sure that he was ready.  I didn’t expect anything to happen.  I sat  him down, sat across from him and just calmly began chit chatting with him about pee pee and poo poo.  He enthusiastically chatted back and wanted to focus mainly on pee pee and his winky. 

Suddenly, he got quiet.  He looked down at his winky and, to my surprise, started going pee pee!  I squealed and clapped and exclaimed over and over again what a good boy he was.  He continued to go pee pee  until his bladder was empty.  You could have knocked me over with  feather. 

I called Jessie and my mother and excitedly informed them of this new development.  Everybody was excited and stunned at how he seemed to “get it.”  An hour later, I cautiously took him back down to sit again.  I’m prepared for setbacks and accidents.  I’m prepared for flukes.  But he went pee pee again!!!  Again!!  He’s sitting next to me right now enjoying some ice cold apple juice and his next appointment with the potty is in a half hour.  If he goes pee pee again, I will take that as a sign that he is definitely ready to start potty training seriously. 

5 years ago, I never would have thought that a few ounces of urine would make me so excited that I would blog about it.  But I just did.  I just shared with the world that my son squirting a little pee has made my week.  Oh, parenthood!

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