Mission Accomplished! Drew is Potty Trained!

Earlier this week, I wasn't sure I liked the idea that Tina, his babysitter at the gym, brought up the whole idea of potty training Drew. He seemed to take an interest in in when she said she'd get him candy and when I told him I had special underwear at home. On Wednesday, I brought him home and showed him the special undies with Ninja turtles and spiderman. He wanted to wear the "turtles". I explained that it meant he'd have to go in the toilet. Thus began the mission...Potty Training. We set the timer for every 20-30 minutes and we'd have him try going. When he went, we'd give him candy. He wasn't hungry for much else for a few days and candy was the only thing on his mind. I was thinking we might get rid of diapers, but we might gain a dentist bill! Then came the issue of doing the #2 job. He was convinced that the toilet wasn't the way to go. He was going great with going #1 at the gym, he'd had a few accidents at home with #1, and was blatantly refusing to do the do. Finally, on Friday, I came up with an idea...the PooPoo Prize Potty. I'd draw a toilet, make a flip lid, Ethan would draw poopoos and every time Drew would go, we'd move a poo in the toilet. When he'd get 3 in the toilet, he'd get a prize. It didn't seem to motivate him at first. He just needed a sugar nudge. I had made peanut butter cookies with kisses in the middle. Eric and I sat on the bathroom floor with the light off and the fan on. I went and got a cookie and told Drew that if he could make a "toot", I'd give him a bite. Sure enough, out came the first one and he got a bite. Unbelievably, he tooted 5-6 more times and got to eat the entire cookie around the kiss. I told him that he could have the kiss if he went #2. So, with one more effort, it was done! Drew went #2! He got the kiss, we moved a poopoo in the toilet poster and there was only 2 more to go! That night, he went again for the babysitter and then again in the morning which sent us on our way to Target to get a prize! Yeah! He is now telling me when he has to go and we've had no accidents this weekend! Thankfully, it was much easier than I thought it might be after he put up quite a complaint about the potty earlier this week! We lucked out with finding the right tool. I will give credit to God for that too. I prayed that he would help us teach and help him learn ;o) I'm sure God likes taking credit for the PooPoo Prize Potty, don't you think?