Poo-poo Party...

This week I joined Facebook. If you visited me there in the last day you already know the punchline to this update. For the rest of you...

We've been potty training Sinatra for five months now. He has finally reached the point that he will pee in the toilet every time, but number two has been a different story. We've encouraged, rewarded, cajoled, bribed and downright begged the little booger, but nothin' doing.

I've promised him all sorts of things: a toy school bus, bubble gum, a ride on a golf cart at the campus, and even a toy gator to ride around the yard. But the thing that he really attached to was something that I did not really mean to offer. One day as he sat there trying I sarcastically commented, "We're going to have a party when you poo-poo in the potty, Bud." Yep, he wants a party.

He has been in big boy underwear for two weeks now and has made messes once a day faithfully. But yesterday we had a breakthrough. He finally did it! After running to the toilet off and on for a few hours he made a tiny deposit. We put him to bed and 10 min. later he made another tiny contribution to the world of the toilet trained. Then he fell asleep. At 12:30 AM the kid came into our room and woke me up so he could finish his business. I've never been happier to be awakened in the night. He immediately looked up at me with a beaming face and asked, "I get party now, Mom?" It was with much difficulty that I got him back to bed. He had his heart set on a candle on the top of a cake.

This morning we baked a cake and iced and decorated it. We let him pick a place to eat--McDonalds. We went there for lunch, planning to come home and celebrate. Guess what he did at McDonalds. Pooped his pants. The poo-poo party was postponed.

We went to Target this evening and raided the dollar aisle for prizes. Every time he goes he gets to pick one. I pray he does it tomorrow so we can celebrate with cake and presents!