Today we officially said goodbye to Cole's old friend....the potty chair. It has had a good run over the last year or so. But, it was time to say goodbye. That potty chair has seen it all... We started trying to potty train him the summer he turned 2 years old. Unfortunately, Cole was not a willing participant at the time, so we put the chair away for awhile. In March 2007, we decided that it was "do or die" time. With Chase on the way, I wasn't going to have 2 kids in diapers! So, we got the potty chair back out and threw away the diapers for good. We even let him decorate the chair with stickers in an effort to get him excited to use it. Cole spent countless hours on that chair during the first couple of weeks with LOTS of tears. Much of that time was spent in his closet as that was the only place he wanted to potty. So, we cleared out the toys and made a make-shift bathroom in his bedroom closet! Thankfully that phase only lasted a few weeks and we were then able to move the chair into the bathroom!
About a month or so later, he was standing in front of the toilet to potty (thanks to peer pressure at school!) But, he still needed that potty chair to go poopy. After all, that was the sort of business that couldn't be taken lightly! When Cole had to go, it didn't matter where he was....at the park playing, at school, or at Nana & Papa's house, we had to RUSH home for him to poop. Only HIS potty chair in HIS bathroom would do. Don't even think about asking him to poop anywhere but on his Royal Potty. Unacceptable.
After 9 months of looking at that potty chair in the bathroom, I decided this would be the time to tackle getting rid of that thing. We borrowed Nonnie's toilet ring (since Cole is TERRIFIED of sitting on the toilet because he thinks he will fall in!) and settled in for the battle, since matters such as these usually involve a "battle of the wills" around our house. I picked up the potty chair and hid it in the linen closet and told Cole it was gone. Put away for Chase to use.
Not 5 minutes after I tucked him in bed last night, he gets up to poopy. (Full well knowing this was only a stall tactic to delay bedtime, I told him no.) He pointed to the toilet ring and said, "Poopy" in his most stern little voice. Hmmmm? Uh, ok. So, we put the ring on the toilet and he.....sat. 20 minutes later he was back in bed. No poopy. But, also no fear of the ring! And, today he took care of his business using the ring, and never complained once! Could it really have happened that easily?!?!? I'm still in shock. And, the potty chair is clean, sanitized, and in the basement for Chase.
Now, how to get rid of that ring......?
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Yay, Cole! Sawyer only used the potty chair twice, both for pee. We have a ring that you attach to the toilet; it flips up when someone needs the big seat. It works well! BUT, when we were in SF, we had no ring. We had Sawyer turn around and face backwards, holding the tank, and he pooped like a champ! So if you want to get rid of that ring..
Here's the scary thing: i have girlfriends whose second children are six months younger than Sage and they are already potty trained - they did it themselves! Sage sits on it every day, by herself, but has yet to produce anything!
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