When my first child was almost two, I eagerly checked out the infamous, "Potty Training in Less than a Day" book from the library and started my first attempt at potty training. When that didn't work, we checked out the "Once upon a Potty" videos. While these provided much entertainment and sing-along opportunities for the kids, I saw no real connection between the video and them actually being potty trained. Most of my kids were potty trained around 2 and a half years old. However, Tom and I spent two grueling years trying to potty train one of our children. It was a trying time, as you might imagine. A few months later, our youngest child turned 2. The thought of spending another two years potty training him, seemed overhwelming and I hoped we would not have to repeat it. As it turns out, this little boy was actually potty trained in one day. Actually, I wouldn't say he was trained at all. My husband just decided on Thanksgiving Day at my in-laws house to put him in underwear and he has worn them ever since, with very few accidents! The secret: Batman underwear! This kid is completely and utterly in love with Batman underwear and now even insists on wearing every available clean pair he can find all at the same time. He may appear to be wearing a diaper, as his bottom is twice the usual size, but alas, it is his six pairs of batman underwear, and one pair of boxers he found in his brothers drawer all underneath his superhero pajama pants. If only I had discovered the Batman secret earlier for my other boys!
(On a side note, I do want to be sure not to falsely guarantee the Batman method to other parents of todders. From all my reading, it is apparent that there is actually a physical readiness that has to be present when potty training, which I am sure now that Caleb had that my other sons didn't at this age. Which translated means, really, he can hold his pee forever!)
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