The greatest poop story of them all!

Let it be known that on this day at 10:30 am Keenan Thomas had his first poop on the toilet!

How we did it...

Last weekend we let kept him in underpants as much as possible. The second Sharon and Paul showed up for a quick visit Keenan hid in a Rubbermaid bin and pooped in his underpants. Such a great timing.

Middle of this week I was changing a very stinky and full poopy diaper seconds before we had to be out the door for work and all the while I was thinking how totally done I was with getting poop on my hands. I pulled out the "great motivator"..."Keenan, if you start pooping on the potty you'll get to go to school with your friends from daycare". He was somewhat speechless and I could see that he was really thinking about it. The rest of week we kept on the school thing. How fun, it would be, he'd be so big, he could ride the school bus etc.

This morning we took off his diaper after breakfast and let him run around naked from the waist down. All along we told him that he'd get a lolli pop and a visit to the toy store if he pooped on the potty. One of us had our eyes on him at all times. There was lots of farting, a pee on the potty and then around 10 am he started asking for a diaper. We said "nope" if you need to poop you'll have to use the potty or the toilet. Around 10:25 he was crying for a diaper. I presented the downstairs potty in the middle of the living room. "NO MOMMY, I WANT MY DIAPER!!!!!! PUWEEEEESSEEEE". I picked him up and told him again that he'd get a lollipop and a visit to the toy store if he pooped on the potty. He didn't say anything so I told him we'd go and use the upstairs potty and read a story (it does look more comfy afterall). He sat down and then jumped up and headed for the washroom. I put his seat on the toilet and got him a book and stood in the doorway. Sean was in the shower giving encouragement and Keenan looked at me and as serious as a 3 year can be with a poop face he said "Mommy, please let me alone". Less than five minutes later "I'm done!" and there it was, a poop in the toilet! Oh happy day! No word of a lie, the first words out of Keenan's mouth were, "Can I go to school now?". Now the deal is he can go to school if he poops on the toilet or potty every day for a year. We'll keep you posted on that one!