Potty humor

I've been working on my update on Josh's progress.  Danny has been working a ton, so my computer time has been more severely limited than normal.  So, until I finish, I'll share our potty training humor...

Josh graduated himself to Pull-ups about a month ago.  He came home from therapy in some one else's pull-up, decorated in Toy Story characters.  Specifically, Buzz Lightyear and Woody.  Josh LOVED this pull-up and kept it dry all evening, through the night, and the next morning.  He was devastated when he went #2 on it and we had to throw it away.  I told him that if we got ready for school quickly, we could buy some on the way.  We did and he held one in his hand the whole way there.  I told his therapist that no work would be done until he had is new pull-up on.  He's slowly progressing, but we're progressing.  I'm very optimistic that we'll get him into underwear by the time he's 4.

So, I would like to think that most parents are a little over the top, like I am, when it comes to potty training.  Especially, with communication delays, I over-emphasize the state of his diaper.  We started by talking with him about just that.  "You went pee in your diaper.  It is DIRTY."  "J, that's a big poopy in your diaper.  It is DIRTY."  I caught my parents giggling when I changed Josh's diaper and said, "Josh, you have a BIG pee-pee in your diaper."  They replied,  "Yep, Dad would be proud!"

So, now I catch myself giggling every time I try to talk to him about his diaper.  The purpose of the characters on the diaper is so the kid will be upset if they go to the bathroom on the character.  "Josh, did you get your Woody wet?"  "Josh, Woody is so sad..."  No one at Huggies thought of this?!?  LOL.