September 7, 2008
1st Blue Sticker Star
Awhile ago I got Dylan a book about ‘big boys’ that use the potty instead of wearing diapers. He has really enjoyed reading the book with mommy about the boy named Charlie Thomas who gets a blue star sticker every time he goes pee in the potty. He knows the book so well when I reference who Charlie Thomas is, Dylan is always quick say “Blue Sticker Star!”.
I have been telling Dylan when he goes pee pee on the Potty he too will get a Blue Sticker Star. Dylan has tried to sit on the potty but nothing comes out. He gets a “Good try you make mommy so happy” comment but I don’t give him a sticker.
Recently, I’ve been telling Dylan when he wants to pee, he needs to ‘push’ the pee out and he tries it. I have also been telling him to try stopping the pee and then making the pee go again. He has been successful with both pushing and making it stop/go when he pees on the floor and/or in the tub.
Today, however, as he was running around the house with no clothes on after his bath, I asked him if he could try pushing the pee out into the potty. He was willing to try it. We got his newly decorated potty and at first he sat down on it but then stood up and he pushed and he did it! He was pee’ing standing up and he aimed for the potty and he got it. I had to move the potty a few times but he got it! He was then excited to dump the pee into the toilet and flush it away.
I told him how proud and happy I was of him. And he looked so happy and proud of himself as well. He was so excited that he did it, he was singing and dancing thereafter even more so than he usual does!
