Poopy Potty

Around 3 months ago Lina bought a potty for Miles. We put it in the downstairs bathroom next to the "Mommy and Daddy Potty".

Each night at bath time we'd talk about the potty, show it to Miles, he'd sometimes sit on it, maybe clothed, mostly not. Our goal was to get him comfortable with the potty, educate him on what it was and when it was used. When we changed Miles we'd talk about the potty and that Mommy and Daddy go poopy and pee-pee in our potty.

Well...this evening Miles was standing in the living room and started to struggle with a poopy. Lina asked him, in a very encouraging tone, if he wanted to go poopy on the potty. Miles looked at us then proceeded to walk (quickly) to the bathroom. I went in with him and stripped him out of his diaper. We gave him a little book to flip through while he sat (to keep his attention off getting up and leaving). He sat, stood, sat, stood, sat and then crapped. YAY Miles! We cheered. He stood up and proceeded to pee on the floor. YAY! you pooped in the potty we cheered again. We continued to congratulate and praise him for 20 mins. He got a treat, many hugs and high-fives.

Sure - we're a long way from being potty trained; but we think this is a big first step. He is comfortable with the potty, knows what it is and what its used for. Lets see if he takes to it.