Bye Bye Diapers!

Marley has been wearing undies for two weeks now (he's still in diapers for nap and overnight, though he usually wakes up dry).  There have been lots of successes and LOTS of accidents.  We were not planning on putting him in undies this soon, but other kids at school were using the potty and Marley seemed interested and capable.  My plan was to do it at the end of the summer, when I'd have time to work with him on it.  Plus, I really have no problem with two kids in diapers. 

But, when I thought about it more, it really came down to two options.  1. I, with my ZERO potty training experience, potty train him *mainly* by myself while taking care of a newborn.  2.  I let Jena, with her many years of potty training experience, do it during the week days and I try not to mess things up too badly over the weekend.  I went for option 2. 

So far, I think things are going really well.  However, I will not lie.  Learning to use the potty is messy.  I've learned that an "accident" can be a variety of things: starting to "go" before being fully on the potty seat, changing positions mid-flow (bad aim, even when seated, is the biggest culprit for pants changes around here), not "finishing" completely before getting up, bumping the little potty when it's full, trying to dump the little potty into the big potty by ourselves, running away from mommy before being fully wiped, etc, etc.   Don't even get me started on public restrooms.  I feel like hosing Mars down with hand sanitizer every time we leave one.  Eww!!

As you can see, I will NOT be one of those moms who tells you that her child was potty trained in 3 days and only had one accident ever.  If you're looking for that method, you'll have to ask someone else.