Bye Bye Diapers!

Well, I guess it's official, Joel is potty trained! I'm so pleased with how easy the process has been!  Last Monday Joel decided he was done with diapers and started asking to go often and even taking his diaper off and getting on the potty himself. So, on Tuesday morning we "threw away" our left over diapers, and put on some dino-underpants (Joel's choice). 

 
That first day he had only three accidents! Philip convinced me to go ahead and put him to bed in his underpants, even though he had not been waking up dry, and to my surprise he stayed dry all night! He has been in underware 24 hours a day ever since and has been doing great. He has been completely independent (other than the occasional help with wiping or getting his pants up or down) for the past two days and has not had a single accident.

Funny memories during Joel's potty training:
-at first he would always pull his pants down to his ankles in what ever room he happended to be in and then waddle penguin style all the way to the bathroom
-we met a friend at the park one day and he just pulled his pants down and peed without a word, right there on the wood chips for all to see
-sometimes during the first couple of days he would pee every 15-30 minutes just to get a jelly bean (Levi would try to do the same! ha!)
-he always calls his underwear "underpants" (probably from one of his favorite books, Dinosaurs Love Underpants)

He seems so big getting himself on and off the potty, flushing and washing his hands all on his own! We have been so lucky to have two boys that were fairly easy to train, especially at night. All the horror stories about potty training boys have not held true in the Boyer house. Way to go Joel! You aren't our baby boy anymore :( but I sure am glad to ditch the diapers and all that goes with them! After almost four years of diaper duty it's a nice, but strange feeling to have a diaper free house.