Well, we're 2 days into potty training boot camp and Gavin has been doing AMAZING!!! This has been a really intense method, but Gavin picked it up within 3 hours of starting it. It almost seems like there is more work for the parents (except the kid has to be doing the pottying) but Brooks and I have made a great team. We watch Gavin like a hawk and say a 100 times to him to tell us when he needs to go potty. The whole idea of this method is to train the child to tell you when they need to go and not force them to go. He has loved going potty, & getting M&M's, and he gets a sticker to put on a special chart every time. He has enjoyed wearing his new big boy underwear and hasn't even asked once for a diaper.
DAY ONE: We woke Gavin up telling him he was wearing the last diaper he was ever going to wear!! We gave him his first juice box of the day and he was happy! We started explaining to him and showing him his new underwear that he was going to start wearing. He had a look of worry some on his face (the 3rd picture), since I'm sure he wasn't really sure what was going on). After breakfast, we had him throw away the last of his diapers (we kept 3 or 4 in his drawers and hid the rest in the top of Miles closets for him someday) and then put on the big boy undies. Within 10 minutes he had his first accident, but we stuck with the method and after 7-8 accidents and lunch time, he was telling us he needed to go potty. He made it through nap time without an accident, and did awesome the rest of the evening. Night time, was the same thing. We kept him in his undies and told him to tell us when he needs to go potty. We woke him up a few times during the night to put him on the potty, but he never went. He had 1 accident around 3am and that was it!! He did awesome. Here are some pictures from our day. Including the first change of clothes AND his first time to potty in the toilet without having an accident. 
DAY TWO: Gavin woke up dry this morning, after his 3am accident, and went straight to the potty. He has done an even more amazing job today then yesterday. So far, he's had only 3 accidents (it's 7pm so our day isn't over yet), but I will say 1 of his accidents was our fault. He started off struggling this morning because he really needed to go #2, but was scared to on the potty. It resulted in him telling us he had to go potty every 5 minutes- this lasted an HOUR!! He finally went in the potty and he was soooo excited and I think relieved. However, we realized he wasn't done going #2 when we let him take a bath and he finished his business in the bathtub. Neither Brooks nor I were standing directly over him since the water had already drained and he was just playing so we never assumed he would have gone potty in the shower. We learned our lesson. He showed small signs of regression after that incident, and it took him a while to get back into the swing of things; resulting in his next 2 accidents of the day. Although, he made it through nap time without an accident (YIPEE) and he has been accident free since 1pm!!! He has enjoyed getting lots of different liquids- kool aid, tang, gatorade, apple juices, mango juice, chocolate milk, etc, etc! He has even been getting lots of popsicles throughout the day! We're so thankful that we did this and we keep laughing at ourselves of how nervous we were to start this, but he has surprised us once again!
Brooks is going back to work tomorrow (he's been home for the weekend) so I get to do this all by myself tomorrow. Brooks has been a HUGE help with this and is always encouraging to both me and Gavin. I can't imagine what the past 2 days would have been like had he not been here to help! Even though Gavin has done great with the training, it's been a lot of work. Plus, with me being 7 months pregnant it has made it tough running and carrying Gavin to the bathroom. Not to mention bending down over and over to help him potty. My body has taken a little beating, but it's worth it. I can't imagine had we waited until December to do this, with me being bigger, I don't know if I could have done it.
Well, I better run. Brooks has let me take a long enough break. I'll let you all know how tomorrow goes and then we will start a new routine with attempting to get out of the house while being "potty trained". We are also going to put shorts on (those aren't allowed during the training program) , which I'm sure will add to the bathroom fun!
I would highly recommend this program to any of you moms who don't want to deal with potty training for months at a time. Sure, it's a ton of work for a few days, but then you don't have to tackle the issue constantly all the time. I'm sure Gavin will have accidents once the 3 days are over and I'm prepared to handle any situations out in public and in new places, but at least he will know that the goal is to go potty in the potty.
Hope all is well with everyone!
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