Potty Time!

My original plan was to wait until Titus was sleeping all night to even consider potty training, but when Levi told the nursery he needed to go potty last Sunday and produced quite a gift in the toilet I thought I better reconsider.  This wasn't the first time he had done this, and really was worried about putting it off any longer. 
Honestly, my biggest hesitation was Luke.  I really didn't know if he was ready.  He had never even dribbled while sitting on the potty, but I didn't want to leave him out of the fun!  Oh, the joy of twins.  So, let me tell you about our week last week...
Monday: Mom and 3 boys head to Target to pick out lots of juice, treats, and one more extra package of underwear.  (I just had to take a brief break from writing, after hearing the pleas to go potty, not kidding). 
Tuesday: We started by talking about staying dry.  We used our bear as a prop and checked his underwear.  Amazingly he stayed dry all day long!

The day proceeded with A LOT of juice to give us as much practice as possible.  Needless to say, I have never done so much laundry in one day in all my life.  For Luke, I just sat him on the toilet and gave him juice to drink until he couldn't help but go.  All it took was one time, and it clicked for him.  There were definitely moments of frustration and pulling my hair out, but by the end of the day I could see small amounts of progress.

Wednesday: The boys were asked every 15 to 20 minutes if they were dry.  If so, they got an M&M.  Every 30-45 min we sat on the potty.  If they went potty, they got 2 M&Ms.  We went through a lot of M&Ms, but we were able to stay in the same pair of underwear all afternoon.  Major progress on the home front!

Thursday: We moved to sitting on the potty just once an hr.  The boys did great!

By the weekend, I would say we were 80% there!  Still in pull-ups at night time, but very few accidents.  I won't divulge the info about our accident at Bed, Bath & Beyond.  I will say, Jonathan and I laughed pretty hard as he wiped up a trail from a certain twin with the only thing we had- Titus' burp rag. 
Today, I would say we have officially gone from three in diapers to just one!  If that's not a huge raise, I don't know what is.  So glad to not have to buy so many diapers!