Pee in the Potty

We are not officially potty training yet. However, we have the challenge of training two boys at once, so we are trying to consider what is the best approach for each. We think Nathan will be easier because he does well with structure and routine. Andrew however seems to have a difficult time in this kind of situation. So we decided to buy two potties to have them practice sitting on before we begin the training process.

The idea: Sit on the potty after bath time each night.

The Goal: Hopefully avoid or lessen the "I won't sit on the potty" fits when we actually start potty training.

Night 1: Talked the boys about sitting on the potty and successfully had two bare butts on each potty for at least 2 seconds. We considered that a success.

Night 2: (Babci was watching the boys so I am going to do my best retelling her story)
Both boys sat on the potty. All of a sudden Andrew got wide eyed and looked down into the potty. He had peed in the potty. Nathan completely shocked joins Andrew in jumping off his potty and both boys stared down into Andrews bowl. Babci poured on the praise and Andrew started to praise himself and clapped his hands saying "yeah". Then he started to reach down into the pot and touch his success, but Babci stopped him before he reached gold. Nathan who has always been the first one to do everything plops his bottom back on his potty with a face of full determination. If it was at all possible to will yourself to pee, Nathan would have done it. My two little naked boys sat with their bottoms glued to their potties and refused to move. Finally, Babci offered them a snack and the boys agreed to leave their posts. Although, if she had not closed the bathroom door they would have returned to their potty's with pretzels in hand. Andrew was so excited to tell mommy and daddy that Babci did not flush his golden success down the toilet. The first think I did this morning before getting the boys out of their beds was to put a little water in Andrews potty, since is had dried up over night. Then Andrew got to show mommy and flush it down the big toilet.
So our second night on the potty proved to be a complete fluke of success. We know that this will not transfer over to real potty training , but I am glad that Andrew was able to accomplish something first for a change. It is good for both Boys to be on the other side of things.