A New Poop Story

For those of you who have read my first posts on this blog and are well aware of the trials of potty training Nils and Annika, I must enlighten you with new information. Annika has been potty trained for months now, but Nils is still working on it. This summer has been busy for him in the potty training arena. His school has really been focused on it, and therefore so have we. There have been many, many accidents- here, there, and everywhere (including the hot tub, which is probably the worst).


He has made quite a bit of progress, though, and last night I had a special surprise. I was with Nils and Marta in the sunroom, just playing with toys. While I was talking to Marta, Nils disappeared, so I went to look for him. Walking through the dining room, I spied his shorts and underwear on the floor. Was this a potty moment or simply an "I want to be naked" moment? You never know with Nils! I picked up the clothes and then saw the poop in the underwear. Thankfully it was just a little bit, but I was all set to lecture him about going in the potty and not in his pants, when I saw him - in the bathroom, on the potty. And he was pooping on the potty! This was a breakthrough moment! He realized on his own that he had to go, and went in the bathroom by himself, and got on the potty, without saying a word to anybody! I was so amazed, I didn't care about the little poop in the underwear. I was very proud of him, and I let him know it!