Blaine has been wanting to potty train Cannon since he began to walk...ridiculous, I know! Now that we are changing many more diapers each day, thanks to Riley, Blaine is determined to get Cannon potty trained more sooner than later. I must admit, with Cannon's five pound diapers these days, I would love to have him potty trained as well! However, I also know and have heard that a child will become potty trained when he or she is ready. With that said, I am not sure that Cannon is quite ready for this step.
A few months ago we bought Cannon a little potty at Walmart. He was very interested in the new potty for the first few days. However, after three or four days of sitting on the potty and "attempting" to use it, Cannon lost interest. It wasn't until yesterday that Blaine broke it out again and gave it another try with Cannon. And, like the few times before, Cannon sat and sat on the potty without any results. Today he has been using it as a step stool and secret storage place for his toys...not what we had in mind. :) So, even though Blaine is pushing for the potty training to be started ASAP, I want to wait...for now. Right now I just don't have the time or energy to sit with Cannon for 15+ minutes every 1-2 hours, while he tries to go to the bathroom throughout the day, or the time/energy to clean up his "accidents". Having a toddler and a newborn at the same time is hard work!
I think for now, we will just wait until Cannon shows more interest in the potty and is dry for longer than 2 hours at a time. Then, we will work on the potty training...hopefully!
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