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How we kissed diapers good bye

I hesitantly say that Nathan is potty trained....well more like nondiaper trained.
How did we do it?
I've tried to potty train Nathan a handful of times, but I never went "all in" with it.  I stuck him on the potty at different times of the day.  But I know my kid.  And I know that he does best when we do things cold turkey.  Like when I weaned him, and took his pacifier away, and moved him to a toddler bed.  Nathan does best when we just dive in and grit our teeth through the transition.
Firstly, I waited.  Many moms had shared with me that there is a "golden age" for kids and potty training, two years and nine months.  And this was that age.
Next, I found a toy that I knew Nathan would love. I found a great big firetruck that holds duplos.  I planned out a weekend when I knew we didn't have anything and purposely did not schedule anything.  In the morning I took off Nathans diaper and pants.  I told him that I had a brand new toy for him and that it was for big boys.  I told him if he went potty and didn't need a diaper he could have it, if he went potty in a diaper I would take the toy away.  Pretty quickly Nathan went pee in the backyard.  I gave him his toy and he was in love (with the toy, not with being diaper free).  I kept Nathan naked on the bottom most of the first day.  There was one time that he wanted to put pants on, then he peed his pant not much later.  So I took the fire truck away.  Nathan didn't throw a tantrum as I expected, he ran outside and went pee outside so I gave the truck back to him.
We are on day 6, and Nathan has been doing great.  He's only had a few accidents.
Here's the downside: he only pees outside! I figure he's halfway there so I can deal with it for now.  And Nathan really doesn't  understand pooping.
So..we're diaper free over here. And that's enough potty talk.

This post is dedicated to my future self two years from now. :)

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