Time for the big boy pants...

I had two thoughts for a title for this post... the one you see above, or: We might just be crazy. On the spur of the moment today, we decided to start potty training Henry. With a six-week old infant. Yikes.

I always thought that we'd potty train him closer to age 3. Basically, out of laziness on my part... I figured it made sense to do it when they're older and ready, rather than dragging out the process. If it meant that we had two in diapers for a while, so be it.

But Henry recently was moved up to the "Toddler 2" room at daycare, which means they have a tiny-sized bathroom in the room, complete with teeny-tiny toilet and sink. It's actually pretty cute! He's still in diapers, of course, at daycare but everyday they let him sit on the potty, and he's been pretty receptive to it. They can only flush the potty if they actually go... which is a pretty big incentive for an almost 2-year old!

So between the new potty at day care, and the fact that Henry has been showing interest in the potty at home a few times this week, I went out and got a little potty seat and Thomas under-roos today. As expected, he went ga-ga over the Thomas-roos... the pic above is him wearing them while watching Thomas. He could NOT wait to put them on. And I gotta say, it's super cute. Who knew that seeing him in big-boy undies could make me feel a bit sad... he's turning into such a big boy.

We put him on the potty multiple times this afternoon and tonight and he was really into it... almost too into it, since he would go just a bit and then two seconds again he wanted to get back on and go again. But, I suppose that's a good problem to have! We had a few accidents, but overall, we were really amazed by how interested he was in it.

We'll see how it goes in the coming days and if his enthusiasm keeps up. But it seems like we're on the road to potty training!