My curly-haired boy is potty trained!

Hudson's hair has been super curly ever since the weather has been more humid and warm. I love his curls, and I think he agrees, as he says his hair is curly just like Daddy's.


John and I have been talking about potty training Hudson for awhile now, but for some reason I was nervous about it. Makenna had been SO easy, I was worried that I actually didn't learn anything from training her, and was essentially 'starting over'. I was also worried he was going to pee all over our new carpet!

Well I finally decided to give it a go, and started training Hudson last Thursday. Hudson has known how to go potty on the toilet for several months now, since we would often have him go before bath or bedtime, so it wasn't a completely new concept for him, which I think helped a lot. The first day was a little bit harder than it was with Makenna, but overall not too bad. He had a few accidents, but I quickly noticed they only happened when I put pants on him. When I let him run around with just a shirt on (nothing on the bottom) then he would do much better. The best part was that the 3 accidents he did have all happened on hard surfaces (i.e. no accidents on my carpet...yay!).

By Sunday, he was accident-free, and even made it through 3 hours of church wearing underwear, without any problems. He has since continued to do really well. I don't have to worry about being around him all the time while he plays, or watching him too closely. When he needs to go potty he just comes and tells me, and then I help him. During the first couple of days, I would put a diaper on him for his nap, and for night, but he has started waking up from both completely dry!! Yesterday he was 100% diaper-free, and wore underwear for his nap, and overnight. Hudson has had a few accidents this week, so I don't think we are completely out of the woods yet, but we are well on our way.

After 4 1/2 years of diapers, I am happy to have a little break, even if it is only for 4 weeks until the baby comes!