Operation Underpants

Today was Day 1 of Operation Underpants, otherwise known as potty training.

Wow.

This ought to be interesting.

I'm not sure this child, or the younger one for that matter, will ever be potty trained. I'm hoping Pampers adds sizes 8, 9, and 10 to its product lineup. We're going to need them.

In Ty's defense, he willingly went to the potty every time I prompted him and was rewarded an M&M for his successful efforts. When he had to go between my promptings, well, I didn't find out about those until he started yelling, "Potty, Mommy! I tee-tee potty, Mommy!" At which point we raced to the bathroom for a full body cleaning and new underwear. At least he can recognize when urine is running down his leg and soaking his socks. That has to be a plus, right?

We had one poopy incident today. He had absolutely zero concept that he was not to poopy in his pants. He didn't even mention it. Kept riding around on his car without a care in the world. The poopy issue is going to be a bigger beast than the tee-tee for Ty to master, I think. Maybe we'll get there before he graduates from high school...

On a lighter note, I am totally digging all the cool underwear Ty can wear. He started out with his truck underwear and he also wore Thomas the Train, Percy the Train, Lightning McQueen, and TowMater underwear during the course of the day. They are all so darn cute.

We shall see how Operation Underpants progresses. I would like to blink and this whole process be over with, but, alas, there is no gain without a little pain. Or tee-tee. Or poopy. Whichever.

LYDIE UPDATE: Lydie has been scheduled to undergo an L-Spine MRI with and without contrast on Wednesday, March 3rd at 7 a.m. More details will follow next week. And, as mentioned before, her physical therapy will begin March 11th. Please continue to pray for her healing. We can't thank you enough.