Potty training with pull-ups

*So…We’ve been potty-training. And today I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share our experience as part of this sponsored campaign with Huggies Pull-Ups.

To say that I was reluctant in potty-training my son would be a serious understatement. Serious as a heart attack, as my friend Tirzah would have said.

You see, even though I successfully potty-trained my daughter in one week, the experience left me scarred and traumatized. Seriously, people. Potty-training is a tricky business.

Physically, emotionally, financially–so taxing.

I almost promised myself that I wouldn’t potty-train Chaucer until he was five. Gross, yes, but I was looking for something that could get done in like, a day, tops.

As highlighted here, I just don’t enjoy potty-training. At all.

But then…the diapers just got so bad. Bad bad. My two year old son kind of eats like a frat boy. He can down a steak in one sitting. He chugs his juice like it’s a competition. I wake up in the morning to him digging into a container of guacamole and tortilla chips.

He also really likes garlic.

As you can imagine, the diapers were like frat boy diapers. {I’m sure there’s such a thing, unfortunately.} I couldn’t take it anymore. He needed to be potty-trained. He needed to learn the art of “curtesy flushing” to lessen amount of toxic fumes invading our home.

It was really either that or buy a gas mask off ebay for all diaper changings.

There was also the added incentive that we’re moving to a nice apartment. There will be nice carpet. There will be a nice couch. This will not be the environment to deal with a zillion accidents. Oh, heavens no.

So I did a crazy thing and started potty-training two weeks before our move. {FYI our move is TOMORROW} Folks thought I was crazy to do such a thing. Even my mother doubted. Yes, my own “folks” doubted me.

Now, while I cannot say that my little monster is 100% potty-trained I can say that he is probably 80% potty-trained. And 80% is much better than 0%, don’t you think?

With Coco I had this mindset that she had to learn it in a week flat. I was kind of a potty-nazi and the stress affected everyone in our family. It was a rough, rough week.

This time, I tried something different. {Cue drum roll, please}

I had some help from Huggies Pull-Up!

Sadly, I didn’t use these with Coco because I thought they would throw off my training. I couldn’t have been more wrong!

I think that using Huggies Pull-Ups has been the key to saving my sanity and keeping potty-training fun. I am confident that our move will not throw off our progress. I am also confident that my nice carpet and nice couch will stay potty-free!

Here’s what I love about using Pull-Ups:

• They give you the freedom to leave your house while potty-training. 
• They look and feel different from diapers to give your child the “big kid” experience.
• You don’t have to pull them down their ankles after they’ve had a major accident. Instead, you can pull the seams out on the sides and easily remove the Pull-Up. Thus, no poop gets on your kid’s ankles or feet. This is a REALLY awesome feature. Trust me.
• You don’t have to soak, spray, and bleach them after an accident. You get to throw them away. Yay!
• They have fun characters like Sulley and Mike Wazowski from Monster’s Inc.

My little guy is very independent. He wants to do EVERYTHING by himself. I don’t know that I have ever pulled the Pull-Up down or up for him. He enjoys the freedom of running to the bathroom, pulling down the Pull-Up, and getting on the toilet all. by. himself.

It totally astonished me when he started doing this because I thought I would have to do the whole “Do you need to go potty?” every fifteen minutes with him. Nope. This kid will go on his own terms. And then he’ll drag me in there to show me that he “Peeped,” as he says.

Don’t you think “Peeped” is a much better past tense of pee than “peed?” He’s onto something, this guy.

If you’re like me and you hate potty-training, I strongly recommend that you give Huggies Pull-Ups a try. I mean it. Take the stress out of potty-training and let your little monster learn that he/she can do it all by themselves! You will be a happier mom, and they will be a happier kid.

So…do you plan to potty-train this summer? Have you potty-trained? Share your experiences in the comments!

Pull-Ups helps take the scare out of potty training by making it fun and easy with new Monsters U character training pants! You can help make potty training easier by staying consistent and using rituals like the potty break. Make it a game and ask your toddler, “What does a little monster take?”…“A Potty Break!”

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Huggies Pull-Ups.