bathroom (part 2)

William pooped in his bathroom!!!!  This afternoon, I was letting William air out and go diaperless since he has a slight diaper rash.  He was walking around while I was trying to quickly fix my hair.  When he came into our bedroom, he said, "Poo poo."  I said, "Ok," only half-listening to him.  He said, "Poo poo," again.  And I had the same reply, not really registering what he was saying.  I'm surprised he didn't grab my hand and drag me over to his bathroom.  He usually will take my hand when he wants to show me something.  Anyway, after a few minutes, I kept getting whiffs of poo.  And then it finally dawned on me that maybe William had pooped in his bathroom.  Could he really have gone poo in his bathroom for the first time without needing any help from anyone?  So I went to check, and sho' enuf... my little boy had pooped all by himself without needing to tell anyone about it.  I guess he just knew he had to go and took care of his business.  I felt terrible now for not responding to him right away.  But I laid on the praise as only a proud potty-training momma could as soon as I saw it, and William's face immediately lit up.  Bill was home and I called him right away so he could praise William, as well.  (He's been home b/c of a bad sinus infection.)  And William seemed pleased that he went poo poo all by himself in his bathroom.  

William kept wanting to put the poo in the toilet so he could flush the toilet.  That's his reward.  For now, he seems content with it, so we'll go with that as long as it works.  I really would rather stay away from offering treats as rewards, if possible.  But we'll see how long it lasts.  For not really pushing the potty-training issue with William yet, he has been doing a great job of using his bathroom when he doesn't have a diaper on.  We are so grateful that the Lord has been showing us and William such grace in this.  

Sorry we don't have any pics to post on this.  =P