Day 10 and Counting!

Cole has been peeing in the toilet for months now, but has not wanted to poop in the toilet because "the toilet scares the poop away."  (Where does he come up with this stuff?!)  So he would wear underwear all the time and then if he had to poop he would tell us and we'd put a diaper on him so he could stand in the bathroom - next to the toilet (close!) - and poop.  We've been sweating it because preschool starts next week and they have to be fully potty trained before they begin, so we were THRILLED when he decided he could poop on the toilet last week. He has not had a diaper on in 10 days!  (Except for sleeping.)  It is hysterical, too, when he poops.  He'll sit straight up and go "Mama, I have to poop!" and then run to the bathroom.  Then he'll sit down and say something like, "I think there will be two poops today."  Then he'll go, "It's coming!" - totally excited.  Then he will poop and want to stand up and look at it.  Then he will want to show it to me.  And then Dave.  And then whoever else happens to be in the house!  Then he'll go "Oh, there's more!" and he'll sit back down. The process has taken up to 20  minutes! My favorite though is when he stood up one day, looked in the toilet, and goes:  "Look, mama, that poop looks like the shape of a balloon string, but thicker."  Wow, that's quite an imagination.  He often does that with clouds....and now poop.  Never a dull moment around here!