Potty trained!?

Well, we finally did it!  We took my son out of pull-ups and put him in underwear full time.  For a few months now we have been making my son wear underwear at home but every time we have gone out of the house we have changed him into pull-ups.  His preschool teacher suggested just putting him in underwear full time so as not to confuse him and that's what we did. 

It's been a little over a week now.  The first few days my son rewarded us by pooping in his underwear, 3 days in a row.  Not fun.  But now, he seems to have gotten the hang of it.

However, a problem still remains.  My son still will not tell us when he has to go to the bathroom.  He will go to the bathroom when I force him (every 2-4 hours) but otherwise, he does not voluntarily go on his own.  This still makes me very nervous because I am afraid he will go in his underwear while we are in the car or over at someone's house.  The same is true at school.  He will go to the bathroom when it is potty time and all the kids go but he has yet to tell his teachers on his own when he needs to go to the bathroom.

All I can say is I am glad we are almost done now (at the beginning of the year) because he will be in full time kindergarten next year and he will have to tell his teachers when he needs to go to the bathroom otherwise there will be lots of accidents.  I foresee buying a lot more underwear in the future. 

Looking back to my first post about potty training in April 2013, I knew it would be a process - I just did not realize how long the process would take.  I forgot to factor in my son's stubbornness along the way.  But at least we are pretty much there.  I will be a most happy mommy when my son can tell me on his own that he needs to go to the bathroom.  Amazing what we count as victories.