Potty Training Nicholas

My brother and sister in law were having a slow go at potty training their son (my nephew) Nicholas so I offered to take on the job. I said give me the munchkin for 5 days and I will have the deed done.
Thats exactly what happened. Nick started coming here last Monday from 10-5ish. It must have been very odd for him when Aunt Carrie told him how "at Aunt Carries house we dont use diapers. We use underwear"... and proceeded to remove the pull up and introduce him to the potty seat I bought him. On day one he peed in the potty 16 min after he got here. Shortly after that he wet himself...to his great surprise! He had never experienced what happens when you pee but you dont have a pull up on. Wow. Wet to the feet. He peed one more time on the potty that day.
There is lots and lots of time to fill between potty stops so we did lots of fun stuff too. For lunch I laid out all kinds of options and let him pick.
Every day that he was here he spent at least some time in the sand box. He likes that.
There was time for outside water play of course.
And- all preschoolers are enchanted with time in the kitchen sink so he did lots of that too.
Day two brought 7 wet pairs of big boy underwear. Ugh for me but great for him. He learned that he didnt like being wet at all. Maya Rae spent a ton of time playing with Nick over these 5 days. She played bobble heads, Mr. Potato Head, dolls, cars, colored, played outside, ETC. Here she is encouraging Nick to play with our instruments.
Nick liked this.
Here he is marching along in his undies. Cute.
He enjoyed the guitar.

His favorite was the recorder. SQUEAKKKK!!! LOL.

By day three he stayed dry all day long! 3 days is all it takes. Days 4 & 5 were just practice for what he learned. His mom, dad and grandparents all did SOOO well as well. Everyone had to be consistent to help Nick succeed. AND HE DID! Congratulations Nicholas! You're a big boy now :)