Potty training

So, I've done this potty training once before.... and it was completely different from what I'm doing now. My first experience was a girl, a VERY talkative girl who was potty trained in 3 days at age 2 yrs. 2 months old. Now, I'm here with a BOY, who is 3 years 4 months old... and could care less about being in a dirty diaper to teach. It has NOT been easy by any means; for starters, he would not sit on the potty... even if it was that cool "cars" one that doesn't yet attach to the "big toilet" AND it was set up in the living room so he wouldn't feel like he was missing out on any playing time or even precious tv time. He just merely saw it as a cool new Cars toy and NOT what is really is, a POTTY.

We've been at it for 2 weeks and the first week he would only sit on it but not with his pants down... the second week he would mostly sit on it nakey but would hold it so he never went in the potty. We have had the best of luck when I ask him EVERY.10.MINUTES. to sit on the potty but let's be real, I've got to take big girl to school and make breakfast/lunch/dinner, and clean the house and run errands, so I can't remember to ask him if he needs to go THAT often... and that's when the accidents would happen. I know a lot of you will say that if he's not ready to be telling me that he needs to go then I'm "pushing him too soon" but I'm sorry, he's almost 3 1/2 and if I don't at LEAST get his toes dipped in this "potty pool" he won't get it done till he's 6! (total joke, btw!) I'm just really ready to be done with diapers and I know he's able to learn how to use a toilet at this point.

He has been pretty good at going when I ask him to go, as now I have a good reading of when he should be ready to go but for the first time ever, HE asked me to take him to the potty saying these exact words: "mommy, it's gon come out, go to potty" so we rushed to the potty and he went 1 and 2!!! I was very happy to have him tell me he's ready to use the bathroom for the first time ever!!!

We felt brave enough to go run errands today and were out about 3 hours wearing undies and not diapers and we were accident-free and he used the potty when we got back home. I cannot tell you how happy I am to see him take the first very crucial steps towards potty training because there for a split second I thought I may just not know how to teach a boy to stop wetting and pooping himself and use a toilet! Alas, he is proving me wrong... one day at a time. :)

Here he is smiling, so proud after telling me for the first time he had to go potty.