Undie Day!!!

We have been talking about potty training with Charlie a lot lately. He has gone pee pee in the potty many times but we have never really and truly transitioned from diapers to undies...until today!
He woke up and I gave him a present(his undies wrapped up in wrapping paper). He wasn't too impressed since he has seen them before. I told him that everytime he went pee pee in the potty he would get one M&M. I don't really like using food as a reward but we tried EVERYTHING with Bella and then ended up using the M&M because it was the only thing that worked so thought I would just start there. He wasn't really into it but with some encouragement from his big sis we were well on our way.
It is 10am and he has peed 5 times successfully in the potty and we have gone through 4 pairs of undies!
I think he is doing great but I am exhausted!!!


So the rest of the day did not go that well...We had accident after accident and lots of screaming(by Charlie) everytime I even mentioned the word potty. By the time he went to bed our whole family was EXHAUSTED!!!
Bill and I talked and realized that maybe he just wasn't ready so made the decision to ask him in the morning if he wanted to wear undies or diapers and go from there. I was almost 100% sure that he was going to choose diapers and really was o.k. with that.

We woke up the next morning and the first words out of Charlie's mouth were "I wear big boy undies and do pee in the potty and get an m&m."
I was shocked!!! I said are you sure you don't want to wear and diaper???? He said he wanted undies so on they went and off we went. The morning went on with lots of protesting and crying and then Bella and I left for school( I was helping in her class that day) and Bill was staying home with Charlie. I was really feeling like this potty training thing at 2 1/2 was not the best idea I have ever had when I got a call on my cell "hi mommy! i go pee pee in the potty two times!!!" I was tickled!!!! Then I got another call about an hour later from Bill saying that Charlie peed again and then he caught the end of a poop in the potty! We were on our way!!!! By the way, M&Ms did not work with Charlie as they had with Bella....his currency is cars! so I found some cheap matchbox cars and some car stickers and put them in a cool box and that is his pee pee prize box!
Whatever works, right?

We are on day 4 of undies and doing great!!! He has a few accidents but now more successes!!! I could not be happier and neither can Charlie!!!