Did I ever mention?

...the true confessions of potty training.  Just saw this picture as I was going through an old file.  Asher was RESISTANT to wanting to go to the potty, but it was way past time.  Knowing him, he just needed something to help him over the initial hurdle, and then he'd get on board.  One article I read mentioned this method:

So, judge me all you want, but it totally worked.  An overwhelming delight to toddler eyes.  Wear underwear, young man, and all this may be yours!  I felt like the White Witch enticing Edmund in the Chronicles of Narnia.  The idea in the article I read is that getting them to eat salty snacks makes them thirsty for drinks.  Letting them then indulge in sugary drinks and snacks draws water into the bowel and prevents the backup common to potty training time.  I have to say it was pretty effective.  And after about 4 hours of that, he was done anyway.  (The tray has not made an appearance since.)

Ha ha!  The things we do.