Potty training? Check!

Wow,  I can hardly believe I'm writing this but Jay is potty trained! Hallelujah! I kept telling myself it would happen eventually, don't stress. Numerous people pointed out that there are few kids starting High School these days who aren't potty trained (thanks dad) but it was starting to wear on my mind. But he's done. He's trained! It actually didn't take too much effort in the end. We did the "Dr. Phil" method, with Jay first teaching Mickey the Mouse how to do it, then we threw a party for Mickey and it was Jay's turn. Of course, when I told him it was his turn to try on his underwear and use the potty he immediately said no (he's been terrified to even sit on the toilet and has NEVER wanted his diaper changed). After a few minutes of frustration and pleading for help to know what to do, I remembered my good friend Maria telling me a few days before to tell Jay that her son, and Jay's best friend, Johnny goes potty on the toilet so he should too. I thought... yeah right, like that will help. Well guess what? It worked! When I mentioned Johnny Jay said, "Mommy, I want to use the potty." What? Did I hear those words correctly? Yup! And not only that, he actually followed through. He put on his Thomas the Train underwear without complaining and tried the potty out. After our first successful potty experience we threw a party, let Jay call Thomas the Train (Mike) and put a sticker on his chart. Jay was thrilled, especially about talking to Thomas. After that things went pretty smoothly. The first 2 or 3 days we had a few accidents, but they became fewer and fewer until on the 4th day he didn't have any accidents at all! We went to a friend's house on Friday (day 5) and brought the potty with us. Jay did fine going there with his potty. On Saturday (day 6) we were out and Jay had to go so I took him to the public restroom and he was totally okay! I was shocked. I thought at least that party of potty training wouldn't go well. But we've been out of the house on several occasions now and never had an accident (knock on wood). Whenever he has to go he lets me know and we find a bathroom. He's fine with both number 1 and 2 (too much detail?). I'm just so thrilled! My boy is so big. He doesn't even wear a diaper at nap time and he stays dry. Way to go Jay!!!!! I knew you could do it!!! (Well, I certainly hoped to know you could :) I'm so proud of my big boy. So to you moms who are still nervous about the experience my advice would be to take it slow, wait until your child AND you are ready and go for it. You'll know when it's the right time. Don't rush it because you feel pressured by what other moms are doing. And I promise... your child WILL be potty trained by high school. I'll even venture to say by Kindergarten ;) Yeah Jay!