Sometimes running out of diapers is a good thing...

...because if forces to you take a leap of faith and potty train!

I knew Bracken was really close to being ready for potty training and I was so over changing his diapers.  Compared to Marco his little buttox was not very cute anymore.  Several times a week I would ask him if he wanted to learn how to use the toilet like Natey & Papi.  He wouldn't skip a beat before answering "No, I like diapers!"  So I didn't push the matter until one weekend when we were dangerously low on diapers.  I knew I needed to make a diaper run but Friday passed me by and before I knew it Saturday was almost done and gone and I had no energy left for a shopping trip.  I knew I could raid our 72 hour kits if I got desperate so I opted to wait it out and see how the chips fell.  Sunday morning came and we had 3 size 6 diapers to our name. Amazingly enough we only used 2 diapers that day leaving us one remainging diaper for Monday morning.  When I was getting Bracken dressed for the day I decided to take the plunge because I still didn't feel like hauling my posse to the store.  I looked him in the eye and said "Bracken, guess what?  We don't have any more diapers, they are all gone!  You have to wear underwear now."  I braced myself for a tantrum of some sort, but he smiled and said "Okay mommy!"  And he has been wearing undies ever since!!!

That first week went really smoothly with only a few minor accidents of both varieties. By week 2 he pretty much had the drill down and he was even waking up dry 90% of the time.  I was one happy Momma!  It has been a month and a half and he is still going strong.

There isn't much that beats a chubby toddler toosh in little undies, especially when they have Cars characters on them.  And in my eyes, Bracky's toosh is cute once again!