We also keep one diaper in our bag in case we know we'll need "sleep pants."ĩ) We have kept our regular daily routines. We've never needed the backup clothes, but the minute we don't have them I know we'll need them. Marcus pees standing up 95% of the time, so it's not often we even have to use that.Ĩ) We carry an extra set of underwear and shorts with us everywhere we go. Instead, we use a little seat that rests on the regular toilet. And, the idea of cleaning pee and whatnot out of those absolutely grosses me out. I figured that would just be one more thing to transition out of. The last time we had wet pants was four days ago…ħ) We didn't buy one of those little toilets. I attribute a lot of that discomfort to our success. If/when Marcus wets his pants he feels it and he HATES the wet sensation. We make a BIG deal out of a successful potty trip, lots of cheering and clapping.ģ) Marcus gets to flush the toilet - such a huge deal for him.Ĥ) Every 30-45 minutes we ask if he needs to go to the bathroom, even if the answer is no, we go to the restroom and try - 100% of the time he will go.ĥ) Nap times and bedtimes are still reserved for diaper wearing - however, diapers are now called "sleep pants".Ħ) We haven't bought or used a single Pull-Up. When the "big" business is done a large Mickey Mouse sticker is awarded. It not only helps with aim (you'd be surprised where splatters of pee will end up!), but makes the process fun.Ģ) Each time we make a successful trip to the bathroom a sticker is rewarded. We will throw a Cheerio into the toilet and encourage Marcus to pee on the Cheerio. Most times he would answer no, but I would take him into the restroom anyway, and wouldn't you know it, he'd pee.ġ) Thanks to a friend's suggestion, peeing in the toilet has a game-like feel. Last Thursday I woke up and decided that was *the day,* and potty training was underway.Īs soon as the little man woke up I slipped him into a pair of big boy undies (which continues to be one of our biggest challenges - he isn't too keen on wearing them just yet), and every 30-45 minutes I would ask him if he needed to use the bathroom. He would be ready for a diaper change and he would ask to go to the "big boy toilet." I would oblige, let him do his thing, and then diaper him back up.Īfter about a week of Marcus repeatedly asking to go to the bathroom I knew it was time. And I waited.Ībout three weeks ago - just before turning 2.5 years old - Marcus started showing interest in using the potty. Not when I was ready for him to be potty trained, but when he was ready. But, in my gut I knew what we both needed was for him to be ready. Marcus " needed" one thing or another for training. We look forward to a long collaborative relationship with him.When it came to potty training Marcus I heard from everyone and their grandmother that I " needed" to try this method or that. His fearlessness about experimentation keeps his work unique and from falling into a predictable style.įind more about Pawel on Facebook. Staying focused on his own vision and his own work helps him to bypass pressure and competition. He responds to what his subjects bring to the moment and loves meeting each new person and the travel that is often involved. Pawel's approach to working with models is intensely sincere. His Australian sister, in a fit of rage one day, tossed her camera at him and said "Get out of my eyes!" he never returned it. He wisely trusts his own instincts rather than following trends. Self-taught photographer Pawel Bronislaw Spychalski is in his 40s and living and working in Warsaw in his native Poland. These photos have a mostly light spirit, as if the men modeling the briefest of briefs are having a ball showing it all off for the photographer. When Pawel Spychalski offered up a big bunch of his underwear and swimwear photos we could hardly say no.
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