It’s NOT going to be 3 days, I can tell you that! 
But I’m okay with that. I’m not okay with it being months and years though. So hopefully the small fry will catch on quickly. Today went something like this.
7am On the pot for the first time, remove soggy pull-up from night. No success
7:20 Timer goes off, back on pot, DRY pull-up, M&M for being dry. Nothing on pot.
Repeat multiple times, only not with the dry pull-up (except a couple) and add a meltdown when he didn’t “earn” an M&M.
That was basically it. 
The “success” that I’m pulling from today is that he would at least tell me when he was in the process of going. So this really IS progress. Even though he was in a pull-up, he still clued in to his body cues, a little late but that’s okay. We didn’t have a single pee in the potty though, not one drop! Tomorrow I might try the “warm water trick” and put some in a bowl with toys to play with, see if it “triggers” anything while he’s perched there. He likes to sit on the potty, and he has been consistently telling me when he goes. I’ll take that as a good positive sign. Behavior wise we are having some issues. Qade is getting a bit defiant when he is corrected for things. Today he told me “Don tell me no.” He had just heard those words shortly before coming from Mommy. Now he has to learn what kind of speech is appropriate going TO Mommy.
I’ll admit it, my patience is at a low ebb right now. Some days I feel like I just don’t have what it takes to truly teach my kids how to behave, and have a loving, sweet attitude towards each other. There are times when repeating the SAME instructions/corrections one more time seems like the heaviest thing in the world to do. I love my babies, and have so many precious moments with them!! So don’t get me wrong. Just plodding through these terrible two’s and adding potty training and constant character training on it all wears me down sometimes.
But today was my birthday, and Stuart made me an awesome card, got me a nice gift, and HE made dinner AND cleaned the kitchen. Life’s good!
Hey Rach, sounds like you are doing a great job! It really can be a very frustrating week, but don’t give up! It only confuses the poor little guys even more! And don’t feel all stressed because he is not getting it in three days. I for one do not believe in total potty training in three days, but then again, I guess it is all your definition of “potty training.” These moms that say they can do it in a day, or even three probably mean something a little different than we may. But I started Liam in January, and although he got it right away, we still have accidents now and again. Actually, it seems as though we have taken a step backwards in the last week and he has been having 1-2 accidents a day. I was getting frustrated, then was told that this can be common. I just want to encourage you to not get overly stressed over it, but to stick with it. I do think that it would be hard for him if you quit altogether (not saying you are going to), but just stick with it. I really think that it will just take another couple days and something will click on in his cute little head and he will get it. So don’t despair! Remember al the other “obstacles” you have already confronted and conquered in his life – like his acting up after Myles was born. You can do this too! It sounds like you are doing great! And your posts totally made me laugh – brought back some strong recent memories! One day you will have to have Qade read these posts. He will be like, “Mom, did you have to be so specific? How embarassing!” Hehe – it makes me laugh just thinking about it!
Happy birthday my dear sis and friend!! Love you much and missing you lots. You’re a wonderful mom and your patience- even if it’s forced at times, don’t all moms do that at one time or another??
will pay off and your boys will be so thankful for the time you took to teach them. Muah!
Thanks for the encouragement Emily!!
It’s nice to think that this “phase” in our lives won’t last forever. I know he won’t have it down in three days for sure! Ha ha ha!! I’m just hoping it doesn’t turn into one of those horrible experiences that drags on for months and months. I’m sure he will get it eventually. It’s just a HUGE test of my patience at this point. Hmmm… How consistent can Rachel be? 
It makes me laugh to think of the boys reading these post someday down the road too. Ha!! Poor things… they’ll have to start a retaliation blog all about how their mom messed them up with potty training!