Potty Training--to Pee or not to Pee

Once again, we are potty training here in the Brown household. I tried it a few months ago with no success, so I decided to take the Holidays off and try again when things were normal around here again. Tucker is potty training whether he wants to be or not. He will officially be two and a half on January 22nd, and I hope to have made some decent headway by then. Unfortunately, he just doesn't care one iota about being wet or dry. Cameron was completely finished by this point, he has only made it to the toilet a few times with success on his own. But, we're getting there, as he is usually wetting himself and then making the mad dash, so he's starting to connect. The kid can hold it like a camel if I remember to focus, set the kitchen timer, and remind him, but the second I get distracted, you can just about bet money he'll have an accident. But, when you're this cute, it's hard to get mad.

But I think he's totally working the "cute card" here.

So after not very many successes in relation to the many accidents, I decided to go straight to the old parenting standby or bribery. Here is Tucker's potty chart. Because I made this spontaneously and out of sheer desperation to drive home the point, it isn't very exciting, but I think he gets it. Basically, every time he goes potty, he gets a sticker. When all squares are stickered, he gets to go to BiMart (his favorite store, how redneck is that?) and pick out a hotwheel. Unfortunately, I don't think he has any idea that my drawing is a hotwheel. So I have to keep repeating it. I'm thinking about going and buying some and taping them to the fridge so he can see the end reward. I don't know. You think you know what you're doing since you're a second time Mom, but aparantly Cameron potty trained me, not me training her becase I have no clue how to make Tucker connect. Hopefully persistance will play out and he'll give in and pee in the toilet.