"Mommy, I HATE the Potty!"

So our wonderful Tyler is three and every parenting book and blog says it is the perfect time to start Potty Training your child. Well, if Tyler was writing that book, it would be a whole different story! When he was two and a half, I tried introducing the "Big Boy" underwear and potty, he did great for an entire week! We had a chart with happy face stickers, "Potty Prizes," had a Potty Parade the works! But after that week he decided the potty was boring and wanted nothing to do with it. Almost a year later, he still has no interest. He understands it's the right thing to do, but Mr. Smarty Pants thinks of every excuse possible to avoid it. For example: "Mommy, the potty is to big for my little butt.", so he gets a cool Lightning McQueen Cars Potty and he says, " Mommy, Lightning McQueen is my friend, I can't Potty on him!" and the best one yet... "Diapers smell so good Mommy, I LOVE them!"