Well, its official. We're potty training again. I feel bad saying again because I didn't give it too much effort the first time. She wasn't super excited about it and I didn't pump her full of fluids and sit her on the toilet enough. I think I wasn't that into it. Today though, we entered water drinking boot camp..... and SUCESS!
Upon waking up I informed Addy that today we were going to say goodbye to her diapers! She got so sad and said, "Mommy, I don't want to go potty training!" :) I reminded her that Uncle DD & Auntie Beth promised she could stay the night at their house if she was potty trained... and that seemed motivation enough to get her down the stairs without a diaper.
Her first potty of the day was on the floor. I had her drinking water as much as I could and sitting on the potty chair (the little one) as often as I could but she kind of fought it.... and then we had an "accident." I told her it was okay but next time it should go in the potty! So, we sat her on the potty to see if she had any more. Of course she didn't... but I stuffed her with saltines and gave her more water to drink. One of those scheduled times on the potty I was reading her and JM a book and she looked up with a surprise on her face and said, "Mommy! I'm going potty!" Boy, did we have a throw down. All three of us began cheering and dancing and singing and twirling. Addy refers to it as her "poopy party." We then made a big deal about flushing it down the toilet and saying goodbye to it... and then came the potty treat. One peanut M&M. She was so excited.... and then quite manipulatively asked super sweetly, "Two Mommy?" I smiled... but I know my girl... and told her kindly, "No, sweetheart. Only one." It was pretty funny.
So, about 3-4 minutes later we resumed reading our book and she asked me, "Mommy may I go potty again?" To which I quickly and enthusiastically replied "YES!" and put her on the toilet immediately. She went again! Replay, party, dance, treat, manipulative plea for two."
After that she went potty three times during our scheduled potty sitting times and then I let her watch a little bit of a movie. **This is what encourages me the most** DURING the movie she ran into the living room and said, "Mommy I have to go potty again!" So, we "threw" her on the chair and sure enough she went again! So... we'll see what goes on for the rest of the week.... I'm a bit stumped as to what to do at night and for naps.... if anyone has ideas, let me know!
