Well, potty training has been in full force for the past week around here! Although I was totally not prepared to start, Claire was so we went with it! She's been going every now and then for the past couple of months, but last week, she went 2 or 3 times a day on Monday and Tuesday - all initiated by her! So, I decided that if she's ready, why not go for it? We made a big deal about buying some big girl undies (we kept talking about how cousins Anni and Si Si wear them... she LOVED that!) and put her in them for the first time last Wednesday. We started by setting the timer for every 20 minutes and putting her on the potty every time it went off. She got two M&Ms each time she went. She had a few accidents but overall, did really great. The only issue was that she wouldn't poop in the potty - she kept just going in her undies. So, on Monday I decided to do the totally n*ked approach. Surely she wouldn't poop on the floor, right??
She went through the whole day Monday and almost all of Tuesday without pooping at all. I was beginning to get discouraged. How can this girl be potty trained if she won't poop on the potty?
Well, we had a major breakthrough last night. I was at my jewelry show so Justin had the girls by himself. He was busy feeding Emma a bottle and started hearing grunting and groaning coming from the playroom. (We moved her little potty seat in there since that's usually where she is when we poops!) Anyway, he asked what she was doing and finally got up to check, thinking he'd find a big turd on the floor. She was sitting on the potty and told him, "Leave Daddy!" So he did and after awhile she said, "I'm done!" He went to check and she had pooped! Yay!! All by herself!! The crazy thing is she did it two more times for him last night and she's already done it twice today. PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
I'm now just asking her about every hour if she wants to go. Sometimes she does, other times she doesn't. Sometimes she just goes and sits on the potty herself if she needs to go.
I'm finally allowing myself to get excited... could we possibly have just one in diapers?? This girl is growing up sooo fast! I'll gladly welcome this new stage though. Woohoo!!
She went through the whole day Monday and almost all of Tuesday without pooping at all. I was beginning to get discouraged. How can this girl be potty trained if she won't poop on the potty?
Well, we had a major breakthrough last night. I was at my jewelry show so Justin had the girls by himself. He was busy feeding Emma a bottle and started hearing grunting and groaning coming from the playroom. (We moved her little potty seat in there since that's usually where she is when we poops!) Anyway, he asked what she was doing and finally got up to check, thinking he'd find a big turd on the floor. She was sitting on the potty and told him, "Leave Daddy!" So he did and after awhile she said, "I'm done!" He went to check and she had pooped! Yay!! All by herself!! The crazy thing is she did it two more times for him last night and she's already done it twice today. PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
I'm now just asking her about every hour if she wants to go. Sometimes she does, other times she doesn't. Sometimes she just goes and sits on the potty herself if she needs to go.
I'm finally allowing myself to get excited... could we possibly have just one in diapers?? This girl is growing up sooo fast! I'll gladly welcome this new stage though. Woohoo!!
5 comments:
Congratulations! That's what I call team work. :)
Woohoo! That is awesome!
Wow! I am truly impressed. I wish it would have been that easy with Abbie. It seems like so long ago we were going through that with her but I am glad it is over with. She also started early (20 months) and did well and then took a 6 month "break" wanting nothing to do with potty training. She got back to it though and finished before Olivia was born (other than night time.) It sounds like Claire is doing great though - and in my experience - ours and others - the not pooping for a couple of days is very normal. It is just part of their training. Good job Claire!
That is awesome Annie and way to go Claire!! I'm planning on starting with Alex after Christmas, hopefully he does as well as Claire!
Thats great! Go Claire! I'll have to get tips from you when its our turn!
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