Well.....her birthday is right around the corner, and I haven't really been working on the potty training like I should. So, this weekend, since we didn't have anything on the agenda, I decided it was time to start the potty training. I honestly think it was ME holding back. Kali is good about going to the potty when we ask her (like after lunch or before a bath), but we're not very consistent in asking her to go.
I've been reading a lot of articles and blogs and asking friends about their techniques. So, I figured I would combine a few of those strategies together and see how it works. I started by making Kali a "Kali's Potty Treat" jar, and 2 special jars. I filled the treat jar with M&Ms and one of the other jars (labeled "Start") with 5 cotton balls, the other was labeled "End". I told her that every time she went pee or poop, she got 1 M&M and got to move 1 cotton ball from the start jar to the end jar. When the end jar was filled up, she will get a special treat!
Then, when we woke up I took off her wet diaper and let her go all natural. That way, if she had the urge, she hopefully wouldn't potty on my floor. I set the timer on my phone to go off every 15 minutes so that I would remember to ask her to go potty. This morning, she was a little resistant at first. So I loaded her up with juice. She loves Capri Suns, and we normally only let her have one or two a week (because we still water down her juice in her sippy cup). She thought it was a real treat to be able to drink 2 of them back to back...but momma was hoping this would make her have to go to the bathroom! :-)
For the first two hours, she kept saying that she didn't have to go potty. We played, read books, watched Bubble Guppies, and watched her "The Potty Book" movie (along with the book) by Alyssa Capucilli. Finally, at about 11:30am so was standing next to me in front of the couch, and she tinkled 3 little drops. She gasped and said "POTTY" and went running down the hallway to the bathroom. She went to the potty, and she got an M&M out of her Treat jar and got to move a cotton ball to the end jar.
At the end of lunch, she said "Potty", and went into the bathroom and went pee. She was so proud of herself!!! During nap, I put a pull up on her, but told her they were her special panties. After she woke up, I took her into the potty and she went. Then, I left the pull up off. Hopefully she is getting the hang of it. She will probably be going pants-less tomorrow as well. After a few days of no accidents, I'm going to take her to the store and let her pick out her very own panties.
Enjoying a Capri Sun while going potty!
And there is her special "Kali's Potty Treat" jar
Now, I just have to figure out how to make her understand that you don't play in the bathroom. She just wants to hang out in there all afternoon...
Growing up so fast!!!!!!
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