Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Riding the "Potty Train"

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS LOTS OF 'POTTY' LANGUAGE.

I was so NOT ready for potty training, but Little Princess has been showing some interest over the last little bit. She always wants to sit on the potty chair. If I have a good 1/2 hour or 45 minutes to spare hey why not. She even gets mad when I tell her we're done. She's only 20 months, which is kind of young. This is the same age that Little Man started taking his diaper off and pulling out the potty chair. It's amazing how motivated they are when they see an older sibling doing something.

So this last weekend in Boise, she watched her little cousin "O" be a big girl and go on the potty. She was fascinated. She even told me when we were up there that she had to go poop. I took her into the potty and she actually did go poop. Amazing what an example will do for the teaching process. We got home Monday night and tried to get back into our routine. Tuesday was busy and we weren't home much, but again Little Princess persisted at sitting on the potty. I decided to give it a go on Wednesday morning. Before I could even bring it up with Little Princess, she wanted to sit on the potty chair, so off we went.

We spent the morning downstairs on the main level. The kitchen area has wood floors and they're much easier to clean up than the carpet. I'm amazed at how long she can hold her pee. I waited a good hour for her to go the first time. Of course I missed it because I had to run upstairs to get Little Man a band-aid. I was up there for less than a minute and of course that was her cue to pee all over the floor. The next time she started to pee she realized what she was doing and we got her to the potty. She actually got some in the potty chair. Good start, right. Oh and if you're totally grossed out, I have steamed my floors already :)

The morning progressed and we had LOTS of accidents, but we also started having some success as well. She was recognizing when she needed to go and making it a habit to go to the potty. I even let her play outside on the deck with Little Man and put her potty chair out there. She went over all by herself and peed in it. Little Man came in to tell me she did it. Of course there is lots of cheer and praise from me and her brothers for every success. She will even clap for herself. It's very cute.

My favorite was putting her on the potty right before we left for a ball game and having her go on command. I love it when they finally get that far. I also did that before tub time and she did it. I know that we're far from being done and that many accidents will still occur, but I feel much better about potty training having the first day under our belt.

Go Little Princess, you're awesome!!! and extremely adorable too. We love you.

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