Potty Training

Ok so N turned 2 last week and has been ready for potty training for a few months now but we just haven't had the time to do it. So this holiday vacation week was perfect for us to get the ball rolling!

Day 1: 

Once she got up for the day we cleaned her up and took off her diaper and she went around for the day pants and diaper free. We tried underwear but she wasn't having that. We had the potty with us in each room we were in, we brought it into the family room or her bedroom or wherever she was playing. We told her about the potty and that she had to go pee pee on the potty. Mean while we're pumping her with lots of liquids so she has to pee a lot today! We did have 2 accidents right off the bat, which was expected, and we told her that next time she had to pee pee that she should go on the potty. The third time she looked down at her crotch and we put her on the potty and she peed on the potty! Yay, we cheered and high fived and got super excited. The next time we had an accident. Then it was time for a nap. We did put her in a diaper for her nap though, as we knew she'd pee and poop during the nap. I ran out to CVS and got stickers and all kinds of goodies for rewards for her for when she did pee in the potty. 

After her nap she got up and peed on the potty 3 times in a row. After each time my husband and I got so excited. We gave her a sticker each time and she put it on a poster of elmo that we had up for her birthday. And she got to pick a 'treasure' from the 'treasure chest.' The treasures were coloring books, silly putty, nail polish, chapstick, fun stuff like that! And she was so excited to pee and get a sticker and treasure that it was so fun for her.

Day 2:

All of the reading said day 2 was toughest and to expect some back sliding. But she got up and we had breakfast and she peed on the potty after breakfast and only did so because she saw it had snowed and wanted to go outside but we told her she couldn't go outside until she peed on the potty. So she ran over to it and peed on it and was ready to go outside! So we put all of our snow gear on, and were outside 10 minutes and she looks down at her crotch and I knew she was peeing. So we raced inside and got all of the snow gear off as fast as we could. But it was too late. We sat on the potty anyway. Then we were putting away the holiday stuff and N was helping Dad up in the attic and had an accident up in the attic. But the next time we made it to the potty. After her nap she peed on the potty and even said she had to go potty as we were singing her to sleep, so we got up and raced to the potty and yep, she peed. And here I was thinking it was a bed time stalling tactic. 

Day 3: 

N's got the hang of it. She peed on the potty twice and we even ventured out to take the garbage to the dump and stopped at Grammy's house, where N peed 2 times on Grammy's potty. Then we came home and she napped and then peed on the potty 3 times after her nap! I think we're getting it.

We're still giving her a sticker after each time she pees on the potty and cheering and giving high fives. And when we don't do it immediately, N gets up and cheers 'yay' after she does a pee on the potty getting excited and making sure we're excited too!