On Saturday night after General Conference and before the Priesthood session, we went to Marshall's and grabbed packs of underwear. We decided to start the next day, on Sunday, since Chris would be home and we'd be watching conference at our house.
We decided that we would try a reward system: for every success on the potty, Liz would get a sticker. I made a chart--when she filled up the chart, she would get ice cream with Daddy. Take her to the potty every fifteen minutes, whether she has to go or not, and gradually extend the time as the days go on.
Sunday, Day 1
Liz got up at 7am, so excited to put on some pretty underwear. Less than ten minutes later, she walked back into our bedroom and said, "Mom, I'm wet." The rest of the day was like that...we had nine accidents total. Liz went through every pair of pants that she currently owns and we did a lot of laundry of course! By the end of the day, she was telling us that she had to go...but it would be just a little too late. She also realized that she did NOT like the feeling of wet pants. Thankfully we had a success to top off the night.
A dry moment of the day, sisterly love
Monday, Day 2
Two successes sprinkled in between six failures, including her first real poopie on the potty. We also went grocery shopping--where she stayed dry--and she remained dry through her nap! Progress, progress!
Tuesday, Day 3
Three successes, only four failures! Every day really got better and better...
By Thursday the successes outnumbered the failures. By Friday, Lizzie's chart was full--not one accident all day!
Friday's record of successes
And every day has been like that since. We'll ask her occasionally if she needs to go, but for the most part, she is quick to tell us when she has to go potty and she goes! In our car rides and at our trips to stores and in the stores themselves, she has stayed dry. We are so proud of our Lizzie, growing up so fast.
So on Friday night we got the ice cream and made some banana splits so we could watch Megamind together! Here she is, enjoying her treat :)
Lizzie was so happy, and so were we!
Cate, we have a while before it's your turn on the potty, but I'm sure Big Sister will be happy to help you :)
7 comments:
Great job to all of you! I'm sure it's been stressful, but you did great! :)
congrats, Lizzie! We just started with Dilan last week or so. She will go on the potty now but she's not at the place to tell us she has to go yet. We will be inspired by your success!!!
congrats on the potty training! dave and i started talking about when to train mckelle the other day. after we thought about getting up with her in the middle of the night to pee, wetting the bed, and having to find a bathroom quickly while driving or in the store, we decided that we don't mind changing diapers after all... ha ha :) maybe we're just lazy...keep us updated on how it's going!
Go Liz! Isn't it great? I'm glad she learned so quickly :)
Thank you everyone! Still going strong!
I must say Kinsey and Meg H., you have been an inspiration to us! :)
Meg C, the "cons" of potty training aren't so bad. The first few days are the worst, like I said. When we went to a store, we'd find the bathroom and before we left the store we'd stop by the bathroom again. Now Lizzie gets excited to find the bathroom of whatever store we go to! When we leave the house, I take her to the bathroom. When we get home, same thing. As for wetting the bed, we still keep a diaper on Lizzie at night but the past three nights she has woken up completely dry and she fills her potty right after she wakes up. So you just never know!! Hopefully McKelle will catch on quickly when you decide to begin :)
Yay for Lizzie! That took a short while compared to other stories I've heard. You can start Cate now too. Believe it or not, Caden is mostly potty trained (he signs to me when he has to go).
I'm impressed you did that so easily, way to go!
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