All the signs are there...we haven't bought diapers in a month. There are toddler toilets and toddler toilet seats all over the house. There are stickers and lollipops given out daily. I think it's safe to say we are potty trained! Obviously not 100% (do you ever really get there???)...but we are close.
The potty training was relatively uneventful. I made a few half-hearted attempts to make her go which resulted in tears or 10 hour stretches of holding it. So I was going to buy stock in Pampers and Depends and never really try again. I had resolved to let her go to her new preschool in diapers and maybe it was my own subconscious way of holding on to her as a baby for just a while longer.
But after Jessica went back to work and Katie and Maddie (potty trained/ing) started staying together again, Katie had an interest all of a sudden. We came home one Friday afternoon and my mom told me Katie was in BGPs (big girl panties - but I hate that word - I can't believe I just typed it) and had been dry all afternoon and had actually gone in the toilet a few times. We were going to Chuck E Cheese that night and I decided I was going to keep her in the BGPs. We haven't looked back since and that was the end of July. She actually has only had a few accidents...one on a long car ride (1 hour), one from me spanking her (scared the pee out of her, I guess), and one because we all just got caught up in doing other things and no one made her go. I'm sure there have been some more - but nothing that has made me super frustrated.
Katie doesn't usually tell us she has to go - but she almost always goes when we take her. So she can definitely hold it! She loves to go to public restrooms which totally grosses me out. I've never been a germaphobe - but this could do me in. We are still not great with #2s, we're getting there. But we're far enough along this road that I would call her potty trained.
She wears BGPs all the time - except for nap and bedtime and she's almost always dry after a nap. She's going to her new preschool tomorrow and has a special pair of BGPs with Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck all picked out.
7 comments:
Rachel! She is just adorable!!!
Hope she has a great first day of school tomorrow :)
Yay! You go Katie! I'm not sure when you change it from "training" to "trained". I wonder that myself still - 8 months later =)
So great!! Can't wait to hear how her first day goes... and yes, eventually you get to where you're 100% potty trained :) Bye, bye diapers!! YAY!!!
I do think the keeping on of the panties,no matter what made a difference. OH-I wish I could take ALL of the credit for potty training her but don't think I can take much at all really! Maddie was a great example plus you and Doug are wonderful parents and Katie wants to please you so voila! BGP!
Yay for BGP!!! I'm glad the girls could encourage each other in their potty training-that's what friends are for!!
I meant to also put on here how much I hate public bathrooms now. They are sooo gross! I wish I could just tie Caroline's hands together behind her back when we go in one. I am constantly telling her "Don't touch!"
Yay for Katie being potty trained!!! So proud of her (and you guys -- it takes lots of patience!).
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