For the past month I have been telling Lydia that after the dance recital we are going to say goodbye to diapers. My friend Marie said that when she potty trained her little girl she talked about it for a while before so that she knew that it was coming. Anyways it was great advice and it really did help. After the recital we took the diapers and we put them away...Lydia was pretty excited to say good bye to them at first. Then she realized that she had to go on the toilet. At first she fought us tooth and nail...she didn't want to go on the potty. Then she had her first success, and luckily I bought the cheapest toilet I could find but it has a mechanism where when she goes it registers it and sings a little song...to say the least it was instant praise and just what she needed.
Overall since the 19th she has been in training and she is doing a lot better than I thought. My only concern is that she holds her poop in and so when she does finally go they are the size of China (sorry I'm sure no one wants to hear about my childs bowel movements...lol!) But we have good days and bad days but for the most part it is getting better and better each day! My favorite part is seeing how proud Lydia is when she goes on the potty, there is a lot of celebrating around our home and I love seeing her face light up when she knows she is doing what she is supposed to!
4 comments:
GO Lydia! Good luck with the potty training, I'm really not looking forward to that in the future!
Oh yes, we too are in the midst of potty training! Coast loves going on the toilet so hopefully he will be successful very soon! Lydia is the cutest little dancer, I love the outfit too, she is a doll!!
She is getting so grown up!
Try the towel potty training method.
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