When we first moved to Arizona I had a list of things I set out to accomplish. One of them being potty training Brynlee. Before we moved her potty usage was spotty at best. She would go days and days with no potty usage. Then she'd use it in the morning but not for the rest of the day.
Day 1 of potty training, I put her in big girl underwear and tried to let her tell me when she had to go. She peed in her underwear like 6 times that day. Fail. Day 2 I took a different approach. I set a timer and literally every 45 min I put her on the potty. That worked better. By the end of the week she pretty much had the hang of peeing in the potty. I'd still put her in a pull up when we went to church or over to someone's house. By week 2 I had her in underwear most of the time, including church and going out. I still put her in a diaper for naps and bed time. Then we phased to diapers just at bed time.
But darned if that kid would not poop in the potty. She pooped in her underwear every.single.time. Let me tell you, I'm tired of cleaning poop out of underwear. She pooped in her underwear in at restaurant, 2 min after I took her to the potty to pee. Yes, I was not pleased. I told her if she pooped in the potty she would get a big ice cream! So that little sneak pooped one little nugget in the potty, got her ice cream and proceeded to do a huge poop in her underwear. *Sigh*.
Cut to now, almost 2 months after moving here. Still pooping in her underwear. I've tried candy, stickers, gum, everything. I thought I was destined to have her poop in her underwear for ever. Until I figured out what really makes her tick. Baths. I told her if she poops or pees in her underwear she doesn't get a nice bath. She can get a bath with no soap or toys or no bath at all. This kid loves her bath. She pooped in her underwear yesterday. I knew she had to go today. All of the sudden she disappeared. She always does this when she poops in her underwear, she hides. But this time I found her on the potty...pooping. It's a miracle. I gave her the biggest, most bubble filled bath ever tonight. I'm not sure if it will stick, but this is the first time that she has actually gone poop on the potty by herself without me sticking her on it and forcing her to sit.
Still in a diaper at bed time. But I'm ok with that. I hope that I can now say I have a potty trained kid. Woo Hoo! Best part about it, I did it myself. No one else. Just me. No day care help or anything. Such satisfaction. Maybe I'm not so terrible at this after all.
Sorry this post was literally all about poop, but I'm super excited!
On the job front...still waiting to hear back. Not a great sign if you ask me!
Waiting for James to arrive!
9 years ago
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Oh my gosh... Charlotte would cry for me to put a diaper on her to go poop. She would hold it back and would not go unless she had a diaper on. We allowed it a few days but then had to end that. After big fights and everything she finally did it on the potty and we made a huge deal. We took her to Coldstone's and offered her any ice cream (all she wanted was cotton candy ice cream on a cone of course) but from then on she was good. And surprisingly she only wet the bed at night like a couple times. Then she was in undies all night and hasn't had an accident since. Of course she picked all this up right after I bought a large pack of pull ups at Costco and now have a ton. Then I had to go and have a boy... there is a slight chance he might be potty trained in princess pull ups at some point... poor kid :) But good for her! Charlotte was like 3 yrs and 3 months old so go Brynlee! It's such a glorious freedom isn't it?
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