It is about time I put a new post on this blog of mine! I have been MIA…again. I am starting to make a bad habit of that. I have a lot of catching up to do for the month of January and I intend on doing so, but today I want to blog about life right now. It is much more fun that way. I want to brag about my little girl for a minute and tell you how proud I am of her. She is growing up so much and is officially a big girl. Yesterday we threw the diapers away and pulled out the big girl panties. Overall, Ady rocked potty training! Our morning got off to a rocky start. She had me sweating, biting my finger nails and crying (fake crying, it seemed to do the trick for her) and wondering what the heck I was thinking. I will share all of the details soon because you know on a day like this there are A LOT of details. I will also share my method for potty training in ONE DAY, so stay tuned! You don’t want to miss it. For now, here is what our day looked like.
We stayed close to the toilet for a good majority of the day. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
There was a lot of cheering and high fiving from me.
Of course there was a lot of hand washing. I think this was one of her favorite parts. She had so much fun playing in the water that she decided to bring her mermaids down and give them a bath. I wish I would have taken a picture of that.
I couldn’t get enough of this cute panty wearing bum. It is a dream come true! Especially knowing that THIS IS IT.
No, I am not sad about that.
She made a lot of phone calls to share the good news.
We ended the day celebrating outside. She was one happy little girl. So was her mommy.
Phew! What a day!
I will share the rest tomorrow.
Be back soon!
25 comments:
Oh my goodness how cute is she?!!! You can see the excitement in her face. I love it!!! I also love the pictures of you in there with her high-fiving her. Priceless!!
you go girl!!! What a relief to be totally done with potty training in your life!! I am sure she did a great job, she was so ready!
yes! i need to know your secrets to potty training! glad she's doing so well.
yay Ady! I'm glad you (and your Mommy) survived! You're doing great! Now can you come teach your boyfriend?
Curious...how old is your daughter? My son is 20 months and I don't know if that is too early.
My daughter turned 2 in the middle of October. So she would have been 27 months when she was potty trained. You are the only one who knows your son and what to expect, but as far as age goes I would maybe wait a little while longer.
If you could actually do this you should make it a business. My husband and I jokingly and then seriously said we would pay someone hundreds of $$$ if they could come over to our house in a day and potty train our son. It would save us a lot in diaper $$$. I think we have tried just about everything you have, we only have boys though, do you notice a difference between boys and girls for how easy potty training is?
Thanks for your comment Brooke! I don't think people could pay me enough to constantly potty train kids! :) Hahaha....
In answer to your question, with my own children I have noticed a small difference between boys and girls. The potty training day is pretty much the same, but after, in the weeks to come, my boys have had more accidents than the girls. They get a little lazy and distracted. I have had to remind them more often. I think that is pretty typical of boys in general. Boys aren't as detailed oriented as girls are.
At what age do you recommend potty training a boy?
Rebekah - I have potty trained all of my kids around 2 1/2. I have 2 boys and 2 girls.
I agree, this method is great! It's from the 1974 book "Toilet training in Less Than A Day" step by step, if you were interested in where your friend's mom probably found it. Your pics are WAY better than their drawings though! I altered it a little and just used it with my son after reading the book. We didn't hide away in a room, it would have been a day of tantrums and freakouts if he had to repeat that much so we minimized distractions and just stayed on our usual routing with the MOST PRAISE EVER for his successes. So far, going great and WAY faster than random scheduled potty sits. Congrats!
Thank you for sharing the name of the book. It's nice to have a reference for it originally came from.
Oh my gosh, THANK YOU so much for this! I tried it yesterday with my son who will be 3yrs in June! I thought I had tried everything. This was so intense and we spend most the day in the restroom but it was so worth it bc it worked! He only had one accident yesterday. I can't thank you enough!
One question: I know this is only day 2 for us but when does it go from me telling him that it's time to go potty to him telling me he needs to go??
Congratulations Audrey! I am so happy for you and your son. It's a long day, but it is worth it for sure. I would say by the end of day 2, day 3 for sure he should be telling you when he needs to go. Try backing off on the timer and see what happens. Just go from there. :)
So funny, shortly after I left you a comment my son told me he had to go and has told me a few times since then! Thanks again! :)
How on earth do I get my son to poop on the potty? He'll go #1 all day long, but refuses to go #2 in the potty. He is now 3 years old.
You said that you run back to the potty ten times when the doll has an accident. Am I understanding that right, that you run back and forth from the accident site to the potty ten times in a row? Or is it ten times in day? (Now that I type that it seems like ten times in one day is more reasonable.)
so the fun begins tomrrow. 2 questions. Did you have water proof pants over the training pants, and nap time?? I know he is gonna go...is that part of the training process. My son is still in a crib so I dunno how is gonna tell me he needs to go at night...and he is only 20 months....
Hi I am a new follower I found your blog through Pinterest and seeing the title for this DEFINITELY caught my eye. I have a just over 2 year old and I had been looking into potty training options and browsing the web and everything seemed so typical and like such a slow process. Then when I just playing around on Pinterest this popped up so I read it over and over again than read it to my husband, then we discussed how we're and our son is ready. The next day we went shopping got ALL of our fun goodies and followed your blog to a T. It was very intense day 1 literally shocked me how much work it was BUT we are now on day 12 and he is doing fabulous!!!! He is even dry through the nights for 4 nights in a row and we're on 5 days with NO accidents! I cannot THANK YOU ENOUGH for sharing this blog and your story it is amazing and I am now sending tons of people over and telling them make sure you do EXACTLY what she says!!! Thank you again. ~Corene
I am a working 8-5, M-F mommy. What do you suggest in this case? SHould I do it on a Saturdaay and reinforce on Sunday and then send her to daycare with lots of panties and shorts? The daycare takes them potty every hour.
I started potty traing my son at 18 months and by 24 mnth he was going by himself. But I did mine differently. I just explained to him that pee and poop went in the potty. I let him run around naked for a day so he could understand Wat it was to pee on your self would get you dirty. And every time I went to use the rest room I put him on his potty. He got it right away by 24 months I didn't have to buy any traing pants. He lets me know when he wants to go Wat he needs to do and he also wakes up in the middle of the night too.
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