May. 9, 2008 - Potty Training & Water Mess
I have two things to talk about today, first potty training Zoey, and second the mess Noah made in his room the other day with water.
I decided it is finally time to start potty training Zoey since she is 2.5 yrs old now. I usually start trying to potty train at around 2 years old. Chloe was a summer baby and turned 2 in July and I had her trained by October I think it was. I really buckled down on Chloe in October and had her trained in about 2 weeks. Then Noah was another story, it seemed like we would never get him trained, but finally, I think it was right before he was 3 we had no more accidents. So why have I waited so long with Zoey? Well she turned two in October, and I was pregnant and did not want to start training when I did not feel all that wonderful, and we were going into the fall weather with long pants, extra clothes to tackle. For months now I have seen that the other children Zoey's age at church have been training, and I felt a little guilty, but did not let it bother me too bad, cause I felt like I just had enough going on with a new baby and the other kids. Well since the weather is getting nice outside, Zoey can now wear just panties and a shirt or a little dress at home, and it makes things so much easier. We started training yesterday, and it went pretty well, it was about half and half with accidents and in the potty. We don't do pull ups, never have, I just think pull-ups help to drag out the training process. So what we did was went and got a bag of M&Ms and I told Chloe, Noah, and Zoey that everytime Zoey pee pees in the potty everyone gets 3 M&Ms!! and if Zoey Poopy's in the potty, everyone get 10 M&Ms!!! It worked pretty well, everyone was excited to get Zoey to go to the bathroom, and since M&Ms were the reward, they were glad to help me train. I did not want to start training if I was not going to be consistent, I don't want months and months of accidents. Zoey has been wearing the thick panties Gerber panties, and for nap and bedtime, she wears a diaper. So today has been wonderful, I almost can't even believe it....We have had no accidents all day until....I started writing this blog, around 8:45 pm...so all in all I am so proud, that is great for the second day of potty training, and she has even come to me several times today to tell me she had to go. I think waiting until she was a little older and could understand what I am expecting of her has really made things much easier.
I know I am really wordy with everything I have to say, but if you knew me you would know I am a big talker when I get the chance, and besides I use this blog more as my personal journal, I don't think I have but 1 or 2 regular readers...I know I am boring!!!
Wow my hands are tried of typing so I am going to take a break, so if you happen to read this tonight, check back later for the rest of the story....
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