Okay..so today is the first “Official” day of toilet training..whatever that means! It has been about 7 years since I’ve toilet trained. Needless to say, I forget everything! About a month ago we went out and bought potty seats and training pants and River was very excited! She even peed on the potty once! But then, she decided she didn’t want to be a big kid and refused to even go near them. So, I put them away and decided to give it a break.
Then we decided it was time again. She is almost three! So, I had her help me “select” prizes from Oriental Trading and waited anxiously each day for them to arrive. When they finally arrived, we made a treasure chest and filled it with the prizes.
And today was the first day….well, she decided she was scared of the potty seat and didn’t want to go near it. After a bit of coaxing and bribery, she finally made it on the potty. (I had to promise to read her 10 books while she sat on the potty!) She got a sticker and prize just for sitting on the seat. She was so excited! But now she has to actually pee in the potty to get her next sticker. There has been no pee in the potty, but we are making progress. I set the timer and each hour we give it a try….(always with me reading her about 5-10 books..but hey, it’s worth it..who wouldn’t want to sit on the potty if someone promised to read you books?!)
