Potty Training Day 1

The life and times of a potty training mother!

Today we started the day out by changing Lauren into "big girl panties". A few hours in she had still not gone to the bathroom...then all of the sudden we were in the kitchen and I looked over and she started to pee pee in her panties. So I instantly scooped her up and took her to the potty and we sat there for a short time where I explained to her that we go pee pee in the potty and that now that she is a big girl we keep or panties dry. So after that we put new panties on and played. Then it was nap time. I did what the book says to do and I didn't use a diaper. I put her down for her nap in panties. When we went in 2 hours later she had gone pee pee but it didn't wake her up. :-) So we changed her and got a snack. After she had her snack I noticed her normal 'standing still routine' so I said "Lauren tell us if you need to go pee pee ok?" Well she didn't say anything but continued her 'standing still routine' so I knew something was about to happen. So I said "hurry...lets go to the potty!" So I again scooped her up and ran to the potty. We made it! She poo pooed on the potty AND her panties were still dry! So then a few hours later and a million "tell mommy when you need to go pee pee"'s later I was doing laundry and saw her standing in the hall. She started peeing but just a small amount. So I continued with the scooping her up...running to the bathroom...and changing her panties. Now a few hours after that she just said she had to go pee pee but we went in the bathroom and nothing happened. Hey, I'm just happy she told me! The book says "don't just sit there and wait for it...make the bathroom times short and sweet and if you have to sit on the potty...tell them good job...go do something and a few minutes later see if they need to go again" So in a few minutes I'll ask if she needs to go to the bathroom. :-)

So 7 hours in and we have 3 pair of wet panties, 1 set of wet sheets and 1 successful poo poo in the potty!. :-) I'll let you know how the rest of the day goes.

THE REST OF THE DAY -
5:00 p.m. -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

5:40 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

6:00 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies but came out and told me
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

6:20 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

6:50 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

7:30 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

8:00 -
Lauren - pee peed in her undies
Me - Scoop her up running to the bathroom saying "hurry to the potty" and changing her undies

8:30 -
Bedtime without sippy cup of milk! I've been wanting to get rid of the cup of milk before bed because the dr. says that the sugar in milk is not good for teeth. Even though we are supposed to give her the cup of milk and then brush her teeth I still don't want her having that as a crutch to go to sleep. So tonight she went to bed without the milk! I'm happy about that!

9:30 - The 3 day potty training program I'm using says that if your child normally wakes up wet to either wake them up 1 hour after they go to bed or 1 hour before they normally wake up and take them to the potty...I decided to try the 1 hour after bedtime.

I got Lauren out of bed...she was a total zombie! I sat her on the potty and just kept whispering "go pee pee for mommy" over and over thinking maybe even in her sleep she hears me and knows it's ok. I'm balancing in a squat position so that her head can rest on my shoulder (totally uncomfortable for me by the way...but the only comfortable part of it was her snuggling me so it was worth it!). After a minute or two I thought 'this is never going to work, but I'll give it a little bit longer' and sure enough about one or two minutes later she went pee pee!!!!! I doubt she even knew what was going on because she was still asleep resting her head on my shoulder but I told her "good job! Mommy is so proud of you!" just in case she understood. :-) Then I rocked her for a second and put her back to bed without any problems! I'll let you know if she wakes up dry in the morning.

We are using the 3 Day Potty Training Guide by Lora Jensen. http://www.3daypottytraining.com/