We have officially been potty training for a week now!! Camryn is doing great!
The first day we woke her up, put her in her big girl panties (putting them in a character they like helps a lot. She loves Dora and does not want to get her Dora panties dirty) and started pumping her full of liquids. She does not go to the bathroom first thing when she wakes up, which was surprising to me. We had our first accident about 10 minutes after she woke up. Thankfully she went on the paint drop clothes we laid on the living room floor. As soon as she had her accident we talked her through it while she was on her little potty. That was her only accident of the day!
We did not do any research on how to potty train, it was mainly what we had heard from friends. Some suggested having a timer that went off every so often but Cam did not like when it went off. She would tell me "mom I don't need to potty." I asked her all the time if she needed to go and she would always tell me no. She caught on so fast and whenever she needed to go she would tell me. The rest of the day was exhausting for me just because I felt like I needed to watch her all the time and ask her if she had to potty, I'm sure she thought I was crazy! But she did great, even at nap time and nighttime her pull up was dry. We decided we did not want to push our luck and left her in pull ups for nap and night time. We also gave her some kind of candy after every successful attempt which really seemed to help, along with lots of praise. I just love her reaction and seeing how proud she is of herself!
Tuesday she had an accident in the morning and that was it. We left the house for lunch and she actually told me at the restaurant she needed to potty. We went to the bathroom, she took care of business and did great. Her pull up was dry when we got home. This was also something I was not expecting her to pick up on so fast. And something I was not ready for...taking her to a public bathroom. I am so OCD but she is doing well with not touching anything.
The rest of the week she did perfect! Every time we were out and about she would tell me when she needed to go and we haven't had any more accidents! I was worried about Sunday and if she would tell the workers at church but she did! Now we hardly ask her if she has to go, she just tells us and loves the praise she gets after she goes. We are loving not having to buy diapers for the next month until Jaxson gets here!
We are so proud of Cam and hope it continues to go well. Our house is back to normal and she is in big girl panties whenever we are home. When we go out we are still putting her in pull ups, no reason to rush panties out and about. I really think it going so well had a lot to do with her being almost 25 months and being able to understand exactly what we wanted from her. We also introduced her to the big potty a few months ago and she had gone on it a few times so it was not something unknown to her. We also got her toddler potty around 18 months and we talked to her a lot about going on the potty before we actually started getting serious about it. She used the toddler potty the first few days but now is going on the big potty. It takes a lot out of everyone so make sure everyone is ready before you start out! It is a family effort! This was our experience with potty training and I am so thankful it went well! We are so proud of you Camryn!!
