Well, today started the first day of potty training for Crystal. It is probably going to be a long process, but we decided to start now, so we don't have to be changing two sets of diapers when the new baby comes in 4 months. So the goal is to have Crystal completely potty trained in 4 months. We will see how it goes.
Well our game plan is to put her on the toilet as often as we can, then have her sit on the toilet until she goes pee, or poo. When she goes, she is rewarded by getting a treat. (She prefers gummy worms.) So we started early today, having her sit on the potty after her breakfast. (The video clip below is of this try.)
As you can see, she put up a struggle at first, but then about 20 minutes later she finally went pee in the potty. It was a big success for her, since it was her first real try. After that, we put on her big girl underwear, and sure enough she had an accident an hour later. So we put on a pull up after that.
So for the rest of the day, she continued to struggle, and go in her pull up but we did get her to go in the toilet another 2 times. So she went pee pee in the potty 3 times on her first day!! Unfortunately (or fortunately) she was constipated today so she didn't have any success or accident with that particular substance. So we will see how it goes from here.
Crystal potty training from Lisa on Vimeo.
3 comments:
20 minutes for the first time is really good! Nicholas had to sit on it for 2 hours his first few times. The pooping thing usually takes longer for them to get too, nicholas had the pee pee down for 2-3 months before he finally started to go poop in it, but he was very difficult to potty train. my advice is to be patient, and even though you want it done in 4 months, don't push her, go with her time frame and you will all be a lot happier. Good luck!
Let me know how it goes. Emma is getting pretty close to doing that.
Ha ha ha! I wish you luck. You'll probably have better luck than I did...especially since I already gave up. :) Go Crystal!
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