We had to do it. Potty training, that is. We'd been delaying it for one reason or another, but last weekend we decided we had to give it a real effort. And Day 1 was horrible. I think we gave up by mid-afternoon and didn't bother with it the rest of weekend. Monday morning came and I knew that I couldn't keep delaying, so it was off with the diaper and on with the undies. A few different friends suggested the idea of a sticker reward chart, so I made that during nap time and had it waiting for her when she woke up. She loved it until she realized that it had something to do with going potty. Then it wasn't so exciting anymore. But I made a huge deal about it and later that night before bath time when she went potty, we sang and danced like crazy people and put up her stickers!
Celebrating our first few stickers
Tuesday came and we were back to square one. By the end of the day we did get to put up a few more stickers, but there were still more accidents than successes.
Wednesday started the same with 2 morning accidents, but then she went on the potty...and did it again and again and again with much less resistance than the first few days. The sticker chart was filling up and by 4:00 it was full! Her prize? A hula-hoop. What's a 2 1/2 year old going to do with a hula-hoop? I have no idea. But she's been wanting one forever and every time we go to Target we get out of the cart to play with them.
It's complete! (Her smiling face is now always accompanied by hands on her cheeks!)
Today, she proudly rolled her own pink, sparkly hula-hoop up the the checkout lane herself. Once at home should found all sorts of "fun" things to do with it.
The rest of the day and night was accident free! We still have a long road ahead of us with this potty training thing, but it feels great to have had such an amazing day!
7 comments:
Go Bridget! Go Mama! I'm sure it's just as much work for you as it is for Bridget!! I'm going to have to get some tips from you as I think we are going to try to start potty training this summer! I like the sticker rewards idea and it looks like it works! Bridget looks absolutely adorable in these photos! :-)
Way to go, Bridgie!!!!! I'm so glad it worked! She had been eyeing that hula hoop FOREVER!
Yeah! Way to go with the hula hoop prize; ten times better than candy. So proud of both you and Bridget...Nice work! :)
Hooray for Bridget!
Yea Bridget!!! Sticker chart hasnt worked with us yet but I'm so glad it worked for you guys!!! I'm giving it a try all next week so this post gives me hope that even though it starts out rough, keep at it and be persistent!!!
yay! yes, those accident free days give you the motivation to keep going! good job!
YAH for big girl bridget. what an exciting first week. love her cute smile! we can't wait to start potty training next week. i keep telling her...you know your friend bridget goes on the big girl potty. and sammy says baby ross too? hehehehe. i tell her no, he's a baby. we have had this conversation over and over again and it cracks me up. hehehehe. Way to go again!! xo
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