We had ordered a potty chair since Maggie was announcing things like, "Poop?" when we'd hear that she was working on her "business." We had also ordered a little book called Big Girls Use the Potty in order to spend $30 and get free shipping. Our plan was to just take it waaaay easy and be very casual about things. We didn't want to push the potty training issue on Maggie, as she still is quite young to be thinking about such things. We just set it out in her bathroom and showed her that she had a new book to look at.
It has been a surprise to me - but she has taken right to it! She loves the little book and walks around saying, "Potty!" In the last couple days, she has been sitting on the potty a couple times daily AND actually peeing. (We weren't going to jump into rewarding her with stickers on a chart, but since she has taken interest, we put it up.) This morning she even pooped, which surprised me to no end. She normally would pee and talk about "poop?" but not sit still long enough to really... transact any business. Yet today ... she did! Wow!
I somehow think the thrill won't last and we'll be back where we started in no time, but since she has shown interest (and even some proficiency), I did actually order some cloth pull-up training pants. Might as well run with it since she is interested, I guess! And though she's still a little young to have a handle on undressing herself, these might be a little easier to get out of than a diaper, a cover, and a snappi. :)
Those pull ups are cute. What brand and where did you order from?
ReplyDeleteGo Maggie!!!! Zyler has NO interest aside from sitting on his potty after a bath and will hide from us to have a B.M.
I looked at a lot of different brands, but man ... they seemed to range from $13-$18/pair, which I was NOT excited about. Still I was less excited about going the disposable route, so I kept looking!
ReplyDeleteThese are from a line called Bambino Mio (new to me) on babyearth.com, a site I use a lot ... $9.95 each! Whoo! I'll try to report back on how they work once we have a little experience with them under our belt!
And we'll see about the successes we've been having. Today we had two pee on the floor experiences - one when she was naked AND right next to the potty! Uh-oh!