Well here I am potty training a 4th child. Yes I know I have 3 biological daughters of my own, but I also have 4 stepchildren, one of which I potty trained. This time around seems so much easier than the other 3 for sure. Raegan is eager to learn and knows the word potty. I will ask her where her potty is and she will run over flip open the top and point to it and say "peepee, poopoo" She knows what it is and what it is for..SCORE for that!
I started potty training her on this Minnie Mouse potty that you can pretend "flush" She will yell "Hip hip horray!" Raegan is obsessed with that! haha. What I did with the other 3 girls is actually working for her. I will put her potty in front of the tv with her sippy of juice, some of her favorite toys and her favorite show Seasame Street. She sits there for 10-15mins and then up for 20 mins to play. I also got her some big girl panties to where which she absolutely loves and is still trying to figure out. I got her big girl underwear last week and since then she has only had 2 accidents (not bad).
My goal is to have my little ladybug potty trained by 3 (would be great if it were sooner) but 3 seems like a reasonable age to have her 100% potty trained by. Gives us enough time and her to get use to it. As she gets bigger her potty turns into a stepstool to help her up on the "big potty."
I dont believe in pull ups, honestly to me its a big waste of money. It feels like a diaper so the child thinks "Oh im wearing this I can just poop and pee in it and it will be fine." Its messier as well cause if they do poop in their pull up, you either have to cut it off or pray you dont drop a turd on the floor! haha.
Soo right now I would say that my little girl is about 30% potty trained and still working on it and not struggling through it. She rarely fights me on it and is eager to learn and be praised with "What a big girl." Or high fives, even a little treat. She absolutely loves the postive reinforcement.
Im sure we will hit some bumps in the road with regression (most kids go through that) but if its something we come across its nothing we cant get through together!
I am very proud of my little girl, who apparently isnt so little anymore :)
