Adventures in Potty Training Part 1

Monica just recently turned 2 and Brandon and I have been discussing potty training her for awhile. I do not want to have two kids in diapers and now with only three months until the arrival of our newest addition I decided that this would be the time to try to potty train Monica.

Monica knows the concept of the potty. She is always following me in the bathroom and then clapping for me when I go. A few times we have put her on there, and even fewer times she has actually gone potty. When Daniel was about 2 we started training him and after a long 6 month process we finally go him trained. I decided to try a new method with Monica. We call it "cold turkey". We learned this method from a friend at church who had great success with it with her two year old. Her daughter was trained in one week using this method! The concept is that on Monday morning Monica woke up and was placed on the potty and then in underwear. We said good bye diapers forever no matter what! Well except at nap and bedtime.

So yesterday went as expected. Monica had many trips to the bathroom, and many accidents. She cried a lot and did not like sitting on the potty. I made her a sticker chart and every time she sat on the potty even if she did not do anything she got a sticker.

Summary of day one: 15 potty chart stickers, 7 wet pairs of underwear, one successful pee in the potty and A LOT of fits. We will see how day two goes!