Last weekend we decided it was time. No more diapers for Sophie. She has been telling us when she has to go potty for months now, but we have not been very consistent about asking her if she had to go before we went places.
We had good success with Brie with Potty training boot camp, a program I had found online. So Thursday night I asked Sophie if she was ready to start wearing big girl panties. She said yes!
So Friday morning we started. Panties on and timer armed. I knew I was in for a long day. Marcus was going to be home at 2 so I wouldn't have to do it all by myself. Now Sophie is a bit more stubborn and opinionated then Brie was at this age. She was not thrilled to have to go to the potty every 15 minutes. She would much rather play with her babies. Many times she would crawl to the bathroom or have to be carried kicking and screaming. It made for a wonderful day. It was hard not to laugh as she would crawl as slowly as she possibly could from the living room to the bathroom. So with a total of 6 accidents and lots of practicing, by the end of the day she finally told us that she had to go potty and made it there in time. I was afraid she was not going to get it.
So Saturday came and we started again. This time we set the timer for 30 minutes. This seemed more tolerable for Sophie and there was not as much complaining. She made it through the entire day without a single accident!
Sunday she had one accident, but she told us she had to go, but refused help to pull down her pants so she did not quite make it. But she stayed dry at church and a 2 hour trip to the mall.
Since then we have stopped the timer and she has been telling us when she has to go potty. She has had 2 dry days at school and gone to lots of places with her big girl panties.
Our proud little girl got to go to the store and pick put new panties. She wanted puppies, but after searching 4 different stores at the mall without success, she settled for monkeys.
We had good success with Brie with Potty training boot camp, a program I had found online. So Thursday night I asked Sophie if she was ready to start wearing big girl panties. She said yes!
So Friday morning we started. Panties on and timer armed. I knew I was in for a long day. Marcus was going to be home at 2 so I wouldn't have to do it all by myself. Now Sophie is a bit more stubborn and opinionated then Brie was at this age. She was not thrilled to have to go to the potty every 15 minutes. She would much rather play with her babies. Many times she would crawl to the bathroom or have to be carried kicking and screaming. It made for a wonderful day. It was hard not to laugh as she would crawl as slowly as she possibly could from the living room to the bathroom. So with a total of 6 accidents and lots of practicing, by the end of the day she finally told us that she had to go potty and made it there in time. I was afraid she was not going to get it.
So Saturday came and we started again. This time we set the timer for 30 minutes. This seemed more tolerable for Sophie and there was not as much complaining. She made it through the entire day without a single accident!
Sunday she had one accident, but she told us she had to go, but refused help to pull down her pants so she did not quite make it. But she stayed dry at church and a 2 hour trip to the mall.
Since then we have stopped the timer and she has been telling us when she has to go potty. She has had 2 dry days at school and gone to lots of places with her big girl panties.
Our proud little girl got to go to the store and pick put new panties. She wanted puppies, but after searching 4 different stores at the mall without success, she settled for monkeys.
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