Potty Training, Here We Come!

Hey, guys!

I’m about to embark on the adventure of potty training. Madison is ready.  I think. Now it’s just about me being ready.

She pees on the potty a lot, even asks to, it’s not only just when she’s running around naked. She poops on the potty, too. Although sometimes she doesn’t want to poop on the potty and wants to stay in her diaper… So that’s kind of weird.

She’s starting to want to do everything herself, which I read was a sign of being ready to potty train. She has to take her diaper off by herself (when using the potty) she has to brush her own teeth (of course I do it for her after she does!) , she gets in her car seat by herself, she’s even trying to dress herself! Key work = trying!  Recently she just always says “I do it!” and everything takes ten times longer to get done, LOL.

But anyway, HERE’S THE PLAN:

* I want to do the 3 day potty training thing. I haven’t even read much about it yet, but I do know it’s where you don’t do anything for 3 days, you just stay home, and potty train ALL DAY LONG for 3 days straight. So we will basically live in the bathroom for 3 days.

* I bought her some underwear, which for some reason she really doesn’t want to wear. But at some point during those 3 days she will inevitably need to wear pants, so she’ll have to wear them. She’ll get used to it.

* For naps and bedtime I plan to put her in diapers. I’m sure she’ll still have accidents when she’s sleeping and I don’t want to have to change the crib sheets 2 times a day. I only have 3 crib sheets! I refuse to buy Pull-Ups. I don’t see the point in them.

* I did buy some washable training pants. They are like actual underwear but with an absorbent liner. I’m not sure how much they will absorb, but for the first couple weeks after getting rid of the diapers, she can wear those when we need to go out to stores and whatnot. And it will give me a little more peace of mind.

* I don’t think I’m going to do a potty chart. I haven’t needed one yet. I offered her stickers a few times after she went on the potty and she wasn’t even interested in it. She was just happy with me getting all excited and screaming “good job!!” and hugging her after she went on the potty. BUT for the 3 day potty training thing, I might make a chart. If we use it, great, if not, who cares.

* I’ll probably reward her with candy or something throughout the day if she’s doing really well. CANDY FOR DAYS!!

* I’m also looking into buying this Fisher Price portable potty. She can pee in the car when there isn’t a bathroom around, and it also comes with one of those little folding potty seats that you can stick right in your bag and it fits on the big toilet so she doesn’t fall in.

So that’s pretty much it. That’s my plan. We are trying to see if we can go to the beach one last time this summer (maybe this Saturday), and then I’ll potty train her after that.  I’m going to make sure I have all my errands done and don’t need to go anywhere for 3 days, preferably more, and we can knock this potty training thing out, 1, 2, 3. Haha. A mom can dream, right?!