We survived! We made it through potty training weekend without major damage to the carpets or upholstery and without booze for me. It was a success. I used the potty train your child in 3 days program and it was fantastic. Here is a link to the program that I used. I wish I would have used it with Ava. The program calls for your child to be naked from the waist down for 3 days and only putting on a diaper at night (no panties either). You also have to have potties in almost every room you will be occupying. You eat lots of fruit and salty things to get them to drink extra water. Ellie did not have one accident in two and a half days! Go get em girl! We even went to church, the commissary, and our friend's house for the super bowl and she was successful using the potty in all the places. Unfortunately, I had a doctor's appointment today and Ellie went to the CDC for 3 hours and they put her back in a diaper and she regressed a bit. I think I left her too soon for this technique to work. I am canceling my appointment for Friday so that we can march on with potty training. I am happy to report that we are back on track. Future houseguests maybe alarmed because the program calls for her to be naked from the waist down for 3 months while she is home and when she goes out to wear mostly loose dresses. I have been dreading doing potty training again but this weekend was actually a lot of fun. The grin Ellie gets on her face when she has a success is priceless. It melted my heart when she told her Daddy on the phone, "Daddy I went on the potty all day. No accidents. I work hard Daddy". There is no stopping this girl when she gets a goal in her head.
One of the reasons Ellie was so successful was because Ava was her "Potty Coach". She made up the potty victory dance that we all did and the Pee Pee in the Potty Fight song. She was so supportive of her all weekend and kept asking her if she needed to go, etc. This child is such a wonderful older sibling and Ellie is so lucky to have her.
Lots and lots of craft time this weekend. I even brought out their Holy Grail of crafts- Markers.
In our old house that we potty trained Ava we had linoleum floors so clean up was a easy peasy. Not so in the new house. It is almost ALL carpet. We improvised and put out blankets, table cloths, beach towels, bathroom rugs, etc. I'm sure Martha Stewart would be proud.
Ellie running to the potty. She insisted that if she had to be naked from the waist down then we had to be too. We compromised by doing loose dresses.
Minnie Mouse providing moral support on her teeny potty.
One of the things that I absolutely love about this neighborhood is that it is flooded with children. It reminds me of the movie "The Sandlot". One of the big meet up spots for the kids is at a big tree across the street from our house. It was too torturous for the girls to see all the kids playing outside in 68 degree weather and being holed up inside potty training. I let them outside and just did knee highs for Ellie and just brought the potty with us.
When you gotta go you gotta go. Even if it is in the front yard. It was quite the icebreaker with some of our new neighbors. They were so nice and came over to introduce themselves and tell me that they had all "been there done that". I love how relaxed and friendly our neighborhood is. If this happened in our neighborhood in Virginia Beach, our Home Owner Association director would have a coronary and write me a fine!
This Ava's BFF Emmy. They live across the street from us and we car pool with them to preschool. Playing with Emmy is my ace in the cards of bribes with Ava.
This is Sarah who lives next door to Megan. She is in fifth grade and has a gift with kids. She entertains them all the time for us so Megan and I can catch our breath. Ellie has taken quite the liking to her.
Potty training has not kept our bike rides at bay. This is still how we spend most afternoons hitting the pavement.
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