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guess what we’re working on over here? POTTY TRAINING! we’d been putting this off until after our big move across the country to avoid anxiety/regression. now that we’re getting settled and novi is meeting new potty-trained friends, she has been saying, “i’m ready to use the potty!” so here we go…
we got the undies with her beloved disney fairies on them. (that would be tinkerbell, silvermist, fawn, rosetta, and iridessa, for those whose kid isn’t OBSESSED with tink.)
tinky undies
i’m not much for rewards systems that include candy, as this seems to send a strange psychological message about food. i know my kiddo, and she’s motivated by stickers. loves them. i know the potty training sticker charts are a popular thing, and i was hoping to get more creative and make a felt board (<– click out to check out my friend’s amazing felt board!) and give novi a new felt animal or flower with each poo or pee, but i don’t know that i can make that many felt items, honestly. anyway, we opted for a homemade sticker chart. novi colored it, of course. she drew her very first sunshine on it – whoo hoo!
coloring her chart
i penciled in a grid over the drawing, and labeled days down the left side. we chose a bunch of special stickers to keep in the bathroom for the chart. simple.
putting up her first sticker
i’m thinking she may get a bigger surprise toy at the end of each day. we’ve got a little stash of tiny tinkerbell figurines in the closet. shhhh…
okay, and i have to share this. novi drew her a picture of her first poop in the potty. cracks me up.
representational art: the potty with the first poop in it
what are your creative potty training tricks?
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Yea! Go Novi!
We used a train sticker chart. One sticker for pee and two stickers for poop. When she made it to the end of the train, she got a prize (usually chapstick was the favorite item). It worked easily for Madeline. Juliette was a lot slower about it. We actually resorted to m&m’s for poops after months of not ever pooping in the potty. But Juliette just started wearing undies last Thursday and has gone cold turkey since – not even pull ups at night! And no accidents, yet! Wow! When that girl decides to do something, she just does it, no fuss. She doesn’t even want to call grandparents and brag! They are all so different!
Good luck!
I don’t have any special tricks up my sleeve to offer (potty training is one aspect of toddlerhood I am glad to say is a distant memory for me). I do, however, have this great, no-nonsense straight-to-the-point article to recommend to put you in the mood, and keep you on track…although it sounds like you are already on your way.
http://www.kayabrams.com/articles/Ready%20Set%20Go%20Potty.pdf
Good luck!