skip to the loo
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?
