potty training adventure

"when you have to go potty, stop, & go right away."


thank you, daniel tiger!


this week we started potty training. yay & i am so tired.


i know about sticker charts & motivators. for my daughter - all she needs is a tube of mini m&m's next to the toilet. she also requires immediate praise & reward. we could add a sticker chart on top of this, but right now, she doesn't seem to care.

we started on thursday & within a few hours i wasn't sure if i wanted to keep going. she had four accidents within the first hour. after her first one she cried & asked me to put a diaper back on her. i realized the toilet every 30 minutes was too long & eventually figured the timer needed to be set for every 15 minutes. i explained that sofia the first, doc mcstuffins, & minnie mouse were really sad when she got them wet (they were on the underwear she picked out). she then insisted on watching as much of sofia, mcstuffins, & minnie mouse as much as possible the rest of the day. no accidents after that. stayed dry all night. seriously - this girl is a rock star.

she had one accident friday afternoon, but friday night we took a trip to the aquarium & she was so good about going! then we went to my aunt's house to be with family & she let me or my parents know when she needed to go. seriously. this girl!

we stayed the night with my parents friday since sydney had a baby shower next door on saturday morning. because of this, i put rooney in a diaper, but we talked about how she needs to go potty in the toilet & not her diaper. i came down with a cold, so i spent a lot of the night up, trying to breathe. at one point, this woke her up & she stayed up with me for a good hour. then after we woke up in the morning, we didn't make it to the bathroom right away. i fully expected the diaper to be wet. it was not! rooney stayed dry again! but we were both pretty grumpy due to a lack of sleep. we ( I ) couldn't wait to get home & to have the support of ashton.

sunday we weren't quite sure how to do nursery. ashton & i teach a primary class so we were thinking one of us would leave every 20 to 30 minutes to take her. i can't tell you if that worked or not because our stake cancelled all meetings due to inclement weather.

it is now 8:00 on monday morning & rooney is still sleeping - it is very rare that she sleeps in so late. here's to hoping for another dry morning & accident free day!


*** i know rooney is a rare potty training success. i am sure baby boy will give us much more of a run for our money. so exciting. ***