As many of you probably know, I have had a rough time trying to get Reagan potty trained. You might know this because I was asking everyone I knew for any advice or tricks to help this concept "click" in Reagan's mind. She just didn't seem to understand what I was trying to get her to do. Now, I know I am her mother, and mother's always think this about their own children, but I think Reagan is pretty smart. She said her first word at 9 months and the mouth hasn't slowed down since. She started walking at 13 months. Both of these things seem momentous compared to Crew who didn't walk until he was 17 months and still has yet to say a word at 19 months.
But the potty thing - nothing. She just didn't get it. I tried 3 different times spending full days cleaning up messes and washing clothes with no successes at all. Not one. She just wouldn't go in the potty.
One night, at FHE, I was talking to my cousin and expressing, again, my frustrations with Reagan going in the potty. She has a little girl who is a couple of years older than Reagan and one who is 3 months older than Reagan. Both of which are potty trained. She started explaining to me how she got her oldest to go in the potty after she had some struggles and I knew she had hit the nail right on the button. THANK YOU TARA!
So the next day Tara brought over her little kid potty for Reagan to borrow and we started our routine. Here is how I got Reagan to go in the potty:
When Reagan woke up we went right down stairs. I got her breakfast and she ate it while she sat on her little potty and watched a movie. That sounds crazy but she went in the potty for the first time that morning and I think that was the "click" I had been trying for all along.
When she finished I would wipe her and she could stand up and we would do her "potty dance".
She, then, carried her little bowl of pee upstairs and poured it into the big potty and got to flush it.
We washed our hands and went back downstairs where she got a sticker for her sticker chart and a small treat like a starburst or taffy.
This sounds a little extreme, I know. We did that all day long every time she went to the potty. And you know what? It worked! Reagan didn't have a peeing accident after 3 days. The poo poo thing was a little harder to figure out, but all of a sudden that "clicked" and it has been a long time since she has had one of those accidents. She doesn't wear a diaper at all any more. Not for naps or bedtime. What a big girl! We are so proud of her! I am so happy that she is out of diapers! Yeah for growing up! I miss the little girl that she was but am loving the big girl she is becoming! We love you Reagan! Good job!
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I can't wait for Eme to do it all on her own. She will get on her potty and go pee almost every time you put her on there, but we haven't attempted the poop thing yet. I don't want to push her that hard yet. lol. I am just glad she knows what to do when she gets on there. SO PROUD OF YOU REAGAN!!
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