rowan decided to start potty training at the very end of january! wahooooooooo. i have heard from so many parents that potty training is the nightmare of parenthood. truly, i have heard the worst things about it. so naturally, i have been dreading this. rowan started showing "signs" last valentines day (2013), so literally we have been talking about it for a YEAR! but all the signs that she was showing weren't really strong enough for me that i thought she wanted to go for it. so we just continued to talk and talk about it. then a few weeks before greer came, she went on the potty for the first time ( in an in-n-out!) THAT was for sure a sign that i should have just gone for it. but i wasn't ready. jord was out of town, and i was so stressed trying to get ready for a baby to come that i didn't want to go for it. plus, rowan was staying with cousins and grandparents when greer was coming, and i didn't want them to have to deal with cleaning up her messes. but then a few days after my birthday she started grabbing her bum and running away ( a clear sign that she was about to go) and so i grabbed her and said "ROWAN! we're gonna go on the potty!" so i put her on and she went. we were both soooooo excited. so we went to the store, bought all the treats, bought a few toys, bought stickers and underwear. and then of course that night, i got food poisoning. i was so miserable. but i wasn't going to turn back with the potty training. so we continued to go for it.
she had a few accidents the first couple days. she started on wednesday, but by friday.. she wasn't having any! she really was doing so awesome. after a week, she didnt need pull-ups during her nap. and after two weeks, she didn't need them at night. IT WAS AMAZING. of course it was a little frustrating the first few days, but nowhere near the nightmare i thought it was going to be. which proved to me, that was her time to do it. timing is everything with potty-training!!!!! we've had a couple accidents since then, but she absolutely has done so amazing. i'm so proud of her.
my potty training advice-
-timing is everything.
-make everything as positive as you can, even accidents.
- have your child pick out their favorite toy at the store, and set it on the table or counter where they can see it. and tell them they can open it when they go potty. it worked like a charm with rowan!
-have a jar of tiny treats, so that they can be rewarded every time they go.
- timing is everything.
- did i already say timing is everything?
