As I was nursing Rylan on Tuesday morning (November 18th), Kyleigh walked into her room and announced to me that she needed to go pee pee on the potty. I told her to take off her diaper and sit on the potty. I didn't expect her to actually go pee, but she ran back into Rylan's room enthusiastically stating "I went pee pee on the potty, Mommy!!!!!" I checked and sure enough, the water in the toilet was slightly yellowed (sorry for the graphics!). I gave her a treat and thought nothing of this one time incident.
Later that Tuesday, I asked her several times if she wanted to go pee pee on the potty again and she had virtually no interest. I admit, I was a little bummed, but wasn't going to push her.
Wednesday morning after she woke up, I suggested she try going potty again and she willingly walked into the bathroom and stripped off all her clothes and successfully went pee pee again. Again, I thought nothing of this. That is until a few minutes later she ran back into the bathroom, ripped off her fresh diaper and began going potty again. She repeated this a few times on Wednesday morning. I think she had 3 successful trips to the bathroom. Since I still had pull ups from our last go around, I decided not to use a diaper the rest of the day so attempting to use the potty would be easier. I did notice that after naptime on both Tuesday and Wednesday, she had no interest in trying to use the potty.
Then Thursday came. She again had successful trips to the bathroom in the morning prior to leaving for preschool. However, we spent a significant portion of the morning away from home, so I put her in a pull up before leaving the house. She never told me she needed to go potty while we were out and about, and she definitely peed into the pull up at least once, if not more. After naptime on Thursday, though, she was more interested in using the potty. I told her about wearing "big girl" underwear and that if she needed to go, she had to use the potty. She very much seemed to understand what I was saying. She did have her first accident (on her bed, of course!) shortly after I put the underwear on her. She was very apologetic, "I'm sorry, mommy, for going pee pee in my underwear." I reassured her I wasn't upset, but that next time she needs to go to the bathroom. She had a few more successful trips before heading to bed on Thursday night.
Here I am typing this post half-way through Friday. Once again, Kyleigh had a very successful morning - at least four or five trips to the bathroom and only one accident right before lunch. She did have her first poop accident this morning, and she was again very apologetic about it. And I again reassured her I wasn't upset with her for the accident. At this young age, she is fairly predictable with her BMs, so I'll need to keep a close eye on her around the time I think she needs to go.
If you would have asked me at the beginning of the week what my plans were, potty training would NOT have been a part of it! I find myself in the throws of potty training again, but that's okay. I wouldn't have picked this week, but Kyleigh did. And she's doing a fantastic job!
If there is one thing I've learned from potty training, it's that you can't expect one method to work for every child. You might be saying "you're just now figuring that out?!" but I really thought I could approach potty training the same with all of my kids. I tried what worked with Reagan on Kyleigh and initially, it did work. However, it didn't stick. Kyleigh just needed a little more time and that's fine. She's learning now and I'm so excited for her!
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