My first full week off this summer has been filled with trying to get EK to go potty in socially acceptable places. This is my mission this summer.
I've kept a record of every time anything happened relating to peeing or pooping while trying to potty train her. Here is what's happened:
Monday - June 3: We started with padded, potty training panties.
8:15: Woke up wet. She did not go in the potty. Put on her thick panties.
8:25: She peed on the kitchen floor. The funny thing is she'll exclaim, "I made a mess!" So she's aware of the problem. I took her to the potty after the accident and she did not go in the potty. We put on a new pair of thick panties.
8:45: She stayed dry and did pee in the potty! Success #1.
9:03: Another accident - this time on the den floor. She did not go in the potty. I was out of thick panties, so I put on regular panties. I also put on a pull-up over the panties to contain the messes, but with the panties underneath she could still feel the wetness when she went.
9:20: Peed in her pants. Did not pee in potty.
9:40: Peed in her pants. Did not pee in potty.
10:20: Stayed dry, but did not pee in the potty.
At this point I decided that if she's wearing ANYTHING below the waist she thinks it's a diaper and she'll just go whenever and wherever she wants, not realizing 'til it's too late that she's making a mess. I decided to just go completely bottomless so I'm not going through 15 pairs of panties a day. This means if you decide to pull a surprise visit to our house during potty training you'll likely see a bare-assed 3 year old running around!
10:30: Stayed dry. Did not go in potty.
10:45: Stayed dry. Peed in potty!
11:10 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
11:25 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
12:00 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
I'm starting to be encouraged at this point! She is showing the ability to hold her pee for longer periods of time while completely bottomless!
12:15 - Stayed dry. Peed in potty!!
12:40 - Peed on kitchen floor while eating lunch. "I made a mess!" she proclaimed. She did not go in the potty after this.
12:50 - Peed in the potty!!
1:10 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
1:47 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
2:00 - Peed in potty!
2:45 - Peed in potty!
3:15 - Peed just a small amount in the playroom. We hurried to the potty where she finished the job. Even though she peed some in the playroom, I was excited that she stopped it and waited 'til she was on the potty to finish peeing.
3:30 - Pooped in the playroom. That was fun.
3:50 - Peed in potty!
4:15 - Peed on den floor. Did not pee in the potty.
4:30 - Peed in potty!
4:40 - Peed in potty!
5:15 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
5:25 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
5:45 - Stayed dry. Did not pee in potty.
Once I decided to go bottomless we had much more success. This will be my approach for the rest of the week.
Tuesday, June 4:
We did a lot of running around today, but we did try training some in the morning. She stayed dry for the first 90 minutes with no trouble, peeing in the potty once. Then I was sitting at the computer paying bills at 9:00 when EK comes running in from the playroom. "Daddy! I made a mess!" Then she very proudly hands me a giant turd. So, here I am with a pile of poop in my left hand trying to figure out what to do. I grab her with my right hand and we run to the bathroom to wash up, vigorously washing every bit of exposed flesh! After this we get dress to do some running around. We did not do anymore training this day.
Wednesday, June 5:
We woke up at 7:30. Between 7:30 and 10:30 she stayed the entire time, and peed in the potty three times. At 10:30 we got dressed to go to the YMCA. We followed that up with a nap (in a diaper), then gymnastics, then dinner. At 6:30 we resumed potty training and she stayed dry, peeing twice again in the potty before bed time.
Thursday, June 6:
We woke up at 8:00 and we were at home until 10:50, when we went to the YMCA and the library. Between 8:00 and 10:50 EK stayed dry and peed in the potty all five times I took her! It was our most successful run to date!
Friday, June 7:
We've only been at it for 3 hours today, but we've been pretty successful so far. She had a small accident in the playroom, but was able to stop it and then finish in the potty. She's gone in the potty three times this morning and has held all pee for the last hour. I'm not going anywhere until later tonight, so we should get a full day of training today. My only fear now is that she's due for a poop at some point today. I just hope we catch her in the act so she doesn't parade it through the house like she did last time!
While we've had some success getting her to go int he potty, our next challenge is getting her to initiate it. She will not go on her own, and even when we ask if she needs to go she's unresponsive. We just have to force her to go sit down on the potty. Hopefully after a week or two of this she'll realize it's part of the routine and she'll start to initiate it herself.
We'll post more details as we continue training!
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