We are coming up on the end of the second week of potty training! Our daycare is taking the lead on potty training and I could not be more happy :-) They are leading Olivia through a 12 week.... yes, a 12 week.... potty training journey. I was dreading having to do potty training and had heard several people say to take a couple days off of work, lock ourselves at home, push the fluids, and run for the toilet! The staff phrased it nicely today. They pointed out that to change a behavior/start or stop a habit, it takes at least 21 days of consistency. Their program builds the children up to where they need to be and that is why it takes 12 weeks. When parents try to cram it into a few days, they are actually training themselves to look for indicators that their child needs to go to the bathroom. It makes sense to me! To each their own, and different strategies work for different people. I feel beyond blessed by our daycare.
Olivia has been doing a GREAT job from day one! She gets stickers every time she puts her potty in the toilet. She is so proud of herself :-) This week she actually put poo poo in the toilet for the first time! And on Wednesday she moved from pull-ups to big girl underwear... of course it had to be Frozen themed. Haha! Whatever will encourage you baby girl.
Here is a quick story from one of our first days of potty training:
I have not laughed this hard in such a long time!
This week we started potty training with Olivia. She had been doing great at school, but not so well at home. We she actually when twice today at home! We put her to bed just after 8pm. At 9:30pm we heard her door. I went back to put her in bed and quickly realized she wasn't wearing pants! Then I noticed she didn't have her diaper on. There was a small wet spot on her mattress. I called Mike in to help me find the diaper she took off.
He walked into the closest and immediately started yelling. OLIVIA TOOK OFF HER DIAPER AND PEED ON THE FLOOR IN HER CLOSEST AND MIKE STEPPED IN IT! Hahaha! I was dying. Kim came in and started laughing as well. As soon as he had a towel he ran to the bathroom to wash his feet. Olivia decided this was a good time to bring her diaper to daddy since he had been asking for it. IT WAS DRY!!
Oh my! I seriously could not stop laughing. How do you deal with that??
There have been no more accidents like this. So thankful!
Currently we are taking her to the potty every hour on the hour. It can be a lot, but I know that it will pay off. She is in a pull-up at nap time at school, and in a diaper at bedtime. One thing we will ave to address soon is that lately as we have been putting her in bed, she has been asking for water. She will drink ALL THE WATER. We have realized that we need to give just a tiny amount of water. When we get to the point that she starts wearing underwear at night, it could be awful. I was a bed wetter for several years. I think largely because I am such a deep sleeper. I feel like Olivia is a deep sleeper, but we will find out I guess.
We have also been working on going potty when we are out and about - at Nana and Papa's house, at the grocery store, at the mall. She has done really well! Mike is not sure how he feels about her having to hold onto a public toilet though. We just need to make sure that we wash her hands really well afterwards. I could have her hold onto my arms instead, but I have a feeling that she will fight me because that is not how she does it at school and at home. Mike has not taken her potty in public yet either. I have a feeling that that will be a story to be shared later.
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We are so thankful for our friend Emma! Olivia and her have such a great time together and they are both still learning to share. What I really appreciate is that Emma understands that Olivia is younger and does not speak as well as her. Because Olivia is tall, I feel that kids out in public think that she is weird because she does not talk at their level. She is still so young! Her language has developed tremendously.
The kids in our building have been very sweet to Olivia. They have recently started coming to the door and asking if Olivia can come out and play with them. One boy in particular has been so sweet. Yesterday he came to me when we were arriving home and said that he was going to buy Olivia a fidget spinner, a PINK fidget spinner. I told him that he was sweet, but that he did not need to do that. Well, shortly after we got home today, there was a knock on the door. This boy was there asking to see Olivia. He bought her a pink, glow in the the dark fidget spinner! You should have been there to see her eyes light up! I could tell that she wanted to give him a hug, but instead she said thank you with the biggest smile on her face. Her hands are still a little small to use it the way that most people do, so we will need to explore some other ways to play with it. So thankful for the kind and caring people in our building, even if the neighborhood itself is not the best.
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