Potty Training: Take 3

Take 3.....because that is how many times it took to
get Kayla potty trained!!

 Last March I thought we would make an attempt and see how Kayla would do. She would sit on the potty chair and do nothing and then mintues later she would go in her underwear. After 2 days with no success in the potty chair I put the diapers back on.

 Then last October I thought we would try again. We sat on the potty several times that morning with no luck. Then around lunch time Kayla told me that she needed to go potty but as I started to move to help her she said "No mom, stay here! I do it myself."  So I stayed in the kitchen while she went into the bathroom, sat on her potty chair, and went. It was her first success!! That makes me laugh because it shows Kayla's independent personality. From there we continued for several days but Kayla decided that she no longer wanted to potty-train. Long story short.....her strong willed personality won out.

Even though we put the potty-training on hold I was suprised to find out that when Kayla went to Mothers-Day-Out, she used the potty chair there and kept her diaper dry all day. Yet at home she still refused to use the potty. This continued for several weeks until one day she wanted to put diapers on her stuffed animals/care bears/Bowser. I convinced her to put underwear on them and soon she had 10 carebears in underwear and was taking turns teaching them to all use the potty. I told Kayla that "maybe she could use the potty chair too" and didn't push the idea any further. But sure enough, she used the potty and that began potty training attempt #3 which has been successful!! We still have accidents sometimes but Kayla is now wearing underwear and is a big girl!! (Wheww!!)