Well, we (mostly just me) have ventured down the path of potty training over the last two weeks. I chose to do the 3 day potty training method, which ended up for us to be 4 days. Here is a little summary of how it went:
Day 1: We spent most of our time in the bathroom, as Evie had to go every 5 minutes.
Day 2: Evie realized she could hold it longer. We ended up in the bathroom every 15 minutes. Had MANY accidents. This was the day I thought to myself, "What the heck have I gotten myself into?" In fact, I called my mom wanting to quit. I thought diapers had to be easier than all these accidents.
Day 3: Realized she could hold it even longer. She went every 30 minutes. Still had many accidents, but I was determined not to give up.
Day 4: Began to stress out about how the heck I was going to make the 30+ minute commute in the morning with no accidents. At the same time though, I was relieved that daycare would be helping me as we were still having accidents.
Day 5: PERFECT DAY! NO ACCIDENTS! You can only imagine my shock when I picked up Evie and she was still in her clothes I dropped her off in. Amazing! My little Evie never ceases to amaze me and leave me speechless.
Since that day, Evie has done extremely well with going #1 consistently in the potty. However, #2 is a whole other issue. However, I have hope. I went to Target tonight and put together a little prize box for Evie. She understands when she makes #2 in the potty, she will get to pick out a prize. My little sweet pea tried for 10 minutes tonight to go in the potty (too bad she had just gone in her pants at home with Marcus while I was at Target). I am anxious to see if this prize box idea will work for her tomorrow.
Keep your fingers crossed!