Potty Training Round 2

Today is the second of our recent attempts to potty train Kinley.  I read several books and articles about potty training and came to the same conclusion that I always do.  My lovely little daughter just doesn't really fit those books.  So, instead of following one book or one method, I just took bits and pieces from each and came up with my own "plan" for Kinley.  I guess time will tell if it works out.

We turned yesterday into a "learn to pee in the potty" party.  The inspiration came from the "My Little Ponies".  Those silly ponies have a party for everything.  I tried to make the day as fun as possible.  We had special treats and snacks, and of course, lots of fun things to drink to give us a reason to be in the bathroom.  I don't think that I have ever been this tired in my life.  Apparently trying to find creative ways to entice your child into the bathroom every 20 minutes just wears you right out, that and sitting on a tiny pink stool and cheering for somebody to urinate.

I decided to use Pull-Ups, even though I'm not completely sold on them, but poor Kinley has a panic attack when her pants get all wet.  We'll move on to Pull-Ups with underwear and then just the underwear.  However, all steps are subject to change.  We finally had one successful attempt last night and after spending the majority of the day in the bathroom with her, it was literally like I had won the lottery.  We sang about 1,148 songs, read 287 stories, talked about Nick Jr. characters for about 2 hours, and sat in the bathroom every 20 minutes, and we ended up with one potty chair half full of bodily fluids.  Whew!  What a day!  We've had some accidents again today and zero successful attempts, but we're making progress.

This is Kinley "checking for goo" as she calls it.  Apparently kids these days call toe jam "goo", or at least mine does.  She does this several times a day.