Potty Training : Day 1

I'm exhausted, but so happy that Day 1 is over. Hopefully this is the hardest day and I'm expecting tomorrow to be almost as hard. Courtney definitely got the concept of potty training, but she doesn't know when she needs to go.

We started the day with breakfast and then jumped right in. We had a bunny and we put underwear on the bunny and I told her she was going to teach the bunny how to go potty. So we brought he bunny into the bathroom (as I turned around Coco had already dunked the bunny in the big potty), I rescused the bunny and she only got a paw wet. So we had her feel the bunny's pants and they were dry so the bunny got a treat, then we put the bunny on the potty (I poured water in and turned on the water). Bunny got two treats for going pee in the potty. Then it was Coco's turn. She did it, but no pee. I set out all her favorite snacks and gave her lots of drinks. I set the timer and every time it went off we checked her underwear for dryness and had her go potty. She finally did! We celebrated big time. We had lots of accidents. I had to do a load of towels and underwear by 9 am. I kept a good attitude and we kept trucking.

Then she was sitting on the potty and she got a scared look on her face. I could tell she had to poop. After a bit of encouragement she did it! I was so excited! We even called Daddy at work and she wanted to tell his friend Eric too. She got to pick a prize out of the basket. The whole experience was a little shocking to her.

It was definitely challenging feeding Caylee today. She was as good as she needed to be though. I brought her bed down to our stair landing so it was easier to get her down. She napped as normal. Boy am I lucky. It got a little crazy for a bit, this evening; Courtney had about 4 accidents in a 20 min span and Caylee woke up from her nap screaming. I got kind of frustrated but remembered my patience.

At the end of the evening, Courtney really wanted a "big" candy. I told her the only way she gets candy is if she stays dry or goes pee in the potty. She she kept sitting on the potty voluntarily trying to pee. I even let her stay up an extra 20 min but she couldn't go. She had a
complete melt down because she wanted another "big" candy or a prize. I reassured her that we get to do it all again tomorrow and that
seemed to help. At least I know the motivators are working.

All in all it went better than I expected. Tomorrow is a new day.