Audrey is officially potty trained.....well sort of! I had no expectations at all of potty training her before the baby. She is not even two yet, and Luke was not potty trained until about 2 years and 9 or 10 months old. He just wasn't having it. I never dreamed that I would be able to train a 1 year old, but this girl started showing signs she was ready, and drove me crazy in the process!
A few weeks ago, she started taking all of her clothes off constantly. She would rip her diaper off as well, and if we were home and I wasn't watching her like a hawk, I would turn around and clothes would be everywhere. She even tried this at the grocery store, where I am sad to say, we lost a shoe. Very frustrating! She would also want her diaper off if she even had one small pee in it, which was new for her. Well, after a few frustrating weeks of this, I decided training her was worth a shot, but had very low expectations. Here are some pre-potty training pics.
At Benjamin's house clothes were coming off as well!
I caught her naked on her hands and knees cleaning up a puddle of pee. Hey, at least she was trying to clean it up. :)
After many times of telling her to leave her clothes on, I find her again naked, and off to naked time out it is!
Enough was enough, so one morning I woke her up, put on the panties, and gave it a go. She was so excited, and of course her brother had to be included as well.
Day 1 was off to a slow start. After pumping her with juice, she had been up for 3 hours and had still not gone. No accidents, but nothing successful either. I was determined to catch that first pee in the potty, so we spent a good part of the morning sitting on the toilet singing songs. Finally, this girl went pee pee, and we were successful at getting it in the potty! I was amazed, because honestly that was all it took. She would pee maybe a few drips in her underwear, realize what was happening, stop herself and come to me, and finish in the potty. It was amazing, and I take no credit for how easy it was, she just did it. We stayed home for two days, and she continued with her success. I went ahead and kept her in a diaper for naps and nighttime, but she was dry during the day.
Here we are venturing out on day 3. No accidents at the grocery store either!
I am happy to report that almost two weeks later she has kept it up, and even stayed dry at church. Here is our little cutie in her new princess undies.
Now with all this success, I thought I was in the clear, but then I realized she is not poo pooing in the potty. In fact, she is holding it and now cries if she has to poo poo and refuses to do it on the potty. In fact, we have had several times where she has pooped in her panties, literally seconds after getting off the potty. I'm a little concerned, as I don't want her holding it in and having constipation issues. This is totally new territory for me, as Luke did both poo and pee training at one time. If anyone has any poo poo tricks, please let me know!
Overall, I am extremely thankful to have her mostly potty trained. I never in a million years thought I wouldn't have 2 in diapers come September, so that is a huge blessing! Now if we can just master the poo!
Nothing cuter than a little tushy in some Elmo panties!
