Potty Training

We've begun more earnestly potty training in our house. Alanna started to show interest in the potty over last summer, so we brought home a little training potty. She'd sit on it and sometimes go, but for the most part was more interested in the novelty of it than really using it.

After she turned two, I bought some Dora Pullups which she really likes to wear because they're like big girl panties. So, we turned that into a reward as well. If she'd try to use the potty, she could wear her Dora pullups rather than her regular diapers. It works fairly well, but she's still not all that interested in the potty on her own--she has to be prompted.

Then she lost interest completely in the little potty, so we went and got a Dora soft potty seat for the big toilet to use as she needs it. She thought that was pretty neat, but again has to be prompted to use the potty. I even put a little basket of potty books in the bathroom that she can read when she's sitting there.

Now, we've moved on to the Potty Chart. This is a posterboard chart that I created Sunday with little squares for stickers for each time she goes peepee and big squares for bigger stickers each time she goes poopoo. She really likes the sticker chart. She's already gotten 4 peepee stickers and is excited to get more...so hopefully now we're making a bit more progress. Heck, last night she even told Jeb "Goooo poo poo!" with the go having this upward lilt to it. It was really funny to hear from the other room. Of course, then she proceeded to sit on the toilet for 10 minutes with nothing happening, then got off, got a diaper on and promptly made a stinky. Ah, one step at a time.