Eve loves all things pretty: pretty hair, pretty clothes, and pretty panties. Through her love of these things and wanting to be a big girl, she has begun to teach herself to potty. This has been a fun and exciting adventure, but has also caused some frustration.
She has begun to go potty at home all on her own and has very few accidents during the day. We started with letting her earn her big girl panties by going potty, but this weekend have officially put her in big girl panties for the whole weekend. The only exception is when we went to visit friends. Yesterday, she made it through the whole day with only one accident. Today she has had two accidents but has made it to the potty both times she went number 2. All of her success makes us very proud of her.
However, with the success of potty training, there is also failure. Eve appears to struggle with going potty at other people's house to include the babysitters. So this weekend we focused on a new set of rule to help encourage her to go anywhere. We shall see how this work. However, we are not buying any more diapers or pull-ups! So it will have to work.
The routine:
1. Start the morning off in pretty clothes and big girl panties.
2. Ask her where she needs to go when she goes pee pee or poo poo. (She can tell and point.)
3. Remind her that if she keeps her pretty clothes clean, than she can wear them all day. Otherwise, she loses the pretty clothes.
4. Give her lots of praise (Yay! Eve look at you! You are a BIG GIRL!") and a "potty bear" all natural gummy bears. Thank you Earth Fare!
5. Take her every 30 minutes to an hour!
Hopefully with the new routine, lots of practice, we will have success everywhere we go. I know we are super proud of Eve. We will continue to help her achieve success in her newest quest and encourage her success.
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