Potty Training!!!!

7-8 months ago Alyssa was very interested in potty training.  She would go on her little frog potty once or twice a day and we'd celebrate.  She'd get an M&M.  Life was good.  I thought this was going to be easy.

Well, then along came her baby brother.  Soon we had a diaper factory assembly line.  Diaper #1.  Diaper #2.  Wipe #1.  Wipe #2.  Clean diaper #1.  Clean diaper #2.  She loved it!  It was fun and she loved being an example to James.  Oops...maybe it was too much fun.  But some regression is normal with a new sibling, right?

Then, Ally had her tonsils and adenoids removed.  She was so brave.  I wasn't about to enforce potty rules when she had an IV in one foot and a monitor on the other.  We recovered at home and I was more interested in her getting her medicine down and eating.  Getting out of diapers was the least of my worries.

Then, came the holidays and another excuse for us to wait just a little bit longer.

Now, it is time.  I know she can physically do it because she'll wear panties all day long and never tee tee in them.  She doesn't tee tee in the potty either.  She just holds it until nap time when she knows she's going to get a diaper.  She's never really been a good pooper in the potty yet.  With the help of iGoPotty app on "Dada's iPod" we get a reminder call every 30 minutes (we can change the settings if we want) and a star on a chart for going in the potty.  9 stars will unlock a game.  Since she loves Dada's iPod she really loves to hold it during the potty song.  It's a good tool for us. 

The prizes are in sight, but out of reach.  M&M for tee tee.  Prize for poo poo.

Poo Poo Potty Prize Box

Prizes include new panties, sticker book, Slinky, pencils, straw, eraser, nail polish, stamps,or bubbles.

We'll see how this goes.