Day 1 of Potty Training Boot Camp

Today was our first day of the 3 Day Potty Training Boot Camp and Emma Claire did great!


I will give you the gist of the Boot Camp and then I will talk about our day. The concept of the whole thing is that you throw away all diapers and go straight panties; not just during the day but for naptime and bedtime too! For 3 days you stay at home and just focus on potty training Emma Claire. You don't ask them if they need to go potty because you want them to learn to be aware of when she needs to go potty. You constantly remind them to tell mommy and daddy if they need to go potty. You do this over and over and over. Bedtime and Naptime are just the same. You tell them if they need to go potty while in their bed to call mommy and daddy and we will come take you potty. The concept sounds great! Potty train in 3 days and then your done? Does it work???

Well so far, for us, YES!!!! We got Emma Claire up this morning and told her that our diapers were all gone, (and they were because the one she slept in was the last one we had in our house) and that we were a big girl now and were going to start wearing big girl panties. She was so excited. We had been talking about it for a couple of days because she has really been wanting to start using the potty and wearing panties. I had told her we just weren't ready to start yet. On my days off she would already wear panties and go tinkle and poo-poo in the potty so I knew she was ready. It was just time for commitment. So this weekend we found three days and we were ready!

We had everything ready for the day when she got up. I had stamps, MM's, suckers, and big treats for when she had really done a great job. And of course LOTS of panties. Emma Claire started off great. The first time she went she was standing in the bathroom, but didn't make it to the potty. It was all uphill after that though! We all stayed close together so we would be ready for any sign that told us she needed to go potty. When ever she took off running toward us, we knew. We would grab her up and run to the potty. After that first accident she always finished in the potty. YEA!!!! We went through about 7 or 8 pair of panties, but some of them were just a little damp where she caught herself starting to go.

At naptime I was nervous that it was going to be a long afternoon. When I laid her down I explained to her that if she needed to go potty to call Mommy and I would come get her and take her to the bathroom. I laid her down at 1:30 expecting to get a call soon. By 2:00 I never heard her call me and she was sound asleep. At 4:45 I went into her room to wake her up and expecting to find a mess. But I didn't!!! She was still dry! I woke her up and told her how proud I was of her and asked her if she needed to go potty. Of course miss grouchy said NO! It wasn't long after that she caught herself and took off running to the restroom.

The rest of the afternoon was great! No accidents at all! We still have not gone poo-poo, but I'm not going to get worried yet. As of now, 9:45 pm, she is in her bed sleeping with dry panties. I'm not sure what the night will hold but I will still be super proud of her. She has done so great and has not started to stress mommy out at all yet. My baby is growing up too fast! I will keep everyone updated tomorrow on Day 2 of Boot Camp.

Comments:


comment by Pepaw and RaRa on 03/15/2009

Good Job Emma Claire!! We are sooooo proud of you. You are such a BIG girl. Your Mommy and Daddy are good planners. The rest was up to you and YOU DID IT!! Yea!! We love you!