Pee Pee in the Potty

Well, we officially started potty training last week. We have slowly been working our way to this step since a little bit before Tayah turned two. We've had the potty chair sitting in the bathroom and every once in a while Tayah would surprise me and think it was fun to go potty on the potty chair. She would do really good about going for about a day but then would slowly lose interest with the whole idea. We actually probably hadn't even touched the potty chair for about the last month or so up until last week when Tayah came up to me and said, "pee pee in potty". Since she initiated the idea I litteratlly jumped at the opportunity to sit her on it. Ever since then she has been showing interest and has been willing to go for me when I ask. The first couple of days I may have pushed her patience just a little bit because I was having her go every 20-30 minutes so she would get the idea of what it felt like when she actually has to go. By the end of the day she was just tired of me having her go so often and she would be ready to give up. Ben picked up Disney Princess pullups which are working pretty good, at least in these beginning stages it is less of a mess and it is nice to have the convenience of just being able to pull them up and down. We may attempt real underwear soon though because she is doing so well and is staying dry for most of the day. We started using a prize jar as a reward system which she gets a prize when she tells me she has to go potty. This way she doesn't get frustrated with me having her go so often and so she decides when she has to go and tells me. She is really starting to get it and I couldn't be more thrilled. Our next mission for project potty is figuring out how to get her to go potty in public (and not just in her little potty at home) and to go "poo poo in potty". What could possibly be more fun?

Tayah picking her prize from the jar.



Tayah going potty on her "little potty".

Tayah and her ABC's and 123's

Just thought I would share a little video of Tayah so you could see her in action. Tayah was in a mood to perform yesterday and show off all her skills so I started taking some video of her and this is what I got. The other little girl in the video is a daycare friend of hers, Ella. So, here is Tayah, 27 months old.