Potty Training

That time has come. Sadie will be 2 1/2 on February 21st. If you're like me, this is what I stressed about the most. But honestly what stressed me out even more was reading the articles and blogs about "How to Potty Train in 3 Days." Not that there is anything wrong in potty training that fast, heck it sure would be nice to have it over in three days. But the idea of focusing on nothing but potty training for three days is not fun. I can stir crazy if I don't leave the house for one day let alone three.

So I decided I was going to stop reading all the "recommendations" and just go with my gut.

We've had a small Baby Bjorn potty since Sadie was about 18 months. She mostly just saw it and didn't pay much attention to it. A few months ago, I started asking her if she wanted to go potty at random times. If she seemed interested, I'd let her sit on it and there were a few times she would tinkle. Beyond that, we didn't really do much.

So about 2 weeks ago, I decided we were finally going to start potty training. I set up her potty with a potty chart I found from _______. We picked out some stickers at the store together. I also turned a Yankee Candle Jar into a "Potty Treats" jar and filled it up with Peanut M&Ms.

From that day on, she's gone tinkle on the potty every day. She still forgets and has accidents, but it's not a big deal. We switched to Pull Ups to make it easier to get on and off at the potty and when we are home I sometimes put panties on her. She gets all excited and looks pretty darn cute in them.

She's never really had trouble going tinkle and each time she goes I can still she is getting better at it.

We've had two successful #2 in the potty so far. This one has been little trickier, but I'm in no rush. One day, I think it'll click and she'll get it. She has far more dry pull ups lately and we show excitement when she does.

We actually went to the store the other day and once we got there I realized I forgot to change her out of her underwear into a pull up. So I took her to the potty and let her tinkle and she stayed dry until we got home. I was so proud of her.

It may not be the perfect way or the fastest way, but it's working for us! What has worked for you?