Potty Training--Day 1

I'm beginning this post with an apology. I didn't think about tracking Jaiden's potty training until day 2 so this post will be how I remember day 1. Day 1 began about 2 weeks ago.

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Day 1 of potty training began with excitement. I read some books saying what to feed your toddler when trying to potty train, what signs to look for to see if your toddler is ready, what to say to your toddler, and others of the sort. I also talked to friends who recently had also potty trained their wee ones. I was ready!

I started by talking to Jaiden and telling him what we were going to do that day. We were going to learn to use the potty and we weren't going to wear diapers. Jaiden doesn't really like diapers so that is a plus. I knew that the first few bathroom tries were going to be chance so we needed to get the timing right.

I put Jaiden in big boy underwear and set an alarm. Every 5 minutes we were going to go to the potty. It seems a little excessive but I though I would have a better chance at getting him to go in the potty and not his underwear. As it turned out, my 5 minute alarm didn't work. He wet his underwear in between the times. So much for that idea.

We changed his underwear and tried again. I gave Jaiden snacks that would make him thirsty and plenty of water. All that did was make him pee more often! And not on the potty.

4 pairs of underwear later...he went on the potty!!!!! I couldn't have been happier. I praised him, the potty praised him (we have a talking potty), and I thought maybe we did it. Now that Jaiden knew what I wanted he could tell me when he needed to go. Right?

No.

By noon, I couldn't do it any more. I was done. Jaiden was frustrated because I kept putting him on his potty. I was frustrated because Jaiden was "going" on his potty. So in the end we stopped. Jaiden wasn't quite ready and mommy wasn't quite ready. We will try again.

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