Potty Training

No, we're not "officially" potty training, but it's in the works. Madison got a froggy potty for Christmas and I put it in her bathroom where she takes a bath. My goal is to ask her right before she gets into the bathtub if she needs to go potty. She's actually pee-peed on the potty several times before with Grandma. Grandma has placed on her the "real" potty at random times and Madison has gone.

Yesterday, she told me she needed to pee-pee on the potty and I kind of blew her off. It's a pain to take her clothes off and her diaper off and put everything back on. But, then I thought maybe she really did need to go. So, I let her try and guess what? She pee-peed!!! And she was so excited. She clapped and said, "yeah, I pee-peed on the potty!" And for that, I told her she would get a piece of chocolate. I cleaned the potty up and she again told me she needed to go potty. So, I let her and the little rat went again. Well, we cheered and I told her she would get 2 pieces of chocolate. The girl LOVES candy, so this candy bribe thing could just be the trick!

She's mentioned the potty once today, but I had just changed her diaper and told her we weren't going to the potty right then. We'll try again tonight before bedtime. Who knows? Maybe this potty training thing won't be so bad after all.