Potty Training, Take 2

You may remember we tried Potty Training back in February. It was not fun. We tried again and have had AMAZING success! I cannot believe how easy it has been this time around. I'm kind of glad I had one failed attempt or I wouldn't have ever understood those who lament about how hard it can be. Here's what we did:
We started by talking it up in a big way. We talked about needing to be a big girl to go to school in the fall, wearing panties, watching her cousins (whom she adores!), no more diapers like baby Avery. Then her Daddy promised her a new princess dress when she decided she was ready and started putting her pee in the potty chair. We knew this time around it would have to be on her timetable, not ours. Well, somewhere along the way all of this talk got twisted in her mind with her birthday party...which isn't until the end of August, and only one week before playschool starts. So we needed a plan...and a party...fast!
We set a date (June 16) for her "Princess Potty Party" and started counting down with her. The diaper stash was not being replinished. The night before I let her choose if she wanted to use her little musical potty chair or the big potty--she wanted the big potty, yea! We tried on all of her panties--Princess, My Little Pony, Elmo and Dora. They all fit. We were ready to go. So, the next morning she woke up to this:We picked out a pair of panties and she was a big girl. Until about 10:30. Thankfully she was on the tile. Try again. We almost made it to the potty chair. Our second accident occured on the bathroom floor. Hey, at least it was the right room. Try again. And that has been our last pee pee accident. More than three weeks ago. I'm so proud of her. What's most remarkable to me is that she hasn't even had accidents during her naps or at night. She was ready and just needed the right motivation. We've also travelled with her every week since we started panties and she's done just fine and she'll even get out of the POOL to go to the potty. (How many kids do that?!) Oh, I'm just so proud of her!!
Her reward? The Princess Potty Party.

Showing off her sticker chart

Daddy kept his promise...a new princess dress! And, it's PINK!!

Daddy got to have the first dance

Working hard on the Potty Party cake.
(Notice the Cinderella panties!)


All the cousins came to celebrate!


Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty
(Don't smile, Jaycie!)

Ha! Gotcha! The fun never stopped.

They were still having fun the next morning.
And they both had on their princess nightgowns! Such fun!