Potty training, take TWO!
So when Mia was 2, she took a supreme interest in the potty. Too bad I was pregnant and had no energy to foster that.
Now, by mid summer she seemed open to it again so we decided to go for it. We stocked up on panties, training pants, plastic pants and candy corns. We we cold turkey right into panties. I used plastic pants at night and on errands. But my girl did great! We even went to the store in panties alone. She'd have maybe one accident a day, two on a bad day.
Then one day the stomach flu hit our house. It was awful, to say the least. Poor Mia had a horrible case of it and couldn't control anything at all. That was the end of the potty for her. I couldn't even get her to wear her favorite Dora panties. Poor little thing.
Now it's time for take two. I told her over the weekend that on Monday, the day after her birthday, she'd wear panties again. Grandma Lea bought her two matching sets of Dora Panties/undershirts. So yesterday after the grocery store we came home and I cajoled her into panties. Then she put the undershirt on over her regular shirt. Too cute!
She did great and only had one accident. She used the potty without any prompting. Even the first time. She said, oh I have to go potty and did. She did want to put on her pull ups after her accident so I put them up. We'll use them for night time until such time as she gets closer to being more dry at night. I know we should go cold turkey for nights as well but I really can't get up in the middle of the night to change wet sheets, pants and nurse a baby on top of it.
On a side note, Mia has been sleeping all night in her bed more and more these days. Kind of makes me sad because she's snuggily with invading your space. However, our bed is too small for that many sleepers and it's a good thing for her. She even goes to sleep on her own without someone laying down with her. Woohoo!
Next stop the baby LOL! Keep up the good work Mia, my beautiful birthday girl.
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