K turned two last week and this week I took off of work to potty train K. Almost everyone that I told that I was taking holiday time to potty train my daughter looked at me like I was crazy. My day home provider was very appreciative of the it though. She'd never had a parent take time off for potty training, plus she just started two new little ones at the beginning of January. She was scared that she wouldn't be able to devote as much attention as required to K for potty training.
I didn't really have a set plan. I read the 3-day method last fall and I found it to be a bit too extreme for me. Sunday morning we simply that she needed to start wearing underwear and to keep them dry. The first day and a half were pretty awful. I was quite discouraged. She didn't seem to care that she was going. That was until supper time on the second day. It was so awesome to see it click for her. She just beams when we tell her she did a great job telling us she had to go, that she kept her underwear dry and that she was going in the potty. I was doing treats at first but she doesn't even want them now. Crazy kid!
I hope the rest of the week continues in this direction. We have to leave the house on Friday so I hope she does ok.
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