Panty Score - 15

Owen and I decided in our infinite wisdom that it was time to potty train N. She's 2.5 yrs old, can communicate her needs to us clearly (most of the time) and it's summer time, so we can put her in panties and a tshirt or dress, so it seemed like a good enough time to start.

This morning once we all go up we put her in a pair of panties and told her that she was a big girl now and if she had to pee, let us know and we'd go to the potty. So for the rest of the morning O (I worked 9-12) asked her every 15-20 mins if she had to pee. Several times she would say yes, he'd take her to the flush (with potty ring), wait 5-10 mins and then when she did not pee he'd get her off and carry on. Pretty much all morning she would tell him after she peed. By the time I got home around 1pm she had went through 13 pairs of painties.

For her nap we put her in a diaper, then when she woke up we put her back in a pair of panties. We continued to ask her a lot if she had to pee and take her to the potty when she said yes, but still had zero success. Even though I read the first day is the hardest and that you will go through a lot of panties, I was starting to get a bit frustrated, not at her, but just disappointed that she'd not had 1 successful potty attempt.

We'd been trying all day on our flush. Last fall I'd bought her a bjorn potty and when we had her sit on it (with diaper) she freaked, so we figured she did not like it. So in preparation for this today, I bought her a flush ring. She liked it well enough, but her feet could not touch the stool and we worried her legs were getting sore/falling asleep. It never occured to either of us to try the Bjorn potty again.

After supper while Owen was preparing her bath and I was pee'n (haha) she came into the bathroom and did what I could only describe as a pee dance. I asked if she had to pee and she just held her crotch and danced. I said "get on the potty!" but she wouldn't so I ran over and put her on the Bjorn. I read her Panda Bear Panda Bear and when I got her up, she had peed!!!

Owen and I both made a HUGE deal about it and let her carry the bjorn insert to the flush to empty it and then flush the flush. I never thought I'd get so excited over pee. hah

So the game plan is to try for 3-5 days and if at 5 days we are not down to 90% of the time on the potty vs in her panties, we'll wait a couple months and try again.