Today went a bit better but I would not call it more successful then yesterday. Before going downstairs for breakfast I changed her out of her diaper and into panties. I know some do the whole thing at once (night training/naps) but we figure once she gets a grasp on things during the day we'll ease into naps and bedtime without a diaper. If she did not still nap for 3hrs a day I'd not be so worried about putting her in panties, however, she still does and usually wakes up with a wet diaper.
Today's approach, since she did so well last night and did not freak out, was to use the Bjorn potty vs the ring on the flush.
She has only went through 4 pairs? of panties today. A lot less 'twinkles' as we call it. Yesterday she spent a lot of time doing 'wee pees' but today seemed better at not just randomly peeing a little bit. There was one accident before lunch, she went upstairs, I did not follow, expecting she would be right back. She was but when she came back down she was crying and had peed. I re-assured her that it was ok, accidents happened and changed her. She did not have to pee again before it was time for her nap.
Like yesterday I would ask her after she would finish a sippy if she had to pee, but today instead of saying yes every time, she would either a) ignore me or b) give me a look that clearly said she was fine and did not have to pee. So I stopped asking as frequently.
When she woke up from her nap she'd pooped and peed in her diaper. She went back into panties and did not need to pee again until around 6.45pm tonight. Owen was with her and they were in the basement. She grabbed a book and ran over to the potty. Owen got up and helped her get her panties down and she sat down and peed.
So lesson for us today - Book = I need to pee and need reading material while I do it. :P
Tomorrow I have to go out, I can't cancel it or avoid it so she'll be put in diapers. I'm not ready to brave the outside world with her in panties. So diaper at the start of the day and then when we get home I'll put her in panties again. I hope it's not confusing her. =\ It was pretty much Owen's idea to start trying to train her this week, even after I told him how busy I was and could not devote a full week to not leaving the house. While I'm ready for her to be done with diapers, Owen confessed tonight he's just had enough, he wants her out of diapers and feels at 2.5 yrs old she is ready. We agreed that if by Sunday of this week she's not going to the potty regularly then we'll try again in a month.
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