The Adventures in Potty Training

When I woke up on Friday, July 5th it was raining so I decided we needed to do something fun...but I had no clue what.  Alexa woke up tired and cranky after being up super late the night before and after breakfast she had told me 3 or 4 times she had to go potty so I would take her into the bathroom, take off her diaper and put her on the toilet...nothing.   This game was not fun and being super tired myself  after the 4th time I decided to leave the diaper off, go upstairs and bring her potty downstairs. I was going to attempt potty training. This wasn't the something fun I had in mind but I was going to give it a shot.  Having no plan and no clue what I was doing this was going to either be a disaster or the 1st step in having only 1 baby in diapers.

I left the diaper off and asked her every 2 minutes if she had to go potty, which annoyed myself more than her, but she kept saying no.  I wasn't sure when she would need to go or had last gone and having done no research I had no clue how often to ask her or how to do this at all.  Alexa kept saying no, so I just kept asking.

Finally she ran over to the potty and sat down by herself for awhile.  After about 6 mins she got up and said "all done" and there was a small piece of poop in her toilet...I was SHOCKED!! I praised her and then we wiped and cleaned out the toilet.  I told her she could pick out a special treat, and she choose a sucker.

We continued to play and I didn't ask her for awhile if she had to go to the bathroom and about 10 minutes later I heard an "uh oh" and a splash as she peed on the floor in the hallway.  I tired to get her to go to the potty but it was too late, she had already gone all she needed to go.  She was really upset and started to cry but I told her it was okay.  

We continued to play and about 10 minutes later she yelled "potty" and ran towards the toilet.  The lid on her potty was down (Mylie had had her face in it) and Alexa ran away from the potty and ended up pooping on the towel we had laid out on the carpet.  Poor girl, she had diarrhea and was VERY upset about going on the floor. It was then we put a diaper on and decided that was a wrap for Day 1.  It was a stressful 30 minutes and I'll try again in a few weeks.

 

Alexa will be 2 next week, is she too young to start potty training?  After naps her diaper is usually dry and she tells us all the time when she poops. She will also either head upstairs for a diaper change or if we are in public will go and get a diaper out of the diaper bag. Seems like all the signs of being ready, right?

For now, we will continue to let her use the potty when she wants, with no pressure and I'll do my research so I'm more prepared for next time.