We are not exactly potty trained yet after three days, but we also have not used a diaper in 72 hours (with the exception of nighttime and nap). We have gone through a lot of panties though, and we have liberally given out a lot of potty treats, ie stickers and bangle bracelets.
We have also encountered what will henceforth be known as the "revenge pee". The revenge pee happens when a parent is telling a certain child to stop doing something they should not be doing (like playing with the plunger in the toilet), and the child gives the parent a cold stare and pees on the floor. Or worse, pees on the parent.
We have also learned, however, not to get too upset about the revenge pee, because it upsets the potty training child when the parent gets upset over pee. And the last thing a parent needs is an upset child during the potty training process. Grrrrrrr.
Maya is actually doing pretty well. For the first two days she was excited to be wearing panties and very proud that she had no diapers. On the third day (or the morning after the revenge pee), she said she didn't want to potty train anymore and wanted to wear a diaper. But then when T. came she relented and was OK about it for the rest of the day.
We will have to see what tomorrow brings. We are planning to go out to breakfast in our soon to be new neighbourhood of Little Amreeka and then go swimming at the club.
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When you are confident that you have successfully and completed toilet trained Maya, perhaps you'd like to hear some stories about the process of toilet training her father? That is, if he wouldn't disown me for sharing those stories. . . /Guess Who
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