So I wanted to give you a quick update on the potty training progression. Maddox has absolutely done so well!! I was a little skeptical Saturday morning when we started and she didn't seem to be 'buying' into the whole deal but I have to say as I sit here and write this on the morning of day 3 of the camp she is pretty well trained. She has woken up dry both yesterday morning and this morning, running to the potty we have set up in the upstairs bathroom to do her business when she wakes up. She has basically been in the same undies since yesterday morning with no accidents yesterday or today so far. This morning I was talking to Aunt Brooke on the phone and she gave me the look of ' I need to go' and ran to the potty to do number 2 on her own!! Yesterday afternoon was her first experience with number 2 and it was EXTREMELY dramatic and scary for her but she finally was able to make it happen. This morning she did number 2 like she had been doing it for years! She even said to Kennon and I at one point this morning after breakfast 'I'll be right back guys' and ran to the potty to do her business on her own. I am so proud of her. We will see what happens at Kindercare tomorrow. We've been talking about using the potty at school and saying to her friends 'I'll be right back guys' while she goes off to use the potty on her own. I am hoping for no accidents but will send her with plenty of extra clothes as I don't know how she is going to do in that environment. We have really stuck to the 'program' that I purchased called the 3 day potty training boot camp. www.3daypottytraining.com We haven't left the house and finally let Maddox outside ( away from the potty) for the first time all weekend yesterday afternoon after she persevered with her number 2 business. We've been using the potty charts which she has responded well to, getting a pair of new sunglasses, a kite, and a new hair bow in addition to lots of stickers and mm's thusfar. Not sure how we will progress off of the reward charts but for now I"m not worried. Technically we are still on day 3 of the camp so we'll keep on for now. We MIGHT venture to the grocery store this afternoon if everything works ok. They have a little potty at the HyVee where I generally shop, so it might be nice to see how she does. This is one of her charts that she has filled with stickers. She gets 1 sticker and 1 mm for pee pee and then 2 stickers/mm's for poo poo. When she gets to the 'end' of the trail she gets a big prize!! ( I have to say I need to go find some more big prizes!!) She is in the process of filling up her 3rd chart. The last hour or two she has been sitting on the potty like every 20 minutes and she is able to produce just enough to qualify as pee pee so she gets her sticker/mm. I think she is figuring out .....the more she pees the more she gets!! Little stinker!! But, hey that's how the training works right? PS Kennon has multiplied his efficiency with crawling like 50x's since I last posted on Saturday. He is into everything and seems to find all the stuff he isn't supposed to be into i.e. outlets, electrical cords, heavy books on the bookshelf, computers, remotes etc. never mind the corner full of toys in the living room. I put him over there in front of it and he makes a bee line for the electrical cords behind the TV. Something tells me we are going to have to do a little heavier duty baby proofing than we did for Maddox. BOY BOY BOY!! PSS Maddox was wet after her morning nap :( But I am confident this was just a little bump in the road. She had a TON to drink before she went down. The bladder control isn't quite there yet when she is sleeping. Time time time.
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