Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Potty Power!

Trivia: How many pairs of underwear do you think she has on?
(I know the answer because I counted them after she used the potty and wanted them ALL pulled back up.

I mentioned before that potty training this princess has not been a walk in the park.
She has seemed interested & ready several times over the past 8 months. And was always excited the rewards & praise for about a week. Then would just start going in her pants again. So we put the diapers back on. Now we are at a phase where some days she goes great all days, and others she just goes in her pants and doesn't care. So most days she wears a combo of pull-ups and underwear. Or when she plain refuses to go, we put her in diapers, to keep the costs down. PLUS she doesn't like that...because diapers are for babies and she wants to be a BIG KID.
We have a DVD called, Potty Power, that she really likes. So one day we came up with this chart.
And it has been working (most of the time) for about a month.
She's not interested in candy, sticker charts, presents, she just wants to be a Big Kid!
The little doll is called, Big Kid Becca. And when Becca goes potty, she gets to move Big Kid Becca to choose an activity. It's all on velcro so we can switch out activities to mix it up a bit.
So far she can chose from: playing on the swings, watching a movie, popping popcorn, playing in her sink, painting, play dough, fruit snacks, and mommy playing with her in her little house. She can do each thing only once a day.

1 comment:

Anderson Clan said...

Okay, WOW! You get the mommy-of-the-year award! And I love her underwear outfit--it's almost like a diaper itself. :)