Potty Training in Three Days

We started day 1 in our 3 days of Potty Training today! I am using Lora Jenson's 3 day Potty Training Method, and I am so excited to see how this turns out! The whole method centers around 3 things,

1. Positive Reinforcement

2. Consistency

3. Attention

(Excuse the paci, she wasn't supposed to have that :)

So, the steps we have followed today is Putting away the diapers. (Her method is to throw them away, but I couldn't. Anyone need size 5 diapers?) You are not supposed to put diapers or pull ups on them, because it confuses them. Diapers are a crutch, and it is not helping them fully potty train. Then I showed Storie her panties, I told her that big girls wear panties and that she is a big girl now! A few minutes after we put on the panties I took her into the bathroom and showed her the potty. I explained that this is where we poop and potty and so on.

Then we started the drinking! Giving her as much koolaid she will drink! Every couple of minutes I will say "Storie, be sure and tell mommy when you need to go potty!" I will also do "pop quizzes", I will ask if her panties are still dry and if they are she gets lot's of praises, "YAY Storie you are such a big girl keeping your panties dry! Mommy is so proud of you!" Positive reinforcement is really a big key in this method.

She says not to make them "try" to pee. Also she is very against people making their kids sit on the toilet for long periods of time. She says that the child starts to see that as a punishment and it is no longer a positive experience. It also makes the potty training process longer because the 3 day method is all about the child learning their urges. If they are being made to sit on the toilet until they pee, or constantly having to try they don't learn their own signals.



The biggest thing that this method asks from you is your attention. You have to drop everything for 3 days. No errands, no walks around the block, no cooking. You can't do anything that might take your attention to the potty trainee. You have to watch closely so you can catch them having an accident. This method works because in the 3 days you are teaching your child how to understand their urges of when they need to potty.


If you see them start to pee, you scoop them up and run them to the bathroom and place them on the potty. If you do this every time they have an accident by no later than the 3rd day the child should be able to understand when they need to go to the potty for their business.


So our progress, Today we have not had a pee in the potty yet. But that's to be expected. Day one is supposed to be full of accidents. She had diarrhea this morning so there were lots of accident. The panties really come in handy here because they catch 95% of the spillage :)



She should be waking up any minute from her nap and we will see if she wakes up dry or not. I doubt she will with all the drinking she has been doing today!

Ok well I know I haven't covered everything yet, and I will be making daily progress posts, but if you have any questions I will answer to the best of my ability :)

UPDATE!!
After dinner I told Storie to tell me when she needed to go potty, and not even 2 minutes later she started running to the bathroom and sat on the toilet! She had already wet her panties by the time she got there, but she get's it!! I am SO proud of her!!!!!