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Potty training!

February 12th, 2008 at 02:30 am

Well, Julie and I have been working on potty training for like ... ever. Seriously. She started doing #1 on the potty way back at 18 months. She LOVED going potty. It was fun, it was new.

And then it stopped.

Finally almost a year ago, she got really into #1 on the potty again. YAY! It was a constant thing, something she was really into. YAY! But, no #2. Nothing.

So, last week, Julie and I had a discussion.

Momma: So, what if you got something really cool if you go poop on the potty.
Julie: No, I like to go poop in my big girl panties.
Momma: But isn't going poop in your panties YUCKIE?
Julie: Nope, I LIKE it. A LOT.
Momma: What if you got something really cool, like tattoos when you go poop on the potty.
Julie: Hmmm ... let me think. What kinda tattoos?
Momma: I don't know. Let's look online. Oooo, look Monkey tattoos, that would be neat.
Julie: I MIGHT go potty if you got me some monkey tattoos. I really like the purple one.

So, the next day I went to the local party store. Of course, they didn't have any monkey tattoos, but I picked up Strawberry Shortcake and My Little Pony ones. My options were really limited. I brought them to school to show her, and her teachers made a HUGE deal out of it.

AND, it worked!

So far, she's gone three out of the four days with the new tattoos as an incentive. One of those days was my sisters birthday, so ... I'll be ok with an accident that day. In a pull up, we were prepared that day) ...

Of course, I have $30 worth of pullups .... lol. I guess "blowing" the $4 on tattoos is a bargain compared to all the extra pullups I might end up with.

So, fingers crossed that the tattoos don't loose their appeal. Oh, and if you live near us ... don't look at the mom with the crazy child who is covered in tattoos. Seriousy, I am wondering what the people who see us think about us. LOL.

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4 Responses to “Potty training!”

  1. shiela Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 02:40 am 1202784054
    1202784054

    lol, so cute.

  2. jodi Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 02:44 am 1202784251
    1202784251

    How cute! I bribed my oldest with a tractor ride with his papa. Since he went #2 in his undies when he had them on, I stripped him down and told him he could go with papa after he went poop. Took all morning and part of the afternoon, but he finally couldn't hold it (and wouldn't think of going on the floor!) and went. Never had a problem after that first time. Must be something terribly scary about that first time on the potty! Glad to hear she's over that initial hurdle.

  3. compulsive debtor Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 03:12 am 1202785942
    1202785942

    I bribed Mini Me using a chart of stars. When it was completely full, I let her go to the dreaded Chuck E. Cheese. I don't know what was worse: dirty diapers or Chuck E. Cheese.....

  4. terri77 Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 09:19 pm 1202851196
    1202851196

    Too cute!

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