We decided to take on potty training while we were home over the break. Potty training is especially challenging for families who have a difficult time staying home for longer than 2 hours at a time. Seriously, having your child potty trained is not all it's cracked up to be (at least that's what I'm telling myself as the potty training is failing!). Instead of changing diapers, we now need to know where the closest bathroom is at all times, remember to take him on a regular basis and carry extra outfits with us everywhere we go...including socks and shoes (I guess this is why people just hunker down at home for a few days).
Day 1: We decided to run errands and go to the gym. Probably a major parenting error (realized as we were changing him in the gym parking lot because we forgot to bring the suitcase of stuff in with us), but seriously what do you do at home for 3 straight days? We've watched the Potty Power video twice and I swear there is not enough chocolate and alcohol in world to get me through one more viewing of it. By the afternoon when no progress was seen, we implemented the sticker chart (it's amazing how stickers and chocolate impact motivation).
Day 2: Here's our potty training survival kit.
Wipes, books, two potty options because choices = success (at least that's what the experts think - which works wonderful until your child decides to choose the third option-NO, which isn't an option), sticker chart, chocolate and alcohol
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