Potty Training

We have finally embarked on potty training the twins. They will be 3 in a couple of weeks and I decided we just needed to bite the bullet and do it. So this is more for my documentation than anything else, but if you have any good tips I would love to hear them.

Day 1 (2/7/11)- We started right after nap time and hit the potty every 20 minutes. I had them drink as much as they wanted and would give 3 mini m&ms just for sitting on the potty. I had them wear the thicker style undies as well. I also have 2 froggy potties in the bathroom so each has a potty on the floor to use. Before I had one little potty and one potty seat for the toilet. But this has been much more successful. By the end of the day they both both went pee on the potty, and each only had one accident. Great first day!

Day 2 (2/8/11)- Twins had school today so I sent them in pull ups. They usually stay pretty dry at school but they aren't quite ready to go all out and try undies at school yet. As soon as they got home we went back into the every 20 minutes bit. Beck was super compliant and kept with the program. Ella wants to do things on her own time and decided she didn't want to go to the potty that often. Since I didn't want to get into a power struggle with her I just sort of let up on getting her to go. I gave her the reminder but if she didn't want to go I didn't push it. She stayed dry all afternoon. But never went pee on the potty. Beck went about 3-4 times on his own without my prompting. Pretty excited about that! He even poured the pee into the potty by himself. It was so cute to see how proud he was of himself. We all got super excited for him and he got extra m&ms and high fives.

Day 3 (2/9/11)- Trying a different tactic today. Going from every 20 minutes to every hour now. They are staying dry for several hours and Beck will go on his own. Ella only wants to wear panties but won't go sit on the potty. But she is staying dry. I just don't want her to start holding it in for too long and then getting a bladder infection. They are still in pullups for nap and bed time. Neither has had an accident today at all though. We'll see how the rest of the day goes. I'm hoping to be diaper free during the day by the end of the week.

Wish us luck!

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Almost 1!

This sweet girl is almost 1. I have had so much fun watching her grow and change every day. She is the sweetest thing ever! Thank you Jenny and Andrew for letting me watch her during the week and get my loving in on a daily basis. I get the benefits of having a sweet baby around without all the work. (well maybe a little work!)

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Snow + big kids= happy me

Snow snow snow...

I swear I have other kids...

but they won't pose for me like these two do. :) My goal this next week is to get some nice shots of the big kids.