Operation Potty: Things Are Looking Up

On day 4, we introduced "Big Girl Elephant" who wears some of Cassidy's big girl underwear and sits on and pees in the potty, just like Cassidy. She gets M&M's and Chocolate covered raisins for putting pee in the potty.

We also started rewarding Cassidy all day long for staying "dry and clean". She gets 1 M&M or raisin everytime we ask her if she's dry and clean (That way we can reward her continuously rather then only when she hits the potty). She gets 3 M&Ms and 3 raisins each time she puts pee in the potty. We also have been dancing, jumping up and down, clapping, and basically going crazy every time she succeeds.

Day 6:

Underwear and pants all morning.

0 accidents!

0 poos on or off the potty

2 successful pees! --both initiated by Cassidy.

(One time her underpants were a little wet like she stopped herself to get to the potty. We changed underwear, but her pants were still dry.)

Diaper for nap time.

This morning after we celebrated her success, we had all calmed back down again. Cassidy came walking into the living room, wobbling back and forth with a little dance while singing "Pee-pee-in-the-potty, Pee-pee-in-the-potty". Cutest thing ever. I tried to get her to do it for the camera, but as always, she stopped all action and wanted to see the pictures. I think I'm going to have to invest in a hidden camera to catch all of her cute moves.

It's become very obvious that Cassidy only wants to sit on the potty when it's her idea. She has not had a single success that wasn't initiated by her. We remind her often, but aren't making her sit when she doesn't want to anymore.

After Nap:

0 Accidents!

1 pee in the potty!

This included dinner out and a stop at the mall, with the toilet seat tucked right into the diaper bag.

We sat before we left the house.

Nothing.

We stopped for her to try about 2 minutes after getting in the car because she said she had to potty.

Nothing.

We tried again when we got to the restaurant.

Nothing.

We sprinted to the bathroom twice during dinner because she said she needed to potty. Nothing. Nothing.

We stopped at the bathroom in Macy's while exchanging some shirts.

Nothing.

We got home and were in the house for about 2 minutes when Cassidy came into the bathroom to tell me she had to potty. I hadn't put her toilet seat back yet, so we ran out to her potty chair where she pulled down her pants and efficiently deposited her pee right in the potty!

I'm leaning towards sending her to school in underwear after such a good day, but still undecided. I have an email out to the director at the daycare who I've been in touch with over the last couple days about the process to see what she thinks. Their policy is that a child can remain in underwear if they can stay dry and clean. If they have back to back accidents, they go back into diapers. Totally understandable.

I'll keep you posted.