I got a bunch of advice awhile on potty training and I read about a million different websites as well. I was at a complete loss. I felt like we had tried EVERYTHING to get Jayden to go on the potty and he wasn't into it at all! Then one day Jordan comes home from work and says, "Let's go to Wal-Mart and buy Jayden some Curious George underwear." I protested because he already has 3 pairs of Diego undies that never get used. However, the next visit to Wal-Mart we bought Jayden some cool "Cars" undies and Gabriella some cute little princess panties. That night Jayden wanted to wear his new big boy undies so we told him he need to go pee on the potty. And would you believe it, he actually did it. Then the next morning he did it again. I didn't try super hard Sunday-Wednesday to get him to go on the potty because we had a lot going on, but ever since Thursday he has gone pee and poo in the potty EVERY SINGLE time!!! NO MORE DIAPERS!!! (although we are using pull-ups as his "just in case" while he's sleeping or when we're out in public, but he hasn't gone in them once!)
Remember those bits and pieces of advice I mentioned? Last Summer I had a friend tell me, "You can either spend 6 months potty training, or do it in a weekend when the kid is ready." It's totally true! Gabriella has been going pee and poo on the potty for a few weeks now, but we would spend the next few months working with her to try and get her completely potty trained. So I think we'll wait and hopefully when she's closer to 2 she'll be absolutely ready.
It was my goal to have both the kids potty trained by this Summer so that we wouldn't have 3 kids in diapers. At this point, I'm just glad to have one out of diapers!!!
Switching gears a little bit....
I recently came across a blog from a woman in the UK. It's called The Imagination Tree. She has SO many great activities for toddlers! This past week, since it was super rainy, we tried making our own paint and I let the kids do whatever they wanted with it.
It was fun to see them be creative. One of things she talks about in her blog is how parents are always trying to keep their kids from making messes and so when they get the chance to do arts and crafts they're afraid to because they don't want to get dirty. Then they aren't able to be creative either.
Another thing I've taken from her blog is the 5-a-day books. You choose the same 5 books to read to your kids every day for a week. There are tons of benefits to doing this. I'd encourage you to read about it here.
We've started doing it this week with these books:
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