Yesterday was the second day of our second attempt at potty training Lily. Already a much bigger success than our first attempt since that only lasted one morning. The day started off much the same as day one. Lily sat on the toilet first thing in the morning with no success, was put into panties and continued with her morning. Shortly after a second failed attempt at peeing on the potty Lily had two consecutive accidents maybe only 10 minutes apart. Unlike day one, however, I found that these first two accidents frustrated me greatly, mostly because moments before the first accident I specifically asked her if she needed to use the potty, she said no and proceeded to go into her room to pee on the floor. After the second accident, I explained to Lily my frustrations, took a deep breath and tried to carry on in a positive way. From that point on she was accident-free until about 1pm. At was at this point that she was supposed to be napping but instead was pooping in her bed. I quickly cleaned her up, sat her on the toilet where she did finish her poop, and then put her back into bed and sternly reminded her that it was time for a nap. She asked to sit on the potty one more time in an attempt to avoid her nap, she did nothing when she sat on the toilet, but shortly after she did fall asleep. She slept for somewhere between one and two hours – with no accidents! I should also mention that prior to this day, Lily would not allow herself to pee on the toilet if she needed to poop, but she did successfully pee on the toilet twice prior to her accident in bed. So, although I was a little disappointed that she did not poop on the toilet, it was a huge step in the right direction for her.
After her nap, I had to wake her up because I work on Tuesday nights in Dartmouth. She got up, I took her in the bathroom and told her she needed to sit on the potty. She had a melt-down! She cried and told me that she couldn’t pee on the potty. She climbed onto my lap and we cuddled for a moment, then I told her it was time and she could either climb on the potty herself or I would have to put her there. She stood up to take her panties off and cried. I finally got her to climb up on the toilet and she cried some more. We hugged for a minute while she was on the toilet, I asked her if she wanted books or songs, she said no to every option. Then I took my phone out of my pocket and started showing her the pictures on my phone. This made her stop crying – apparently she’s a little vain as the majority of the photos are of her. Once she stopped crying she was able to pee immediately. Since we were going to be in the car for at least half an hour, I asked her if we could switch to diapers. She wasn’t interested. So, I offered to let her keep her panties on if I could put the diaper over the panties, she agreed. So, that was essentially the end of day two, a little earlier than the end of day one, but we ended on a high note!