Potty Training {post #1}

disclaimer: this post will probably not interest most of you- but this blog is also like her baby book so I have to write about it! I do talk about pee, poop and use the word potty about 50 times. oh, and in 14 years she might kill me for posting this on the internet. 
Friday night after we went to Saul Good for dinner and came home, we were changing Ainsley's diaper and we asked her if she wanted to wear big girl panties. she said yes.  wait let me rewind:  - for the past month or so we have been asking her this and showing her her big girl panties just to get her used to the idea. For the past several months we have had a little potty in our bathroom that she has been checking out and even sitting on every now and then. But mostly she just takes her stuffed animals to potty instead of using it herself.-
So basically we have just been trying to get her used to the idea. Our plan was to start actually potty training after all of our vacations were over and Philip and I were both home with no plans for at least 2 days. well between work, classes, racing, family plans and just life, there were NO 2 days in July that we were both home with nothing else going on to dedicate to potty training. oy. so I had decided the first week of August we would buckle down and get this done. Ainsley had other plans. 
Ok, so Friday night. We asked her if she wanted to wear panties, she said yes (Frozen panties, of course). we were both like 'wait what?' because she usually says no. But we put panties on her and brought her potty out to the middle of the living room. she was very excited about this new game. she went potty 3 times that night, she kept telling us she wanted to 'go potty'. we gave her a sucker each time because that was all the treats we had in the house ( i wasn't prepared!!!)

showing us 'anna and elsa' 

The next day Philip was gone racing all day, I had a shower for a friend and plans that afternoon, so we were both busy most the day. I didn't want to push A if one of us wasn't going to be dedicated and consistent so when she woke up that morning and her first words were 'no big girl panties' I didn't argue with her. We let her wear diapers. This also gave me time to get my needed supplies to get this potty started (hahaha). 

we have also started brushing her teeth more frequently ^ :) 

Sunday after church we started back up with panties and she did really well! Well, at first she cried when we put her on the potty. she kept saying 'no potty no potty' but then once she went, and got her treat, i think she decided it was ok. That night she had two accidents (one going down her slide and one while she was just busy playing). Monday was our first 'full day' of potty training. I had a meeting that morning but P got her up and asked her if she needed to potty, she said yes and she went! she wore panties the rest of the day and we sat her on potty every 45-60 minutes to go. Mom came up and we ventured out to Hobby Lobby and after we were done she used her 'car potty' like a champ so we could run another errand!  She was accident free until monday night she had one while playing again.  Tuesday went pretty well with another accident at night, and today she has been accident free! Last night and today she has started telling me 'I need to go pee pee' instead of me making me sit there at a certain time later. We are SO PROUD OF HER! 

making hippo pee with her 

playing woo-hoo while trying to pee 

Every time she pees she gets to pick a treat (Skittles, M&Ms or a gummy worm). she always picks skittles. and if she poops she gets a sucker. I will spare you the details, but she has used #2 on the potty the past 3 days! such a big girl. 

those of you who know A, knows she has to go under a table to do her business. So night #1, this is what had to be done to get the job done… don't judge. 

she doesn't like being without panties and asks to 'wear my big girl panties please'. we let her pick out which ones she wants to wear. Neither one of us can handle her little butt running around in panties. because most the time she has one cheek hanging out and it is the cutest thing in the world. 

Today she has gone about every hour (sometimes telling me, sometimes me telling her). Currently she is napping and is wearing a pull up, even though she has been waking up from naps dry. She obviously doesn't wake up dry in the mornings so still wears a diaper at night time. 

helping me 'clean up' after an accident 

I know this will be a process and we have a long way to go- but we are so proud of her and her willingness to learn. She gets so excited when her potty sings to her (once it detects water it sings a potty song) and she jumps up and says 'i did it!' almost every time:) Then she asks for her treat and asks to put a sticker on her potty chart. Go A! 

listen we wipe, 'flush' and wash hands but I can't be handing out 4 stickers 12 times a day 

took a break today and went to the pool! she is such a water baby