At the end of April, we potty trained Clara. She was a champ. We did the 3 day potty training method and I was going to wait until a weekend so Ben could help, but decided one day just to get it over with. First thing in the morning, she helped me throw away all of her diapers. She was very excited to wear her big girl underwear. I let her drink all of the juice, water and milk she wanted. I told her to tell me when she needed to go potty and after a few accidents we made it into the bathroom. I had prepared lots of activities for us to do throughout the day and we had fun keeping busy in between trips to the potty. While we were making playdough right before nap time Clara touched the stove and got a bad burn on her hand. It was bad enough and she was sad enough that I thought we'd have to postpone potty training. She went down for a nap holding an ice pack and when she woke up she was ready to try going on the potty some more. Gummy worms proved to be the best incentive. The first day of potty training was very long and hard but on day two she only had one accident! She wore pull-ups at night for a couple of weeks but hardly needed them. I can't believe how fast my darling girl is growing up.
