Rewards

Last week we created a potty chart for Lexi. Each time she went in the potty she got a sticker. And this morning she got her 20th sticker, completing the chart.

So we took her to Target to pick out a princess toy. She was so excited!

She picked out a Cinderella toy, complete with carriage, mice, horses and the fairy godmother.

When we got to the cash register she gave the cashier her potty chart. The cashier seemed a little confused but Lexi didn't notice she just wanted to make sure that she got her toy.

Now that Lexi has a new carriage she will let her sister Avery play with the Little People carriage.

Adventures in Potty Training - Falling In

We've been potty training Lexi for two weeks now and she's doing great. We have had very few accidents and she is really good at telling us when she needs to go. She has been wanting to wear under ware for a long time but I just wasn't ready to potty train. So we told her after Christmas she could wear under ware. For the first week, we gave her a Jolly Rancher gummy treat every time she went potty, then we moved on to Tic Tacs. Now we have a sticker chart. Each time she goes potty she puts a sticker on the chart and after twenty stickers she gets to pick out a princess toy at Target. She talks about that princess toy every time she goes potty. Eventually we'll stop rewarding her but for now it's good encouragement.

We have been putting Pull Ups on Lexi when she sleeps but I want to start weaning her of that. We were originally putting Pull Ups on her when we went out but have stop, expect for church on Sundays (I don't want to deal with an accident at church). Last night, we were at church for our weekly youth activities (we're leaders) and Lexi kept wanting to go potty. She loves washing her hands and flushing. She wasn't actually doing anything, she just wanted to "try." Finally, on her 10th or so "try" I took Avery with me. I was trying to make sure Avery didn't touch anything while trying to help Lexi balance on the big toilet. I didn't do such a good job though. Lexi was moving too much and I wasn't helping enough and she fell in the toilet! Completely fell in. Like her legs and arms were sticking out but her body was in the toilet. She just had a very surprised look on her face and I just couldn't stop laughing. I pulled her out, took off her clothes, dried her off and put a coat on her naked body and we went home. And the good news is that I don't think she is going to be traumatized.

Potty Training Diaries - First Day = Last Day

We decided that we weren't ready for potty training. So we're taking a break from it. Every time I asked Lexi if she needed to go potty, she got upset and said no. She never actually used her potty, just had accidents on the floor. She did however go through her entire nap without an accident in her underware.

Anyway, it was too much stress plus I just bought her a huge pack of diapers from Costco. So I'm not in a huge hurry right now.

Lexi Lately

Last week we got Lexi some new Fisher Price Little People sets. We got an amazing deal on Craig's List. We got her a school bus, princess castle with a carriage and a ABC zoo. Originally there were going to be her Christmas gifts but we didn't do a good enough job hiding them. Oh well. She loves them! And Avery loves watching her playing with them...

(Look at Avery sitting!!!)

Last week Lexi got sick. The poor thing lived off of Popsicles and Pedialite for days. Here she is laying on an air mattress watching Elmo.

We keep talking about Halloween around here and Lexi is starting to get excited. On October first I decided to kick off the month with some Halloween art work (ghost).

The ghost artwork was following by ghost pancakes.

Lexi is kinda obsessed with pancakes right now because of this book. And every time she eats pancakes she says, " I'm sticky. I want need bath. Bubble bath." You can guess where she go that idea from (the book).

*And a side note, Lexi is finally able to sit down and let me read her a whole book now. Before she would want to hold the book and just look at the pictures but now she loves listening to me read. It's so fun to read to her. I want to run out and buy a whole library!




And today...

I decided to let Lexi run around in some Minnie Mouse under ware and a t-shirt. It's crash course potty training for us. We really don't know what we're doing. So far Lexi hasn't actually used her little potty. She had one accident this morning in the dinning room. I couldn't get to her fast enough because I was feeding Avery. Right now Lexi is napping. She refused to use her potty before her nap and also refused to wear a diaper. So we'll see what I find when I go wake her up.