Mackenzie has definitely been growing up so fast lately. She is learning tons and is really loving being a big sister. She is so fascinated with Tanner and wants to play with/hold/love/rock him all the time. I can't leave them alone together because there is no telling how much "love" she might give to him with my back turned. We are explaining to her that she has to be sweet and when he is sleeping, which is almost all the time, she doesn't need to bother him so that he can sleep.
But the biggest thing she has done lately..by lately I mean about a month ago...is that she is potty trained! This was such an easy process for us. We waited until she was really ready and excited to start and it took less than a week. We only had a few accidents, and none of them were bad at all. We made a potty chart, she put one sticker on for peeing and two for pooping. She had to get 20 stickers to get a prize. Her prizes were like a little sticker book, or bubbles, or whatever. She worked so hard to get those stickers.
We tried the pull ups thing for less than a day. Anyone who is trying to potty train, I would preach against them. They feel too much like diapers and she knew that if she peed in them, it wouldn't be any different than a diaper. With underwear, she didn't want to get wet so she worked really hard to tell me when she had to go.
She still wears a diaper at night, but she is 100% during the day. It makes things so much nicer now that I have another one in diapers. I don't have to buy diapers for 2. YAY!!!
Gigi also gave her a little incentive that if she was fully potty trained, with the exception of night time, she would be able to pick out 2 toys. This is what she picked out...
But the biggest thing she has done lately..by lately I mean about a month ago...is that she is potty trained! This was such an easy process for us. We waited until she was really ready and excited to start and it took less than a week. We only had a few accidents, and none of them were bad at all. We made a potty chart, she put one sticker on for peeing and two for pooping. She had to get 20 stickers to get a prize. Her prizes were like a little sticker book, or bubbles, or whatever. She worked so hard to get those stickers.
We tried the pull ups thing for less than a day. Anyone who is trying to potty train, I would preach against them. They feel too much like diapers and she knew that if she peed in them, it wouldn't be any different than a diaper. With underwear, she didn't want to get wet so she worked really hard to tell me when she had to go.
She still wears a diaper at night, but she is 100% during the day. It makes things so much nicer now that I have another one in diapers. I don't have to buy diapers for 2. YAY!!!
Gigi also gave her a little incentive that if she was fully potty trained, with the exception of night time, she would be able to pick out 2 toys. This is what she picked out...
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| The movie Tangled, and a baby seat (the doll she already had). |
She absolutely loves both. She puts her little doll in the baby seat and carries her around on her shoulder. She also loves to place it beside Tanner's seat so the babies can lay together.
I just can't believe how fast my little girl is growing up!
1 comment:
Well done Mackenzie! It's SO great having them potty trained and out of diapers! :)
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