Friday, May 29, 2009

Success at the Spray Park

We are working on potty training Lydia. I would have prefered to wait until she was over 2 1/2 but she kept taking her diapers off and trying to put new ones on. She is doing better with going #1 in the potty and she went #2 several times in the potty and then she stopped almost two weeks ago. Since then she has preferred to go #2 in her underpants. Someone suggested I leave her half naked to encourage her to go in the potty. That didn't work; she went on the floor several times.

I tried bribing her, "I will give you ice cream." One day last week, we gave Wesley ice cream right in front of her after she went in her pants.

Two days ago I felt like we were almost there. She started screaming and Wesley started yelling, "Lydia pooped in floor." She had pulled down her pants and pooped right outside the bathroom.

Lydia didn't go poopy all day yesterday so when I took the kids to the spray park today I put a swim diaper on her because I didn't want her pooping in the sprayers. She came up and told me, "I have to go poopy." PTL, she pooped in the potty at the sprayground! And she wanted that same ice cream Wesley got last week. So, we made a pit stop on the way home.

Look at how excited Wesley is by the water.

She is cute, even soaking wet.


Joseph was one happy boy while playing with this dump truck.
It is always fun to play in the sand.
Back in the water.

5 comments:

Amanda Sturgill said...

It took Lucy several months to get through that stage. She'll get there.

ARK said...

Way to go Lydia:) I am praying this progress continues:) I learned patience is the key Renee, even though it is so hard for us at times. I always told myself, "the poopy messes will soon pass" and used it as an opportunity for God to help me practice my patience and show understanding/forgiveness for accidents even in the mist of the poop. God gave me lots of opportunities to practice and I would like to think I emerged a more patient mom after it was all done and I learned to not expect perfection from Amanda since I am constantly making mistakes myself:) I will keep praying for wisdom and patience:)You girls can do it together:)

The Farmer Files said...

We are potty training here....and I am trying now because he has less clothes to wear than he will in the winter, which will be when I would try again after the new baby. Two is such a hard year!!!

Anonymous said...

Good for Lydia!!! =)

Yes, they are both so cute. I love the soaking wet picture of Lydia!

Anonymous said...

My kids love the spray park as well.....they really love anything that has to do with water!

Yeah for Lydia:)