Potty- the potty we brought the potty out in October to introduce her to it so that it was not a scary thing she had fun playing with it she sat on it to watch movies with her diaper on and even for a couple days used it to store her diapers . After a month we moved it into the bathroom beside the toilet. and every morning when mommy got up and went to the bathroom Eloise followed and would sit on her potty beside me and wait . About two weeks of that we moved onto taking her diaper off and getting her to pee when momma did which started our routine. With in a week Eloise was great at it some mornings before momma even got up she would walk to bathroom take her diaper off and pee on her potty some mornings even have a bowel movement. then wait at her potty for mommy to come wipe her bottom. Then we started to take her to the bathroom about 20 minutes after eating or drinking to void and so that she doesn't go in her diaper.I was so happy on how fast she caught on she started going on her own then would clap so I knew when I herd clapping she was in the bathroom and had used the potty.well in October we took a trip out west to British Columbia I couldn't bring her potty so when we got there we bought a potty seat.
Toilet seat- While on a two month vacation to British Columbia. My sister and I picked up the cutest toilet seat it was Disney princess one that was pink for the toilet that fits on perfect but also is perfect size for kids to use with out falling into the toilet this one actually had a button that made sounds when she pushed it which was like a reward to her to push it when done she would have the hugest smile and was so proud of herself it didn't take her long to get used to this potty seat and love using that over her potty so when we got back home her potty turned into her stepping stool to wash her hands after using the potty. With her using the big girl toilet she now doesn't need any help she even wipes her own bum and when done places the seat on top of the toilet and when needed she sets it in place and uses the potty.
washing hands- Eloise is such a independent child that she loves to wash her hands on her own. I know some kids just love water from birth like eloise did but she is very thorough on washing her hands after using the potty or just in general she doesn't like dirty hands so when we were on vacation in British Columbia and visited the store YaYa Baby they had this awesome device called the Aqueduck which is a extender for the tap to make it easier for kids to wash there hands. one of the best inventions ever eloise for first 3 weeks was washing her hands every 5 minutes if we let her or she would get her hands dirty so that she could wash her hands using the aqueduck.
rewards - When she went on the potty we would cheer for her and clap our hands also some days she got a M&M after about two weeks we got a sticker chart and she loved the sticker chart and was very proud of it she would show visitors it as soon as they came in.
routine- We started by putting her to bed with out a diaper on and a soaker pad under her she did great first two weeks then she had one accident which was not to bad we just changed the soaker pad and it was a quick and easy fix. and the next step was to before bed and as soon as she got up we would go to the potty and sit on it till she went . then we started that every 2 hours we would go to the potty. about a week after that we moved onto trying 20 mins after each meal or snack we would use the potty. Eloise caught on every quick .
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