Potty Training

I always laugh when I see these Potty training sites that says "Train your child in a weekend".  I also laugh at the so called tricks to get picky eaters to eat.  My kids seem to do everything in their own time and pushing them only seems to breed frustration for me and Matt.  Livi has had no real desire to get potty trained.  We have tried candy, stickers, money, the promise of cute under wear nothing has really work.  She doesn't care if she sits in it and doesn't tell us if she is wet.  Everything I said about Emme being frustrating in Potty training I take it back.   We decided to try a different approach with her.  Which seems to be working slowly.  If she wants to wear diapers and be a baby they we will treat her accordingly.  Put her in the crib for a nap.  She said she was a big girl ready for the potty.  That worked wonders.  We also decided to do a reward chart. It is something I used to make up at North Star for some of kids who couldn't handle the regular program.   Livi gets one sticker each time she pees and two if she poos.  She is working for different larger prizes.  So far she has earned some candy, and a fudge pop for peeing.  Pooing seems to be going slower.  She is trying to work for a dollar store toy.  Of course I can't make a chart for Livi and not for Emme.  Emme gets one for helping around the house.  If she helps put away the laundry, or the silverware, make her bed, etc she gets a sticker.  She gets to earn the same prizes.  She just has to earn more stickers to get them.  So far this has worked great.  Emme is being more helpful and Livi is getting closer to being potty trained.  Once she is potty trained I will make one for her for chores too.

I told her to go potty and when I went to check on her she was looking through the Book of Mormon

Their Charts on the first day.