Potty Training 101

So far, the worst parenting experience ever.  After the holidays, there was a good stretch of time that I would be home with Lyla.  Since she's been showing major interest in the potty, I thought this would be a good time to try training her.   Of course I read about a few different methods and decided to combine a few.  We talked about the potty for a few days leading up to it hoping this would help.  On day one we went straight to underwear (with plastic training pants over them). I even put sham-wow's on the couch to avoid any messes.

The plan was to push liquids and take her to the bathroom every 20 minutes.  If she went on the potty, she would get a reese's pieces candy.  She never got any candy. She peed in her pants every time, just minutes after being put on the potty. I quit the next day.  I was starting to get aggravated and I didn't want to turn it into a negative thing.  I thought she had the concept but maybe not the self control yet, so I didn't push it.   Maybe if I tried a little longer, she would have gotten it, but I just decided to pull the plug on the whole thing. Even though we failed, we still got some cute undies pics.