Potty Training Revisited

She just has her 4th birthday in March and we decided enough was enough with her lack of potty training. We had been concerned that she was not able to feel the need to go potty because of her surgery.

She started potty training over 2 years ago!! But every time we would ask her if she needed to go potty, she would say "no" then pee in her diaper. So we removed the diaper, and she was naked booty for a few days and fully potty trained. She has her own little singing potty that she can get on & off by herself, so she's independent about it which helps a lot. We've had a sticker book for a couple years, but stickers weren't enough incentive for her. We used sugar-free candies for the first couple days, then for poopies only, and it works like a charm. Sometimes I still give in & give her candy just because though:O)

I really didn't want to go as far as the candy bribe, but come on 4 years old?? She is such a little princess, she has no problem letting others do everything for her, including wiping her hiney, so we had to put our foot down. We were able to learn that in fact it wasn't that she couldn't feel it, she just didn't want to. When we switched to panties, she peed in them 3 times the first day, so we still go "booty free" most of the day when she's home. Even though we still put her in diapers when we're out & about or at church, she usually still tells us when she has to go.

Speaking of princess, at this very moment she has her feet up in her baby brother's face ordering him to"take my socks off"...at least she told him "thank you"