Perils of Potty Training #2

Today we decided to potty train Ellie.

Like actually tried. So we headed to Walmart to get the goods.

• Underwear — Check
• Juice — Check
• Snacks for when she figures it out — Check

So when we got home we set up camp in the kitchen. Brought the laptop in, brought her mini toilet in started a movie and swapped the diaper for underwear.

Five minutes later Ellie said she had to go, and we set her on the toilet. She went, and we gave her her snack.

We thought that was too easy so we juiced her up again and tried again. Same results. Rinse and repeat.

Boom, one kid potty trained. What’s all the fuss about?

I lied. Truth be told we pulled the diaper off and added the underwear. 3.5 minutes later Ellie floods the floor.

Then again 2 minutes later, then 4, then 3, then 3, 5, 6, 3.

I wish I could say that eventually Ellie understood what we were trying to do, but I can’t. We did get her to use the toilet twice, but I’m not 100% sure that she understood what the snack was for when we gave it to her.

Maybe we’ll try again when she’s 12.