Potty Training

Nick and I have both been thinking that Blair might be ready to start potty training. I wasn't going to worry about it until it started to get warmer, but Blair has been very interested in watching us go potty and has even wanted to sit on the potty while she is in the bath tub. So we figured that we would get the potty out of the attic and put it in the bathroom so that Blair could get used to it. It has been out for about a week and Blair has sat on it numerous times. Since I had a long weekend I figured that this would be a great time to try potty training. I bought Blair some Elmo panties and some Pullups too. Friday night when she and I got home from Ashleigh's house, we ate dinner and the panties went on. She had two accidents and really didn't seem to care that she was wet. I was expecting to have accidents. The first one was fine and I knew that she just needed to know that panties are not the same as diapers. After her first accident, we put on a new pair of panties and I asked her after about an hour if she needed to go. She of course, told me "no." I asked her about 30 minutes later and she told me "no" again and I decided to put her on the potty anyway. She pitched a fit about sitting on the potty this time. So after a few minutes of struggling to get her to sit, I just let her get up and put the panties back on. She then walked into the corner and peed. So after that, I put Pullups on her for the rest of the evening. The rest of the weekend, we just went back to diapers because when I asked if she needed to go potty on her big girl potty, or any time we got near the potty, she SCREAMED "no" at me. So this was our first failed attempt at potty training! We'll try again in a few months when she may be more ready.