Adventures in Potty Training

So here starts our adventures in potty training.  Yes, it has begun!  Lily has been overwhelming her pull-ups lately because she will hold it for a while and then just "unload" and it ends up overflowing the diaper and soaking her, her pants, and anything she is sitting on at the time.

So I finally got sick of changing her 100x a day and figured if i was going to have to change her because she peed she might as well start potty training..

At first (yesterday) we tried the "pee on the potty and get an M&M" tactic.. What was the result you ask?  Nothing lol.  Yes she wanted M&Ms but she didn't manage to go on the potty at all.

Next tactic?  Sticker chart with reward buckets.. We have a sticker chart on the wall outside the bathroom and she gets 1 sticker for peeing, and 2 stickers for pooping.  She is allowed to pick a toy out of the reward buckets after 3 stickers, 5 stickers and 7 stickers.

At 3 stickers she gets to pick out of the small bucket, which has small rewards like candy, stickers etc.  After getting 5 stickers she gets to pick out of the medium bucket which has medium toys like little figurines and toy cars.  At 7 stickers she gets a big reward which would be a coloring book, reading book or stuffed animal.  (Everything came from the $ store).

Is she motivated? Yes, she is obsessed about getting stickers to get a toy out of the bucket(s).. Has she managed to actually make it to the toilet and get a sticker yet? Well, no.  We did just start this today though, so hopefully soon she will manage to get a sticker on the chart and see how this whole thing works!

Wish us luck, I have a feeling we will be spending a good amount of time in Adventures in Potty Training.