Potty Training?

My lil McKenna is finally starting to get potty training. YEAH! I was looking through pictures and found this one that was taken in June of ok, ...that was the first time she sat on the pot. (It's sad that I actually have pictures to document it).

Yep it's been a year and a half. 2 months later she got her first little potty which really has been more of a toy. A year later we thought we had potty training going on when she took a week and used the "Potty" faithfully to poop in, but after 5 days she decided she was through with it and asked for diapers. What do you do? So I gave her back her diapers on the advice that she'll go when she's ready. On New Years Eve I made a Resolution for her. :) My friend sent me directions on what to do to prepare your kid by using a doll as an example, so that morning while Tyler Slept I got her doll and "we" talked to the doll about going potty in the potty. I rewarded both the doll and Mckenna for just sitting on the potty with a chocolate chip and when the doll peed on the potty she got 2 chocolate chips. So it began and it was time to start asking McKenna again. I was surprised when she said yes, so we excitedly ran into the bathroom and sat down on the potty, and guess what? She did it!

Then we were playing with her toys and she found a miniature doll and potty my mom had given her and I watched as a lightbulb went off in her head. She took down the dolls pants and then sat him on the potty. Then she brought it to me and said, "potty". She got excited at that point and then headed for the bathroom where she decided to sit on the potty with the doll. To get her to sit on the potty a lil longer I decided to give her a cup with 3 dorito chips in it and her water, this seems to have been the key. A girl after my own heart chocolate and chips are true motivators. Up until yesterday she did pretty good at going once a day, and I'm getting faster at responding when she randomly calls out "potty". Monday we went to Target where she saw this dress she wanted. She's all into the princess frilly dresses right now and so I made a deal with her, when she filled her chart, 5 times each (P&P) she could have the dress. Once we got home we've had a few "discussions" about her putting on the dress, mostly her begging and my insistence that she needs to fill her chart first.

After McKenna pee'd yesterday she asked for the dress, so I explained it to her again and it was funny. She got back on the potty and started to push, as if she could will more out of her to fill the chart. When that didn't work well...for a minute she thought she could pry it out...it's only funny because I could see the wheels turning in her head and a light come on when she realized that wasn't going to work. After that McKenna did so good. Once we changed her diaper in the morning, put on her Dora Pull-ups she didn't have one accident all day. As a substitute to her motivation she's been wearing her "lella" dress and so I couldn't help but take a picture of her sitting on her throne. Little did I know what had already gone down in the potty right before this picture was taken. :)