I posted back in November about Nora and her interest in using the potty. I tried having Nora wear dresses with no underwear for a few days to see how she would do. The first couple of days were good, but as soon as I tried to put underwear on her she couldn’t stay dry more than a few minutes. After a few days I decided to give it a rest and try again in a few weeks.

A few weeks turned into a few months She started wearing Pull-Ups and used the potty every once in a while. When she started preschool in February she started using the potty consistently again. She would stay dry all morning at school and then wet her pants as soon as she got home. Her teachers suggested that she start just wearing underwear to school. I decided to just take it one step further and put her in underwear all the time. I think that switching back and forth between Pull-Ups and underwear is just too confusing.

She has been in underwear full time now for about 2 weeks and it has been going really well. She has been doing great at pooping on the potty. At first she had a few accidents. I decided to resort to bribery She LOVES chocolate. I told her that she could have a chocolate every time she pooped on the potty. It has worked like a charm! She still had daily pee accidents, but I can live with those. Heck, I lived with those for almost 2 years with Ian. In fact, he still has “accidents” on a fairly regular basis.

I am really looking forward to being done with diapers. That is one part of parenting young kids that I will not miss!