It’s done! I have successfully potty trained my little one and it was easier than I have ever imagined! ok we still have nappy at night but I’m sure that will change easily this summer.
I have to admit I was more afraid of this whole potty training than everything else with a baby. I hate cleaning shit! I really wasn’t looking forward washing pants full with shit even if they belong to my beloved little girl.
So how I did it?
Well of course I was reading all theories. Starting with the lock yourself in for 4 days and so on.
We tried a could of times last year but after a couple of hours of unsuccessful and tearful trial I decided to have a break from potty training. She definitely showed the signs and she was sitting on the potty nicely if I asked her but nothing happened there then 2 mins later there was a big accident on the floor.
So when I started in January I just basically put the potty near where she was. The potty was in the Living room if she was there or in the kitchen if she was there. I took away her nappy and was waiting. Then one day I went to the loo and out of the blue my little girl showed up with a big smile on her face and the potty in her hands full with wee wee! Sure I had to take a picture of that😀
So it was like that and then I just continued giving nappy free time at home carrying the potty from one room to the other. She was still wearing nappies outside of home and in nursery. Next week we had a great 90% successful rate at home so the following week I took loads of panties and leggings to nursery to try the next step: nappy free time in nursery. It really didn’t go well. after three days all the nursery teachers thought Joy had no clue about the whole potty thing. They asked her to sit on the potty and nothing happened then 2 mins later she wet herself. By the third day I saw the nursery teachers’ frustration that they needed to change her clothes so many time. However I had the worse bit as I had to wash those pants!
Then at home she was great again. Hardly any accident. 4 days 95% success in a row at home. Monday came – we went back to nursery – came back home with 7 dirty set of clothes.
On Tuesday night when I picked up my little girl I was talking to another nursery teacher trying to explain to her how we do it at home and how strange that she couldn’t even show signs of her potty interest in nursery. And then that lady actually listened to me and she figured out that we do something totally different at home than how they potty train in nursery. They always ask my little one to sit on the potty and do it when they want and not letting her doing when she wants! So the lovely nursery teacher promised they would stop their useless techniques and will just let Joy do what she wants. And guess what! My little daughter did not have accidents anymore in nursery either. 
Then next week I heard nursery took out my little one for shopping and they didn’t give her nappy and she was great so that weekend we baked a cake to celebrate our success with the potty. 
Then adventured to a birthday party in pants and carried the big potty. I was a little scared what would happen but she just weed in the potty as it was the most natural thing in her life.
And today we spent basically the whole day out of home. And no accident at all while we were out! We had loads of fun and excitement and a truly amazing day. I was so tired when we got back home that somehow could not act when she asked for potty and then a poo ended in the pants. yesterday there was a diarrhoea so that resulted in two pants thrown into bin but hey that wasn’t that bad at all! Next step is traveling to Hungary on the flight next week!
I’m so so proud of my little one for how great she was with the potty training and we didn’t have to stuck at home for fours days. It was a nice and easy transition from nappies to pants!
Oh and btw at this point she is not only doing the potty but actually using the real toilet!
So probably the whole secret is to wait till they are ready. watch them and adapt your technique to them.
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