Triple the Fun

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Day 1 has come to an end..

and things are going well. We had a few accidents:
3 on the floor and 1 messy one in some underwear. But have had way more successes!! What I have learned so far:

-Haven't had to use the timer much, the bathroom is like a revolving door
-We need a bigger bathroom with a TV
-It is possible to go a whole day without letting them watch Dora
-Suckers work to get them to poop in the potty (2/3 did that today)
-Eli WAS ready to potty train
-NO pants is the way to go. When they had underwear on in the AM they peed in it and did not notice. They each had one accident on the floor, were horrified and embarrassed and learned quickly to go to the bathroom.
-Sanitizing wipes are a blessing since there were bare butts all over the place!

I think I can get this done by Monday. Here's to hoping we only spend 50% of the day in the bathroom tomorrow-today was about 75%.

Sucesses.

Our potty charts: note everyone has a Dora sticker for putting something in the potty.

Morgan 8:40 AM-a dribble

Eli 9:01 AM-#1

Addison 9:10AM-#2. She camped out on that potty dertermined to get a Dora sticker and managed to squeeze a little out. She earned herself a M&M, Dora sticker, AND a sucker.

It begins...

Well we did not start at 7:30 like I thought, the kids slept until 8:30! No complaints from me. When I went in their room and said OK lets go sit on the potty. The answer "No" But when I pulled out the stickers they would each get for sitting on the potty they agreed to sit. Morgan had some sort of dribble in there so she got a Dora sticker. Addison is very jealous. They are all a bit puzzled as to why they have no pants on. Now we're having a pantless breakfast and the timer is set...

The last time I used this timer was when I was pumping.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

It's GO time!

I think I have everything I need for a triplet potty party:

-underwear (14 pairs for each child and YES I did label Addison and Morgan's. Even if they are sisters sharing underwear is GROSS!)

-salty snacks to make them thirsty

-sweet snacks to reward a "successful deposit" as Brandi put it (M and Ms for pee, a sucker for the first poo)

-Stickers and potty charts (Dora for success, Rabbits for just sitting on the potty)

-tons of cheap toys to occupy our time at home, upstairs on our wood floor with NO TV. I might get desperate and make them sit on some plastic to watch Dora!

AND OF COURSE

-3 Ikea potty chairs. Total cost about $5. Only the best here at the Hanlin house:)

Having a bad plan is better than no plan at all right? Better get to bed. The fun begins at 7:30 AM. Wish me luck and check back often. This is a part of life I definitely want to document well. My biggest challenge to date in raising triplets.