I have a few sites that I follow and on one of them, the author was discussing preparing to toilet train their daughter. She mentioned a book which talked about toilet training your child in three days and mentioned a few of the points. No, I did not rush out and buy the book (although if we ever adopt a third who is not trained I just might do it). Anyways, one of the highlights was to let your child run around the house without pants. If they didn’t listen to their bodies cues then they would be covered in pee which you then had them help clean up.
SO, we entered a new phase of training – the pantless phase. One accident inside the house and she was good when inside because there were no bottoms to contend with. Outside was a bit harder for her because there is no way that we were letting her run around the neighbourhood, or even our backyard, without pants. She would do things like announce that she had to pee and then take the long route to the house or, more commonly, just stand and pee then go on playing.
Needing a solution, a potty was carried everywhere we went when outside for a week. Yes, to the park, the yard, down the street to the neighbour’s a pink, plastic kiddie toilet was carried along with a bottle of water for rinsing. Felt a bit like an idiot at times but it seems to have paid off. We are so proud of her that we gave her an award (she has been eyeing Katrine’s awards and fingering them lovingly so we figured that it would kill two birds with one stone – celebrate and divert attention).
