Extreme Potty Training!

Today began our potty training boot camp. And I think I can say that we're done! They're all potty trained and now we'll save thousands on diapers. Haha.... just kidding.

Potty Training Boot Camp is an E-Book that lots of my online friends have used and had success with and it's supposed to all happen in three days. I'll be very surprised if they are fully potty trained in three days but hopefully this will at least give us a good start. The book doesn't recommend using a treat for going, but I did use M&M's. Noni & Uncle Josh came over to help me. We reminded them all afternoon to check their underwear to make sure it was still dry and we also set a timer. When it went off, it was off to the bathroom for everyone.

We also kept them pumped full of lemonade and apple juice and yummy snacks to keep them thirsty.

Before everything started though, we made a trip to their favorite store, Target. They got to pick out their big kid underwear! Ever since I started getting them excited for potty training, Julia has been talking about the day she "says bye bye to diapers and gets Belle and Hello Kitty underwear!" So of course that's what she got. Sophie specifically wanted Ariel (The Little Mermaid) ones, which they had! Sam was not interested in Spiderman or Cars. He only wanted Thomas the Train. Over $100 dollars later (it IS Target...) we headed home.

They were oh-so-excited (and have been all week) about these new undies and agreed to keep their beloved characters clean and dry all day. Thomas doesn't want to get wet - that would make him so sad!

So from now on, no diapers in this house! Cold turkey. We did do Pullups for bed time for now though.

Sam already goes every night before bath time, so I thought he'd be the easiest. He did do well - I think he can make himself go and once he figured out he could get an M&M, he squeezed some out about every time. We made a super big deal out of it every time and he was so proud!

Julia had never gone on the potty chair but she did three times today! We were all sitting in there reading a book and suddenly heard it happen. The room got all quiet and she finished and said, "I went poopie!" She meant potty. We all rejoiced and she got her M&M.
Here's her victory smile:
Sophie was actually pretty frustrated with the whole thing. She can't sit still to save her life so sitting on a chair was torture for her. She wanted an M&M so badly, but she just couldn't make it happen. Hopefully tomorrow!
This whole process is very overwhelming. I thought about just doing one at a time, but I'm anxious for it all to get done. Right now, even though we had some successes, we had lots of accidents and it feels like it will never click. I still don't really understand how it happens! We'll see!