Potty Training

Taylor's second birthday is fast approaching and I figured it's time to start the dreaded potty training. She definitely shows signs of readiness. She tells me when she pees, she hides when she poops and if I take her diaper off, she won't pee on the floor. What's the problem then, you ask? She HATES the potty. I can barely get her to sit on it, much less pee in it. I think she's afraid of it. Really, half the battle, in my experience at least, is getting the kid to pee on the potty the first time. Both my boys were 100% daytime potty trained by the time they were 2. I think Taylor is going to be more difficult. She's extremely stubborn.....like me.

I've tried all of the tricks. She will sit on the potty now without freaking out because I started out rewarding her for sitting. We sit and read books on the potty, I fill her up with water and juice and NOTHING. She refuses. She doesn't get rewarded for sitting anymore....now she has to potty....which she won't do. I have heard different suggestions....buy her a baby potty, just quit using diapers, etc. I refuse to buy a baby potty. She has a princess potty seat she puts on the toilet. I don't want to shell out $30 for a potty (that she will be equally as stubborn with), since I have been able to get her to sit on the toilet for free. Plus I feel like when you use a baby potty, then you have an extra step in training them because in public, there are no baby potties. I am too lazy to quit diapers all together just yet. If I could just get her to pee ONCE I think we'd be in the clear! Oh, well. As long as she's trained before she goes to school, right? LOL!