The tale of the unicorn potty

So everyone who says “girls are easier to potty train than boys” are (sorry boy moms) but completely right!!! I had the hardest time potty training and when he was  finally willing to he was about 3 1/2 and even so  many tears were shed on both ends for it to happen.... My daughter on the other hand just learned to use the potty  this week and it was the EASIEST experience I could have ever imagined compared to my son. She is 4 months short of 3 years old so also ready to learn much much younger than my son. We had tried once before with her but it was a complete flop and decided to wait till she was older and more ready. Well with the new year I finally decided to buckle down and try again. There was a few accidents at first but she seemed better off than before... She seemed ready but didn’t seem thrilled about it at all and wasn’t “rocking it” by any means. So I decided to try to make her more excited by taking her to the store on a special trip to let her pick out her own big girl potty. She is an extreme girly girl so by no surprise she picked out this adorable unicorn potty pictured below which was luckily only 8 bucks!

It was around mid afternoon when we got home from the store so I unloaded the car and decided I would start first thing in the morning with this adorable new potty. But when they’re ready, they’re ready... Little girl waited until I started making dinner and suddenly ran into the kitchen professing she peed in her new potty. Sure enough she took off her pants and diaper, moved this potty (with tags still on it) from next to the door to the living room and peed in it like a pro! I was completely shocked! I still am haha It has been about three days and she is still doing great with only 1 accident so far! Everytime she pees in the potty we “reward her” with a small snack and my “who pee peed in the potty song” with high fives.  I am absolutely blown away at how easy this was. If I had known all it took was her picking one out I would’ve done it months ago. Haha but she was ready in her own time and it turned out great! My heart is beaming with pride over her. 

Pic of my big girl - she likes to sit on this potty all day like it’s a chair also lol 

I can’t promise this method would work for everyone but for 8 bucks it’s definitely  worth a shot. I think the idea of her picking out her own potty made her feel in charge of the situation. Like it was her choice to start using it and something she wanted vs me convincing her to do..  it helped her a lot! So if any moms are struggling with their kids that seem ready but uninterested try this out. You’ll have to let me know if it worked for you also! 

This is B signing out to say goodnight and to go disinfect a unicorn potty for tomorrow.