the drama continues...

We continue on the potty training front. Payton has been doing really well if I let her run around naked -- she tells me before she has to go and runs into the bathroom and goes! We give each other a high '5' and then she gets 2 M&M's. We were trying the chocolate chips, but then she found my dark chocolate Hersey's kisses and wanted one of those "shiny" ones when she went potty. One day, she got 4 of those kisses!! (I know, horrible, HORRIBLE mother giving her child so much chocolate, especially dark chocolate -- but, that's supposed to be healthy, isn't it?)

I put those kisses away -- those are mommy's "special" treats (I DIE for dark chocolate!). So, I found some M&M's and we've been going with those now for the past week. Payton watches me go potty and says, "good job mommy, you get a chocolate treat". So, I go and get myself a little treat -- I have to model the reward system, right? She gets SO upset if she can't go to the bathroom. She'll sit on the potty and try and try, then will say, "my butt's not working" and get upset. She REALLY wants those chocolates! I try to down play it -- I don't want her to somehow start having some issues with going potty....pressure to get chocolate! But, she'll still say to her daddy when he gets home from work, "Daddy, my butt wasn't working today"......poor thing...

I've been getting some advice from some friends....'let her run around naked', 'use a sticker chart', 'have her wear big girl underwear under her diaper, so she feels wet', 'have a potty in every room of your house'....even, 'Dr. Phil has a potty training program -- check it out!" WHAT? Dr. Phil? Why in the world would he have a potty training program???? I haven't really looked into yet......I'm sticking with the M&M's right now. We'll consult Dr. Phil when we're ck it'.closer to the age of three!