Sticker Chart and some snakes

About a month ago we experienced potty regression. After almost 2 weeks of wetting herself to gain control over the potty situation (I am pretty sure she was rebelling to show control and it got pretty bad at times) Anna found herself back in pullups and there was no potty talk for almost a week. WAY TO GO MOMMY (believe me, it was hard to just let go but it is what she needed from me).

Then after a week of absolutely no mention of potty, we started back up with the sticker chart that we used during potty training. Pretty much Anna gets to pick and put on a sticker of her choice whenever she completes something on the chart below (notice there are really easy ones, like feed Peanut, brush teeth, clean up plate, that we included do she was guaranteed a sticker each day). One she reaches the other side of the page on ANY line she gets a reward of her choice.

And Anna has bought into it; it has worked pretty well for the last 2 weeks. She has filled up the chart twice (once a week) and has chosen her reward for doing so. The first week she wanted to go to the zoo with Daddy to see the snakes and this past week she got to go to the bookstore to pick out a book; she went wanting a snake one but came home with a My Little Pony puzzle book instead!

So Anna has made some progress and she is no longer trying to "control" the potty; or should I say mommy is trained to show zero interest and control of potty time :). I simply need to ask her if she wants to potty upstairs or downstairs and she decides from there on; or she simply goes on her own. She decides in the morning if she is wearing pull ups or panties. I don't let myself stress and this is a good thing.

While she's not 100% potty trained, I am 100% more enjoying this then a month ago. Deciding to hand over all the control to Anna and invest in pull ups has been the best thing for Anna and mommy's relationship when it comes to using the potty. My 100% no stress potty approach has started to show some really good signs. Anna knows what to do, how to do it, has no issues pooping in the potty (she has never regressed with that), but she just needed her mommy to give her total control. 

So 2 1/2 weeks later I am happy to say we are headed in a promising direction. Three times this morning (one poop and two pees) she simply walked to the potty without telling me, pulled down her pants and as she is going yells, "Mommy pee pee!!!!!" So proud! And to top it all off, 3 cases of dry panties (our hardest struggle! She never really fully pees her pants, she just has to change her wet panties)

I am sure we will encounter another hiccup along the potty training road but for now we will have a party with our stickers! :)

Much Love,

Jenny