Potty Training Update

I know, it's been way too long since I've posted. I guess part of that is wanting to avoid the obligatory "update" posting. Well, this is not that post, but an update none the less.

For the past several months, we have been on and off with the potty training for Sarah, nothing consistent. She was doing ok at school with going a couple of times on the potty, but it would vary from one day to the next. This past weekend, Sarah decided that she was ready to start again. We had a party for Grandpa's 70th birthday, and put her in "big-girl" underwear. We expected her to have a few accidents, but she had zero. She went the entire day, from wake-up to bed time in the same pair of underwear! Sunday was just as good, again, with zero accidents. She was very busy all day with her cousins and other company in town, but when she had to go, she told someone and made it in time. Monday was a day off for all three of us due to Presidents Day, so we decided to continue with the underwear. She only had two accidents on Monday, still a marked improvement over the past several months.

Tuesday and Wednesday at school was a different story, as she went through all of her spare clothes that we sent in with her, but did make it to the potty some of the times. We decided to just keep going with it and see how she does. When she is at home, she is in underwear, and mostly that way at school. I don't want to push her too hard, but she seems to be so close that I don't want her taking steps backwards either. We'll just keep with the positive reinforcement and see how she does.

Update: 02/23/07
After two days of accidents at school, Sarah went the entire day on Wednesday without any accidents, including a short shopping trip to a consignment shop for clothes and the evening at Grandma and Grampy's. Things are looking good!