Upping the Ante

Okay, so I know that I shot myself in the foot so to speak with potty training the Little One. She was ready several months ago and I was not. So now that I am ready she is not interested.

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With the Big One, we bribed her with one M&M and a sticker for every time she went on the potty. That was all the motivation she needed.

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The Little One is not so easy. She is not too interested in one M&M. So then I tried to bribe her with her a Good Nite Lite. She loves the Big One’s. I told her if she went on the potty that she could have her own sun and moon.

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She was really excited about that prospect…. For about an hour.

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The Big One really wants the Little One to experience all the fun stuff at preschool, so she wants the Little One to get potty trained.

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The other day, I was trying to convince the Little One to sit on the potty, when the Big One put her hand on my arm and said, “WAIT! Mommy, let me try.”

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I laughed and said go for it.

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Next thing I know the Big One offers a Hershey Kiss for pee on the potty. Of course the Little One got super excited, raced for the potty, dropped her pants and diaper and peed on the potty.

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Apparently one M&M was not enough chocolate for the Little One, but a Hershey Kiss got her going (literally).

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Of course, then the Big One expected a Hershey Kiss for getting the Little One to go.