Does this count as a successful first day??!!

[Chunkychicken]

Just started potty training my 2.3yo DD. First attempt, as thought we'd give it a go whilst I'm off work, the weather is helpful, & as DC#2 is due in November I thought it's worth a crack now, rather than leave it until nearer then iyswim.

So, today. We started well, with DD happily ensconced in knickers & willing to sit on the potty (I had to resort to stickers for every willing attempt as she threw a massive tantrum on previous introductions to the potty). Have more stickers, choc buttons & buckets of enthusiastic praise ready for any successful sitting...

We mainly had wee accidents throughout the day, although by this evening, DD was asking to go to the toilet after the fact to get tissue paper to wipe herself up.

After one accident, we managed to sit on the potty & dribble a tiny bit of wee in the potty.

Poo went in pants, but she was willing to sit on the potty to 'finish' (although nothing more was produced...)

I'm thinking that's a pretty run-of-the-mill reasonable start to potty training - getting her used to being nappy free. DH, I think, is a bit more pessimistic about the successfulness (relatively speaking) of today.

Does this seem like a reasonably successful first day to those who've been there, done that?

Sounds good to me! DS (2.4) hasn't even started thinking about it yet!

Thank you Catinboots.

Day 2; first wee in the potty!!! I cried and DD asked if I was sad :) so I said I was very, very happy. Lots of praise, phoned Daddy at work, choc button, sticker.

DD then asked for more choc, I said when she's done more wee wees, so she's pulled down her knickers & sat waiting to do another one...

Yeah!!! That is something to celebrate. You have inspired me to try and start next week. DS knows when he's pooed and weed now - he tells us. I've just been putting it off

It's going quite well I think.

2 wees in the potty, one on the kitchen floor (after she'd just got off the potty ironically, and I think she was trying to wash her hands!) but the poo went in the pants. I'm keeping her in nappies for naps at the moment, but they do seem to stay reasonably dry, and obviously overnight too. I am marginally concerned that she effectively only had 3 (big) wees in the day, but I'm not whipping the nappy off at 7am whilst we're cuddling in my bed either, so maybe she'd be doing another one then...

Good luck catinboots - these may be words that come back to haunt me, but I was dreading it a bit (she's still young, she's done everything else at the 'right' stage & easily, so was figuring this would be a nightmare to be the exception to the rule), its not as bad as I thought it would be. Ask me again when I need to take her out and about!!