The Pee Pee Game

My 2 year old daughter has been potty trained since then end of last Summer. Recently, she started having accidents again. She refused to sit on the potty half the time and would throw a fit, (you could say she's a little strong willed). Finally, I decided enough was enough. She's smart and has had this potty thing down- there's no reason she can't sit on the potty and keep her panties dry. I decided I needed to stop being lazy and start taking her to the potty more often, and that I would have to get more creative.

So, we started playing the Pee Pee game. I would set my daughter on the potty and she'd go into her tantrum. Instead of getting upset, though, I asked her if she wanted to play a game, the Pee Pee game. She quieted down, so I said, "whoever hears the pee pees first gets to say, "I HEAR THE PEE PEES!" ". She started to go a minute later and I shouted "I HEAR THE PEE PEES!". She thought this was pretty funny.

That was a week or two ago. Since then, my 4 year old has gotten into the act. If my daughter is on the potty and my son hears her going from the other room, he trys to shout the winning words before anyone else. My daughter than shouts it out too. She thinks this is great fun and will ask to play the game now.

I've decided that with a strong-willed child and potty training, sometimes you need to get creative rather than upset. Today it's the Pee Pee Game, tommorow it might be something totally different. Whatever works, because it is very nice not having her in diapers anymore!