How To... Potty train in 1 day!

So I told a couple people I would post my potty training in a day schedule. If you don't have a toddler in need of potty training then I would probably skip reading this post! But I am very proud to say my 3 year old is finally potty trained! Wahoo! Life is good:)

Step1: Pick a day
If you have other children this should be a day when the other children can go with daddy or grandma for the day. ( I didnt have this option so I just did it with Lukey and it was stressful but it still worked)

Step2: Buy 15 or so 1$ "prizes" from the grocery store or dollar store and put them in a box of some sort. ( I cut off the top of a used diaper box and put a sign on it that said "Isaac's Potty Prizes" )

Step3: Buy juice boxes or capri sun's or some kind of liquid they can drink through the whole day.

Step4: Buy underwear (multiple pairs! We went through 9 pairs the first day!) and it recommends a small potty ( I used a potty seat for the toilet and it worked fine, but I've heard a little potty works better? So it's up to you I suppose)

Ok here's what we did...
-Woke up, put on underwear! Wahoo we're going on the potty today!
- The key is Dont Ask Dont Tell! They have to tell you on their own!
-First Accident
you say:
Uh-Oh did you feel pee coming? Ok when we feel pee coming you (now do these steps and say them while you do them)
1. Stand up 2. RUN to the potty 3. Pull down your pants 4. Sit on the potty 5. Pull up your pants. Yay good job!
Then you repeat this 5 times!! Yes 5 times. and you DONT change their wet pants. So you go back to where you were playing when they had their accident. and you Say Ok when you feel pee coming you REPEAT 1-5 ! Yay so fun!!
-After 5 times you say Ok good job lets go look at your prizes. You pull down their prize box and say "which prize do you want right now?" and let them point or tell you and then you say "well too bad you didnt pee in the potty, maybe next time!" and you put the prize box back up. Then they get to put on clean underwear and pants, and emphasize how good the clean underwear feels!

-Repeat this HAPPILY (yes HAPPILY even after they've peed in their pants 9 times!) all day long:) and when they have a bowel movement you do the same thing! It's really terrible but we only had to do that once and it was enough for him! ( with the BM you clean out most of the poop and clean them up a little bit but not all the way trust me it's important! and then after the 5 times they can get in the bath and get clean clothes).

So that's it ONE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, STRESSFUL Day but then it's over. Isaac was still peeing his pants right before bed and I was quite discouraged and quite sick of the steps by the end of the day, but the next morning he woke up, peed his pants one time in the morning and hasn't had an accident since! Wahoo!!

Apparently this is from a book, I dont know what it's called maybe Potty training in 1 day? haha that sounds sarcastic but I seriously don't know what it's called. My pediatrician gave me this advice and I loved it and I wanted to share. Because if any of you are like me I was pretty lost at what to do besides stay at home for a week or 2 and get him to go on the potty. Which I am NOT good at staying home for that long so that wasn't a good option for me and I loved this! Just one bad day and then all is well:) Let me know if you have questions and good luck!