Tinkle here, Tinkle there ... Twins tinkling is far beyond.

Well, well. I have currently completed 2 full weeks of potty and am going on a third with my 20 month twins.

Extreme, yes. Successful, thank god, yes.

I did 2 random full day test runs back in december just to see where they were at with the whole concept of: "peeing in a potty is a good thing, peeing on ourselves ... not so much". They did not so good during those first trial runs, but vowed, in order for them to be "more" ready i need to put HUGE emphasis on anyone and everyone peeing in a potty and not in their own pants. I need to train them to know what peepee is and how to say it, as well as potty (what it is and how to say it). And sure enough with i did  these things till i was almost mad. And they learned it all!

So i decided 2 and a half weeks ago, lets go for it and never look back. (because with twins, its either "you're all in and fully ready to embrace it orI you'll just sink). Week one, such a TIRING week. I gave them maybe 6 to 8 FULL cups of water or juice and they just sucked one down after another. And i had to saw everything, what seemed like a million times, and run them to their own potty chairs (every 15 minutes or so) and they got a mini m&m just for sitting down and another one for successfully peeing in their potty. So they learned pretty quickly that sitting down to pee actually had its benefits ... CANDY! Thus, in excitement after successfully peeing in the potty they demanded CANDY! 

(when they had accidents, we'd just say "uh oh, yucky, yucky, stinky" and i'd sit them down on their potties til they got just a drop out, and all was right again in the world) We had a few moments of resistance but those we pushed through and made it out successfully, THANK GOD!

Week two, was more of the same but really training them to hold their peepee for longer periods of time. (30 to 45 minutes) So we stretched out potty runs and we've successfully made it to almost 1 hour of dry stretches by the end of week 2. They call "mama" or run and stand by their potties for me to help them with their panties so they can go peepee now. So our next trick will be getting coordination to pull down those pants! 

They really are doing so good and of course, it could be better but OH, it could be so much worse. (they could've resisted, they could've not been so eager, they didn't have to catch on, ...) Haven and Hazel aren't the same, they have their own little quirks to going potty and i've learned from them well and i think they're learned from me well. And, of course, i am happy to be going through this with them now instead of after our next little baby gets here. Halle and i get to teach them and play with them and reinforce all things learned and i fear i wouldn't be able to give them the intense perseverance i am able to now. They're excited to be big girls like their sissy Halle and i fully embrace that! :)

So hurray, to them and hurry to me!