Potty Training

Libby has been really amazing with this potty thing. She truly trained herself after Grace was born. We did a few things with m&m's and she was done. Awesome! That is, until a little over a month ago. All of the sudden she started missing the potty...almost every time she went to the potty. So frustrating. I was NOT going to start treating her again when I knew that she knew how to do it, so, I tried negatives to encourage her to do it the right way. I even tried making her wear a diaper again (which she absolutely HATED)! This worked for one day at a time, but then she was right back to it. Finally, I decided that I needed to go ahead and figure out a treat system again. So, I made a treasure map with five days on it. For every day she goes in the potty and is mess free, she gets a sticker. After five days, we go to McDonald's. That was great for the first five days...not ONE accident...period. Ok, we aren't going to McD's every five days, now what was I going to do? Ah ha! Light bulb went on, now she has to go through the map TWICE to go to McD's, and next time it will be three times, then four. We'll just keep moving that number up until she is going a-ok again and won't actually need the map. So far, it's worked like a charm! Maybe I should take that as a lesson and go ahead and try the positive method of discipline in the first place next time. Ya think? I still have so much to learn about parenting. :)