No more diapers!

                                                    The Girls With Their "Potty Charts"
                                                           Joanna on the left, Deborah on the right



A couple weeks ago I finally got up the courage to potty train the twins.  We had tried unsuccessfully a few times before and it was TERRIBLE with twice the mess and twice the laundry.  But, this time I was determined and the girls were ready.  I put up the baby gate to keep them in the kitchen with me.  I had found that letting them wander, like normal, left me with no idea where they were and therefore no idea where the pee-pee mess was.  So the gate was good and the 3 of us would remain in the kitchen until "the light went on."  The first few hours were bad.  Had you stopped by for a visit around 11:00 you would have found me in the kitchen with my head in my hands ready to give up!  We had already offered candy and pretty underwear, but nothing was working.  Hmmmmmm... well, time to get serious.  I took all the boots, Joanna's horsey boots, Deborah's horse boots, the cards Gramma and Grampa sent for Valentine's Day, the Valentine snow globes Granny had just given them, the books they carry around with them all day long.  Let's just say that anything they wanted to play with or touch I took away, placed it up high on top of the cabinet (where they could see it) and told them that if they wanted it back they would have to learn to go potty on the toilet!!  I also made charts with stickers and if they filled up a row they could have a piece of gum!!  Big time!!  It worked and they were trained in 2 days.  Yay!!  No more diapers.  No more stinky poop clean-up!  Two potty trained little girls!