I found this awesome street pretty close to our house with abut 6 big baby stores, so that was great. Why was I looking at baby stores? There was something very specific on my list today; a potty!
And we found one. It wasn't easy, only two stores had ones we liked. Lots of potties have like handles on them, like a bike, but I thought that is silly. And she can't get on it by herself. It was funny because that was the one we tried first, and then when we saw a regular one she tried to sit on it backwards. It was really cute. Anyway... We've got a potty. My plan so far? Buy a bag of chips ad tape them on the wall above the potty. Everytime she uses it she gets a chip. At this point even if we can get her pooping on it that will be a good start. We'll see how it goes.
In other news, I checked out a really outstanding daycare today. It was big, spacious, clean, fun, caring staff, excellent 'curriculum'...Unfortunately the price was quite outstanding as well. The problem for us is that we only want her to go half days, afternoons, but at the places we've been so far have naps for like 2 hours in the afternoon. A) She never naps for 2 hours, and B) Why pay for her to have naps at a super nice place? Also, you pay for the lunch program even if you are there are not. This place is also pretty fancy in that you have to buy the regulation sleeping bag, uniform, shoes, and her textbooks every semester. The good thing is that the afternoons are the Chinese programming. (They teach English in the morning. This means the teachers all speak some English, and they have foreigners on staff) She had a ball the whole time we were there, and the staff was great with her, playing with her and entertaining her. The 'baby' class, which she would be in, also only has 2 students currently which is nice. The classroom was very 2 year old friendly; age appropriate crafts and activities, and even the textbooks are very age appropriate. Learning animals and numbers, etc... I really liked it, but we'll have to check out a few more places first.
Ha ha, I should tell you what it is called: Chocolate International Day Care Center.
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Oh, wow, if she poops she will get a stale chip. Try smarties or something else that will not be affected by the humidity in the bathroom. So many stars or stamps and she gets something special...that is what her Daddy got. I can remember the charts but I can't think of what he got in the end.
Baba
To get our boys to pee in the potty, I put some kool-aid crystals in the dry potty, and encouraged them to make the colors. I also used starbursts as rewards, and I kept them in the kitchen, but our potty was in the living room.
As for daycare, I think lots of daycares require the children to have a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. When I was looking for my boys in Edmonton, Matthew was 4 and he was still required to nap like that, and he had not had an afternoon nap since he was 2. That is one reason why we went to a dayhome, out of a person's house, they are more relaxed about rules like that, it is the person's choice, and they are more willing to work with the parents in regards to schedule.
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