3 day toilet training, ah try three months?

I had heard of this technique and wanted to get in on it before summer was over. Two of my friends had it work a treat for them. Notice I am writing this at the beginning of spring, not a good sign? When I read up about it they recommended doing it before 2 and a half so in that sense our timing was about perfect. The websites recommended that the kid can communicate, is interested in toileting and can hold on, all things Ada was doing. The gist of this technique is to go COMPLETELY nappy free, bye bye nappies forever and don't look back. This method assumes that after about 15 'successes' over the three days your little one will understand the sensation and be able to associate that with hopping on the potty in time to go! Sounds a dream... lets try it! On day one you stay home and drink lots of drinks, hopefully hanging out in your house with wooden floors or in the kitchen or outside if it is summer time. As soon as the kiddo starts to wee (or poop, eep) pick them up and pop them on the potty and CELEBRATE your head off for ANY successful business in there. Day two is similar but you venture out in the avo, going to the toilet/potty before you leave and finally on day three you venture out in the morning, again sitting on the potty before leaving. 

At the time Ada only drank water and definitely didn't enjoy being told what to do. A bit of a stubborn streak/two year old assertion perhaps? So my little lady couldn't be convinced to drink more nor submit to trying to sit on the potty when asked. Also miss Ada does about 2 wees during a normal day and just held on and held on, after about 5 days she had only 'let go' out of a nappy about 6 times. The first time we tried she got sick, developed a UTI and was in severe rebellious mode when it came to the potty. On trial two, we took it sooo easy, Ada was in charge of whether she complied by sittng on the potty before bed or leaving the house and she got whisked to the toilet as soon as she said 'wees'. It still took weeks for our success rate to climb to 15. It even took days before we had an accident on the floor, these were all at someone elses house! SORRY GUYS. She actually did more wees on other peoples floors than our own. Suddenly it clicked and she was going to the toilet well for wees. Ada held on number twos until nappies went on for naps/bedtime (I didn't abandon nappies for 3 hour sleeps or overnight, I think some folk do!). Then that all clicked into place too. It is months later and she still gets help on the toilet and will let go at Playcentre rather than realise that she needs get to the loo in time... But, these moments are fewer and farther between now. So I would still recommend the three day technique for those who are game, but we took about three weeks for the first lots of very regular successes and three months for her to be almost in charge of it all herself. Phewf....

Maybe Olive will want to stay in nappies forever?