09/06/2017
Coco's Potty Journey: 11 month old, Starting day care.
Yesterday Coco started her first day at her home daycare. Surprisingly, she didn't cry all day. I packed all the stuff she needs or may need for her first day, including some back-up clothes diapers and one of her favorite potty. The home care provider is very nice and is willing to work on coco's elimination needs the way she's already used to!
Yesterday Coco did not void in the potty at the day care, but she did after she went back home in the evening. She may need some time to adapt to her new "second home" as anything like teething, sickness, new people around, can all affect her potty routine. As cosette cant go on the potty on her own yet, I wrote down a 5 times potty schedule for her to be sit on the potty just to help both the care provider and Coco adapt to each other, and the 5 times are before morning snack, before morning nap, after morning nap, after lunch / before afternoon nap, and after afternoon nap. These are the usual times she goes on the potty, until the care provider get in tone with her or her starts to use words to indicate her elimination needs, whichever comes first. The care provider is happy to work with us in this habit as its not more work than changing dirty diapers, and we both believe she will be fully potty trained soon especially after she starts walking.
The photo is one day after bath she indicated me that she needs to sit on the potty, so I simply wrapped her in the towel and put her on. Even if the days I dont need to put her on the potty after her bath, we never had to put her on the change table naked first to put on diaper first before putting her clothes on. This is really nice as she doesn't have to cry for the experience of coldness.
Hope Coco will adapt to her home day care soon and continue the fun and great potty journey !