Toilet training Leia - seriously

I wrote an entry about Toilet training Leia November last year but i wasn't so serious in executing it back then. Leia is 2 yrs 4 mths today and last weekend i started to get serious with my mission to toilet train her. The first 2 days were a bit tough with a few 'accidents' but now i think she has understood the concept of pee-ing in the toilet. Day 4 has been going on quite well so far with only 1 'accident'.
Toilet training can be exhausting and takes up most of my time but the reward is priceless. Since i started toilet training Leia, i would post every development on facebook and a few mummy friends would ask me for tips. My only tip is to not let the children tell you that they want to go to the toilet but bring them to the toilet every couple of hours instead eventhough they say they don't feel like going. A parent must also be very patient and don't easily give up. There are no such as thing as too early or too late to start toilet training a child but i wouldn't want to open a 4/5 year old diaper with poop inside. Bleurghhhhh!!!

Alhamdulillah my children are considered easy to toilet train. I didn't have much trouble with Luq too last time and i NEVER had to clean up poop from the floor bcoz they would tell me each time they want to poo.
To parents out there who are or will start toilet training your children, GOOD LUCK!

Toilet training Leia

* I did not take these photos when Leia was pooping. These were when I was training her to pee. Hehe

I actually planned to start toilet training Leia after she turned 2yo in 4 days time but today she already took her 1st toilet training lesson. It has been a while now that everytime she wants to poopoo, she will inform me. Not during or after poopoo BUT before. So this morning when she told me she wanted to poopoo, i quickly put her on the toilet, took a stool and sat beside her. She thought that i was playing with her but after i explained to her why she was sitting on the toilet, she kind of understood and after a few minutes she pooped. She was a bit scared at first and wanted me hug her. Maybe bcoz she was used to having the diaper as a support but when it was over, she smiled and clapped her hands.

It was the same with Luq last time. I started training him to poopoo in the toilet first then later pee. I think teaching Leia to pee will be a bit difficult bcoz she drinks water a lot and i will have to remember to always bring her to the toilet. For the meantime, i'll let her wear her diapers until she reaches 2yo but after next week i'll go all out to train her. I feel like my baby girl is all grown up and i'm very blessed to see her progress every day.