I remember us doing pretty much the exact thing with our daughter, except she had zero problem with peeing in a potty right when big enough, but poop was a different ball game. After a while, we'd kind of had enough of diapers, etc. and one weekend told her that the diaper ship was sailing and time to graduate..in so many words. She wasn't impressed with that idea at all. When long enough past due for her to have a dump, we put her on the potty throne and told her she wasn't leaving until "it" came out, but that she'd get smarties or something when it did. I vividly remember the facial contortions she went through holding that sucker back. For whatever reason, she fought it until the bitter end, but once it plopped, that unforgettable look of relief and asking for the smarties. It was quite hilarious, but fairly smooth sailing from there on, much like dog training really. Ha ha, good old days!
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