M-a-Mem's!!!!

Ava is officially crazy for M&M's. She could be in one of those commercials where a million things are going on around her and she would be sitting in the middle of it all quietly munching on her M&M's... completely unaware that life exists.

When life gives you lemons make lemonade, right?

So we've been starting to give Ava M&M's when she uses the potty. I'll admit that we are still quite inconsistent but we're making progress. Miss Ruth is also on board at daycare, so this much I know... as soon as I ask her to use the potty, she says, "I get M-a-Mem's if I go pee pee on the potty, right?"

The inconsistency on our part definitely has kept this at a snail's pace but I think I hit the jackpot tonight. After picking Ava up at daycare today, we stopped at the grocery store to get a few things. We passed the candy aisle and I let her pick out a small bag of M&M's. We talked right then and there what they were for. She told me (and everyone within ear shot) that she gets "M-a-Mem's when I go poopy on the potty". I let her carry the bag to the checkout and carry them in the car on the way home but she knew she had to earn them. As soon as we got home, she made a beeline for the toilet, yelling "I got to get it out of my tummy, mommy". I think she meant poop, but we'll never know.

Fast forward to bath time... she sat on the toilet for 20 minutes so she could earn those M&M's... and she did!!!