Potty Training: FAIL

Notice something different about Eggy?

 Here's another view.

No diaper!  That's why her ass is so flat.  

Anyway, we decided to try potty training Eggy today because we thought she was ready.  We were wrong.  Or maybe she is ready but we just didn't do it right.  Usually, I'm all about research research research but this time, I just kind of winged it.  Well, I did read this but other than that, not much else.

Because honestly?  Eggy's already used the potty a few times.  She knows what pee-pee and poo-poo are.  I just figured that she needed to learn to tell us when she needed to go.  I wasn't expecting her to be totally diaper free in just three days.  She would still need a diaper for naps and bedtime.  I was just hoping that she'd use the toilet on a more regular basis.  I expected accidents.  What I didn't expect was that Eggy would refuse to use the potty.  

It started okay in the morning.  She peed on the floor a couple times but no pee in the potty.  That was fine; I expected that.  Maybe we put too much pressure on her but by the afternoon, she was holding in her pee. Like, she'd act like she'd have to go and even say that she had to go and we'd run to the bathroom and... nothing.  We tried getting her to just sit and stay on the potty but still no pee.  She'd grab her crotch and cry, "aiya" and no pee.  Sometimes, a little pee would trickle out but it was like she was afraid to pee.  Eggy ended up releasing her flood of pee all over both the hubs and me and cried the whole time.  Poor baby.  I think we traumatized her because she didn't want to pee anymore after that, not even after we put her diaper back on.  She didn't even poop today.  I don't want her holding everything in and causing problems.

Eggy appah doesn't think it was a total failure because now she knows to tell us when she gets that urge to pee.  It was a really really long day.  I guess we'll wait another month or so and try again.  Looks like I've got some reading and researching to do.  Any tips?