Toilet Training a 2 year old

who knew it was so tiring.
yes tiring. We started Sophie with the idea of toilet training just before she turned two.
we introducing her to the toilet,
we bought some pullups and training pants, a potty and toilet seat.
She started to get the idea, telling us when her pullups where filled.
But other then that it didn't seem to be 'clicking' for her.
So i read up a little, and decided to do the '3 day toilet training' program.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_potty-training-in-three-days-or-less_10310078.bc
and we half heatedly let her wear training pants, and putting her on the toilet. But still nothing.
But i realized that unless I was ready, then she was not going to train herself.
So after clearing 3 days in a row, i decided that this week i was going to toilet train Sophie.

Wednesday (20th) Day 1.
All day i 'hovered' over Sophie, trying to catch her in the act, and reinforce that she should be sitting on the potty.There were a LOT of accidents. around 10 or so. And only once did i manage to get her to do a little wee on the potty BUT by the end of the day, after her accidents she would then run to the potty. So after a lot of cleaning floors and placing her on the potty i was hoping that tomorrow will be better!

Thursday (21st) Day 2:
Today was only 3 accidents, and 3 small wees on the potty. progress! She is realizing that it needs to go on the potty, and also holding it in longer. 
Sophie also enjoyed putting her dollies on the potty when she went!

Friday (22nd) Day 3:
We have break-though! Sophie was busy playing, started to wee, quickly ran to the potty and finished her wee. She was so excited! We did a little yay wee on the toilet dance. and then said goodbye as we flushed it down the toilet. I had to pop into town for an hour so i put a pullup on her, and reminded her to go toilet while we were out. but she told me when she did it in her pullup instead.


For Sophie's toilet training, I didnt want to reward her with any treats, as she is just that little bit to young to understand rewards and sticker charts go with doing wee's in toilet. She is definitely a child who loves over enthusiasm, so i found that words of encouragement, and disinterest in the accidents worked. And getting really excited about wees on toilet made her feel proud as punch, and got her excited about doing it again.
On a side note i have downloaded 'Elmo's Potty Time' DVD for her to watch. It talks about going to the potty, washing hands, having that have to go feeling etc. I let Sophie watch it half way the day. I really liked this DVD and found her referring to it during her potty times. Talking about going 'wee wee' on the potty and not on the floor. so im glad that she this reinforced it to her (and i think it helped being Elmo - she is fascinated by him!)

Friday (5th) Day 2 weeks:
So it has been 2 weeks since i started Sophie with toilet training. She has done incredibly well. Since day 5, she has only had about 3 accidents at home. I still put her in pullups when we are out at the shops, but we try to go for walks and she is in knickers then and does really well.