Potty Training: Day 1

After my posting on here about potty training, my fears and concerns, I started doing some research. A friend of mine had sent me this pdf file about some three day potty training system. At first I was thinking "Yeah right. Like you can really potty train a kid in three days." Especially a very strong willed little girl like A. Not to mention I've put her in panties before only to have her pee in her panties as soon as she got of the potty. That led to me being frustrated and after a few times of her during that, I'd give up and back on the diaper went. The last week or so, she had been asking to wear big girl panties when we'd get dressed in the morning. I didn't know what her sudden interest was. I didn't know if it had anything with me having to wipe her bottom all the time, (she hates it) and telling her that if she was big girl and went on the potty I wouldn't need to anymore. I didn't know if something had finally clicked in head that it was gross to sit in diaper. I didn't know much of anything except that maybe I should read the pdf that my friend had sent me.
Still being completely skeptical, I sat down one night and started reading. I kept saying "yeah right" to a lot of it but for the most part it made a lot of sense. The only thing I was very concerned with is how she kept mentioning that you basically had to give up 3 whole days of your life and devote them completely to the child and potty training. With going back to school and of course the fact that K needs attention too (not to mention dishes, cooking and all those other things we stay at home moms magically do). There was no way I was going to be able to just sit and play with A all day long.
Fast forward to just a few days ago when I started implementing the "before" steps of this plan such as telling A how gross pooping in a diaper was and how big girls go on the potty. Things I was doing before, but maybe not doing the "correct" way. Then yesterday when we were out, I stopped at the store and let her pick out two new sets of panties. (The plan says to have 20-30 pairs on hand) I also started telling her that we were going to start using her potty tomorrow. I figured since nothing else had worked I might as well try the 3 day thing and do the best I can with it under my circumstances.
Day one, we woke up, came down stairs for breakfast, gave A a great big glass of milk, brushed teeth, yada yada yada. When were getting dressed I let her pick out the pair of panties she wanted to wear, making sure that I impressed upon her that she needed to keep them dry and to let me know when she had to go. When we got down stairs, again I told her "Make sure you tell mommy when you have to pee." The next thing I know she's telling me and trying to pull her panties. I kept thinking "Yeah right" (yes I'm that skeptical), but she sat down and when she stood up and there was pee in the potty I was overcome with joy. Sheer, pure joy. My daughter had just gone on the potty. (If you're not a mom, you probably don't get it.) I heaped so much praise upon her, told her what an awesome job she did and how such a big girl she was now. Then we called Oma and grandma and told them and she got a reward. She was the happiest little girl around.
Through out the morning I kept reminding her to tell me when she had to pee. r
Then came poop time. I knew she was doing but I wasn't quite quick enough getting her to the potty. I kept my calm, told her it was alright, cleaned her up and got her a new pair of panties. The next accident came when we in the tv room. She was sitting reading a book and all of sudden told me about all the water. Ok (see I knew it wasn't going to work), I clean her up again, get her another pair of panties. The whole time I acted like it was no big deal.
When we were back in the play room she was leaning up against the toy box and said "Mommy, Pee!" I noticed a small trickle going down her leg so I snatched up and putting on the potty where she finished going pee. Again I made a big deal of it, gave her more M&M (her reward) and of course a new pair of panties. Since then she's been dry. Every once in a while when she's involved with playing or such, I'll remind her to tell me about going pee. I never ask her if she has to go, just remind her to tell me when she has to go.
She's pee'd in her potty several times now. Ok 3 day system... you're working for the most part. My only complaint is this. She "has" to go potty now every 10 minutes. I'm not joking. She will go running to the potty, pull down her panties and pee. Then get so excited. I'll go and look and there is barely a drop of pee there. Then of course she asks for her M's. This is a flaw in the plan I think and I now that it's almost 4pm here and she hasn't "really" gone pee since lunch time, I don't know how well she's going to be trained. She knows what it feels like to have to pee, but she's doing it every few minutes to get some candy. I've stopped giving her M&M for these few drops, but still telling her she a big girl for using the potty.
My next concern is overnight. With the 3 day plan, you're supposed to keep them in panties overnight. She wakes up dry sometimes, usually when I limit what she's had to drink the night before, but I'm still worried. I tried to get her to take a nap today to see if she would wake when she had to go, but of course she didn't want to nap. Figures! Guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens.