Monday, April 2, 2012

Potty Training

So I don't forget when my baby is a Mommy someday and calls to ask, "Was I hard to potty train?"

18 months - shows interest in potty training. uses potty consistantly for two days!!! then decides she hates it and will not go near it.

Try #2 - 2.5 years old. Four days in and it's not going well. Then Dad won't participate and it all falls apart.

Try #3 - March 2012. 2yrs 8mo old. The setup: "When this bag of diapers is gone, Mommy is NOT buying anymore. Do you know what that means?" Response: "I get to wear panties!!"
- Day One, Friday evening - only 2 hours but stayed dry until diaper went on for bed.
- Day Two, sat on potty but no luck. Errands. Went to Target. Tried to sit you on potty but you screamed and arched your back so I couldn't get you on toilet. We leave bathroom. 5 minutes later. Pee all over the floor of Target; later that evening at Safeway....you pick up glass jar of applesauce and drop it. It spills all over the floor. Call over someone to clean it up. You pee all over the floor next to the applesauce as they arrive.
- Day Three, again, lots of sitting on the potty with no action. Church. You pee. I smell poop. We run to bathroom and save the panties, barely. You sit on potty for 10 minutes. We go back to pew. You pee all over the floor. We drive to Daddy's. You are sitting on my lap while we wait. You pee on my lap.
-Day Four - at Daddy's so I have no idea what happened. I heard you pooped on his couch.
-Day Five - at school! Only one accident...you sit on your teacher's lap while she helps you with your socks and shoes and you pee on her.
-Day Six - School and Daddy's. I found out Daddy cheated and put you in diapers.
-Day Seven-Preschool isn't really sure you are ready to be potty training. You had two accidents. Your friend's mommy babysits that night and sits you on the potty and won't let you play until you pee. 30 minutes later, you pee in the potty!!! YAAAY!!!
-Day Seven - you realize you get the potty dance, candy, money, movies and presents when you pee in the potty. So you sit on the potty. A LOT. Until you realize you only get that stuff when you actually pee. You successfully pee in potty twice. You poop in your nap diaper. You have one accident, but you said you had to pee, we just didn't get there fast enough.
-Day Eight - at your grandparents. They say you did well, had two accidents.
-Day Nine - successfully pee in the potty twice in morning! Poop in your nap diaper. Have two accidents at friends house.

We will see what tomorrow brings. This is exhausting!!!

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