When school ended at the beginning of June, I had all of these expectations for summer. Today, we journey through the first expectation…potty training my two year old daughter.
I thought it was a brilliant idea to start potty training at the beginning of summer, so we could take our time and have all summer for her to get acquainted with the concept of ditching the diaper and finding relief on the potty while mommy and daddy found freedom from diapers. Of course, the idea of only having one child in diapers was also another motivating factor, but we will keep this about A for now.
Well, a week into training A got sick and I wasn’t about to force her to sit on the pot when all she wanted was cuddles and Sofia the First. So, I took advantage of all the extra snuggles and returned to the diapers.
For that first week though, I did what every most moms do…I sought advice from mommy blogs and google. So, we went shopping and picked out the cutest little Sofia the First and Elena of Avalor undies. We made a sticker chart for attempts and successes…we were set! So I thought…
This popular image, which you have probably seen floating around the internet, summarizes my daughter’s personality…
See that little girl hanging upside down on the right? That is A. She marches to the beat of her own drum and if she wants to do things her way, well gosh darn it…she will.
So, each day we put on our cute little undies, we sat on the potty every 15-20 minutes, she got stickers for her attempts, she even peed a little bit one day. But…
My timing of every 15-20 minutes apparently was not on her schedule. We would go sit on the potty, look at her sticker chart, go through the routine of wiping, flushing, washing the hands and then return to play. Only 5-10 minutes later I would look over at her and pee would be running down her leg or a puddle on the floor, and she would have a sly little smile across her face. My mother in law suggested trying training underwear, which is like underwear, but a little thicker so it will absorb more if she pees in them.
Got ’em, tried ’em, no luck.
After the week of being sick, we tried again to start the training. To no avail. Same results.
THE KID IS NOT PHASED WHAT-SO-EVER BY PEEING ON HERSELF.
So, my conclusions are as follows: At 8 months pregnant, it isn’t worth the stress. With the I’ll-pee-when-I-want-to (and giggle about it) two year old, she probably isn’t ready. Mommy blogs have been helpful in some cases, but reading that some people have their kids potty trained by 18 months had stressed me out. Well, I ain’t got time for that. If my little booger womper is content with peeing on herself, then she obviously isn’t ready to take the next step and I am not going to force her at this time. We will both end up in tears if that’s the case.
So, sweet girl…I keep telling you not to grow up too fast so I will appreciate this lingering moment that reminds me of my baby girl and will gladly be ready to give you a sticker when you finally decide you are ready for the porcelain potty.
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