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I think its way cool that Happy has taken such an interest in potty training. I'm really lucky because she expects to sit on the potty every morning when she wakes up and at least 5 more times throughout the day. She takes her pants off herself, attempts to take off her diaper, sits an appropriate amount of time, and insists on having toilet paper in hand for wiping her bum. She always throws her paper in the big toilet, and waits for me to re-diaper her. Upon re-diapering, she stands at the sink and whines for me to lift her up so she can wash her hands. She then promptly runs over to the counter top, pulls down a towel for drying her hands, and then throws the said towel back on the counter top for use another time.
It really is an amazing ritual that she has adopted and most mothers would kill to have a child this regimented in their bathroom habits. But I guess I'm not like most mothers because I'm a bit annoyed by the whole procedure. You see, there is one little problem with this 6-times-a-day routine--
She won't actually pee or poo in the pot. She goes before the undiapering or after receiving a fresh diaper. The routine is all a ruse.
*exhale followed by *sigh
Motherhood proves how little I know about the human condition. Because really there is no logical reason to explain the aforementioned. I get bested by the two year old...again!
~Shae
1 comment:
Haha, talk to my mother about my early days. I was out of diapers pretty early apparently (before I was 1?), but the real trouble came when I was around 2. My parents would ask me if I had to go to the bathroom before we left the house for any errands or trips and of course I didn't have to go then, but five minutes down the road it was a very urgent matter. Drove them batty, I've heard. I blame it all on my exceptionally tiny bladder. It's plagued me throughout my childhood and into the teens and 20s.
Would any type of reward work? Or just sticking her on the pot and not letting her leave until she does some business? I know last year Bryn had a kid she was trying to potty train at preschool and finally she got so fed up with the wet/poopy pants that she just had one of the assistants continue on with preschool and she sat in the bathroom with the kid until he finally relented and went. After that breaking point it wasn't near so hard to get him all potty trained. But of course, different things work for different kids. Good luck!
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