You know that potty training thing I mentioned I had started up again several weeks back? Yeah, well that lasted a grand total of about 2 1/4 days before I threw my hands in the air. She peed on the potty first thing in the morning both days, but then never again throughout the day.
Even rewards of M&Ms (which she loved) didn't keep her interested for very long. She got an M&M every time she tried to go, but by the third day she just screamed and threw a fit when we went near the potty. The mere mention of the potty got her all riled up. The only way I was going to get her to sit on the pot was to pin her down, so I felt I had no other choice but to quit, yet again. I tried getting excited about it, acting silly, singing songs, reading books, nothing worked once she'd decided enough was enough. Being that it was right before her birthday and the holidays, I decided enough was enough as well.
Since stopping, I've asked her to sit on it a few times before her bath. Just recently, she started asking to go herself and for the last week or so, she's sat on her potty the entire time I'm in the shower. Yesterday, for the first time, she actually peed on the potty during that time. I stepped out of the shower and saw she had done it and I got excited and cheered and praised her for going potty. She turned and saw what she'd done and started crying. (She's started doing this crying, whiney kind of cry when she sees something that scares her in the slightest. It's actually quite a pathetic little noise.) So she got to watch an episode of Bugs Bunny for going in the potty and we made a big deal about it. Thing is, I don't think she's made the connection that good stuff happens when you go on the potty. We're just not to that point. Rewards seem to be meaningless to her.
I really think that the reason kids potty train so much later now than in previous generations is these darn super absorbant diapers. They're not uncomfortable, so there isn't much incentive to move on. I just need to bite the bullet, put her in underwear and hope it doesn't take a month for her to figure out it's not fun sitting in your own waste. And then plan on getting the carpets cleaned. On top of that, Clara just really doesn't communicate very effectively and so she just doesn't get it yet. Every day now she seems to be understanding and communicating better with us, so I remain hopeful that it won't be long. I think I'm just going to let her ask to go potty for awhile and hopefully she'll transition more easily when I'm ready for this whole potty training business.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Another Potty Post....... Sorry
Posted by Kelsey at 10:48 PM
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Yeah...not peeing in the pot's the pits. But don't worry..she'll get it.
My friend, Joy, who has done daycare for a bazillion years says to use the thickly padded training pants and then put the good old fashioned plastic pants over them (like Gerber brand found at Wal-Mart here). I know that most of you youngin's have never even heard of those. They are what we used to put over the good old fashioned cloth diapers! Yuck! Hold on tightly when you flush them out in the toilet!! Anyway, Joy says toddlers hate that they can feel the moisture next to their skin...which is exactly your reasoning about the disposal diapers nowadays, Kelsey.
Give D & L a hug!
Enough advice...it's back to the Merry X-mas letters.
Love,
Diaper Diva
(aka Nana in the north Gloria)
Oh contraire. Remember, I'm a bit old fashioned. I do in fact have quite a few of the training pants on hand, ya just still gotta deal with the poopie ones and the laundry that comes with panties, ya know? I'm just lazy that way.
I've actually been surprised that they contain the leaks as well as they do. I thought for sure she'd just leak right out of them. I bought the Curious George undies thinking that might incent her to go, but alas, she didn't mind drenching the monkey.
Maybe I just need a lesson in what to do with peepee soaked undies so that my house doesn't reek of pee. Can you help me Diaper Diva?
Sadly, the many miles between us prevent me from being much of a help. For my best advice refer to #1 comment...hold on tightyly to those training pants when flushing them out or you will need a crash course in plumbing!
I am so sorry you are up to your peepers in pee pee..but don't despair..I have word that the calvary (Grandma) is on the way and if she is worth her weight in gingerbread houses she will take over all dipie duty for the duration of their stay...Grandpa will do backup surely...oooooh...those are the BIG jobs waiting to be cleaned up in the "basement"!
When I come to your house I will pretend not to notice the pee pee smell...any good friend would do the same...and you can always blame the dogs, right?
Honestly,if you are both frustrated it's OK to wait awhile...you are the mom and it's up to YOU. She will get it and it won't be as far in the future as you are now thinking it could.
So don't let anyone let you feel guilted into making you think you are not doing your mommy job well either!! Poo on that!
Mrs. Peebody (Nana in the north)
(I LOVE reading your blog about that sweet little girl...and her mommy and daddy! Thanks!
For me it's back to the Christmas booklets!
Sadly enough, Santa brought Jayden a potty for Christmas when he was 18 mths old. We tried countless times to potty train him using pull-ups, underwears (that's what we call them in our boy house!) and those plastic covers. It wasn't until he was 3 and we were gone for 2 weeks the GRAN potty trained him! Gotta' love that. He would sit on the potty and go, but would never tell us when he had to go. Frustrating! I think part of the problem for us too was that I couldn't be home consistantly for him. I was still in nursing school! I don't look forward to this with the next one. Poo!
I tried potty training Emma over Thanksgiving. She peed everytime I put her on the potty, and I jumped up and down, and she got to call people on the cell phone. This was wonderful, except I had to remind her that she needed to pee. If I didn't, I had to clean a puddle. Towards the end, she said "Ah knee dypa" (you know two-anese, figure it out). I told her no, she just needed to tee-tee in the potty. She proceeded to poop in her panties. The final straw was when she grinned at me as she was squatting and peed on the floor. I don't have a dog just for this reason. I figured it was easier to just change a diaper than clean the puddles. When she's ready to handle the responsibility of it, she can pee the potty. Besides, who wants to take their toddler to the bathroom in Wal-Mart? No thank you! I'll just change a diaper.
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