On Monday, we took the plunge and began potty training Morgan. We've been talking about it for a long time, and had a few trial runs, and now that Sam is older and we're settled in AZ, I resigned myself to staying home for the next month until she figured it out. I know that a child in underwear is supposed to be great, and maybe it will be soon, but I honestly think that diapers are easier. You don't have to worry about accidents or rushing to the bathroom when you're out and about, you can change the diaper on your own schedule (i.e. when you've finished nursing), and you don't have to scrub out a diaper. But...diapers cost a lot. And give heat rashes. And you certainly can't send a kid to preschool in diapers. So, we're potty training.
Monday morning we camped outside the bathroom with lots of books, goldfish, and water. For a long time, nothing happened, and I wanted to speed things up, so I started pouring soda. Morgan thought that was fantastic, and then she went to the bathroom 6 or 7 times in an hour. Gave her lots of practice. :) It's Thursday now, and she's only had one accident (although that one was exciting - the feces went from the underwear to the floor to the bottom of the foot to the tub). That made quite an impression on her - she kept murmuring "It was all my fault..." We've successfully gone to the store and back, and really I think she's probably entirely trained. In fact, she's a little more trained than I'd like. Now that she's firmly embraced wearing princess underwear, she doesn't want to use diapers as a crutch. I've been putting her in a diaper for naps and bedtime, but she wakes up dry and calling for the potty. That sounds fantastic, and I suppose I should be proud, but that means that she's taking shorter naps and waking up early in the morning, because she wakes up when she needs to use the potty. Consequently, she's more tired and cranky. And I'm more tired and cranky. Especially when I'm racing up the stairs every 10 minutes, sometimes lugging Morgan, to find out if she really does have to go. My thighs are burning. I want to tell her to just use the darn diaper, but I know that doesn't send the right message. Who would have thought that successful potty training would be such a pain!
Moral of the story - I can find the negative in anything. :)
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3 comments:
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Thanks for getting me excited for our turn next year! So glad we have a bathroom on each floor. I'm out of shape. Good luck with the sore thighs, sleep deprivation, and feces! ;) love you Laurie!
haha, we're in the same boat! Go US!!
One problem we had was that naptime became "hide in the corner and mess in underwear where mom won't detect me for 2-3 hours". So I had to ask myself: what do I want worse? Naptime sanity or cleaning fecal matter in the tub every single day? It was a tremendous sacrifice, but I feel I can survive without the naps for another month until preschool starts. PRESCHOOL!!!! Make a paper chain to countdown til preschool starts- it'll make you BOTH feel better. :)
We are a month or so into training and I still miss the ease of diapers...other moms keep telling me it will be worth it someday. It's my only hope!
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