You might wonder why the fictitious characters were the ones to bring her panties. Because her parents didn't want any of that blame! No ma'am! Let her be angry at them! We're no dummies!
We started potty training the Monday after Christmas with the goal of starting 2016 diaper free.
The first day went about as well as we thought it would.
In nothing but a shirt and a diaper, we put her on the potty every 15-30 minutes. Nothing.
And then she went on the floor. She did not like that! It only happened twice. Then she started going when we put her on the potty.
Day two was better! She seemed to be getting it.....mostly. There was only one accident. Day three we had no accidents!
She remembered every time to tell us when she needed to go.
We spent New Years eve and day at Nana's. This was going to be a big test because we were going to be away from home and around lots of distracting people. So we packed lots of clothes, expecting lots of accidents. She only had one! That was it!
She started back to school this week and so far, so good. She told her bff, Chloe that she's a big girl now so she wears panties. And every time she goes - she HAS to tell EVERYONE in the vicinity that she just "pee-peed in da potty!" Bless.
She had to use the potty at Daddy's school this weekend. She handled that like a pro.
Now with the glitches.
She only goes when she thinks she's ready to go which could be ALL DAY. It's currently 1:50 pm - she still hasn't gone all day. She's been drinking - but not going. And if she doesn't think she needs to go - besides it being a huge meltdown and possible physical fight - sitting her on the potty is useless. The child will sit there for hours and not go. Her commitment game is strong. This is completely contradictory of how her Daddy operates. I am thankful she has my bladder.
Pooping. She still isn't a big fan of pooping in the potty. She has pooped in her pants twice. When we can tell that's what she is about to do, we put her on the potty and she doesn't do it. She'll hold it until her tummy hurts. I don't know how to fix this. The first time, it wasn't a big deal. However, she did it over the weekend and we were not impressed.
The biggest potty battle we face is washing her hands. Seriously. It's not hard. It doesn't hurt. But Little Miss Drama has a huge scene every time we tell her to wash her hands. This is also completely contradictory of how her Daddy operates.
For the few mishaps, she is doing really good. She sleeps in pull-ups mainly because we have them and she's been really good at letting us know when she has to go. I was in the shower last week and she went all by herself. It made me proud and a little sad. We removed the changing table from the top of her dresser. Now it's just a dresser. It kind of makes me wish we had started earlier. But mostly not.She's turning in to such a big girl and there is nothing I can do to slow it down. This isn't bad! It's just bittersweet.
This is her singing on the potty. She sings or reads - it's adorable.
But we're biased. Mostly we think everything she does is adorable. Mostly.
So we started 2016 diaper free! And we have only had to throw away one pair of pretty panties. We know there will still be some learning and we will have some accidents, but we're pretty proud of how well she's doing. (And I totally understand that by typing these words - I am jinxing everything. You would think I would know better by now. Yeesh.)
While she does her business, we leave her alone mostly. And sometimes when we come back - we find her like this....
Until next time.....
