Seriously, thank you for all your advice yesterday! I've already implemented a few of your ideas. And honestly, if it weren't for your comments I would have already given up.
I'm trying so hard to keep my cool, but am getting so frustrated because I'm having a very difficult time even getting her to want to sit on the potty at all. The novelty of big girl princess panties (sorry, I know some of you hate that word) is already wearing off and she told me this morning that she wants to wear diapers. Fabulous.
And it doesn't help that Claire and I both decided to get sick yesterday afternoon and were both up half the night. Anywho, 4 successes, 3 accidents so far. We'll keep trekkin', but I make no promises. And don't worry, I won't give daily play by plays. :)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I Am (Not So) Slowly Going Crazy
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that's great news - more successes than accidents!! tyson was 3 when he finally learned to wear underwear. i'm not sure if it's because he was older or because he was a boy but it was an easy thing. i'm having a beast of a time with avery and she's having a similar problem to reese. keep up the good work and knowing that you are having success makes me want to try a little harder with avery.
Seriously...I can relate...Annie turns 3 in 2 weeks and has no desire to even sit on the potty...so thanks for posting...I am reading all the comments and when I get up the nerve will push her harder! :)
Only 3 accidents? That's awesome! Rest assured there will be more. :) If she's really ready, then just hang in there! (Only you can know if she's really ready or not.) I really think potty-training is more about patience and consistency than anything else. Each day will get a little better. Londyn would be doing great and then we'd have a week FULL of accidents, then all better again for a month or so, then another week full of accidents . . . you get the idea. I don't know why it went in spurts like that.
I wonder with the diaper thing if you could do something like you did with her binky? Just thinking out loud.
Sounds like she is doing great! My kids were all three before they even had an interest in going on the potty, so I would say you are doing good! Keep truckin, it will come!
Hang in there! Potty training is a lot of work. You are doing great!
Potty training is SO hard!! You are doing great though - hang in there! The reward is sweet! Sorry you are sick too - we just got over a head cold that got passed around. Fun times!
I hope things keep going well will Reese. Rebecca was a nightmare to potty train. She was close to age three when I started training her too. She just had no interest. She even backtracked after I started. So I took off her underwear and her diaper. We had very few accidents after this - and this is what finally worked for her. I'm really not excited about starting to train William.
Just let it flow!! Figuratively speaking that is :) LOL! Hang in there, soon enough she will be dating and this will all seem like ancient history and cake!! :)
Potty training was one of the things I was dreading the most about being a mom. Even after most of Abby's friends were potty-trained, Abby still had very little interest so I didn't push her. (Abby is not one to be pushed into anything!!) Eventually one day she just decided she wanted to wear underwear and that was that (she was about a month over 3 at that point so Reese is still ahead of where we were at.) Just know that it will eventually all come together. Stick with it if you think she is ready, but if she really isn't and it becomes just a huge headache for you (I think sometimes moms become more trained than the child!!) then leave it be and know that it will happen someday. Honestly potty-training was a breeze when I let Abby lead the way rather than the other way around.
It's a process. Noah will be starting potty training in a few weeks and I'm already dreading it. Just hang in there. More successes than accidents is GREAT!! She'll get it (and once she does you will feel so liberated - until it's time to try again with Claire)! Good luck!
No advice here... potty training is on my top 10 least favorite things to do. Good Luck!
Just to make you feel better, Ashley just turned 4 on Tuesday and had an accident yesterday! She went for about 2 weeks of being perfect, but that's the longest she's ever gone.
What worked best for us is getting a marble jar. Every time she sits on the potty she gets a marble, pee-2, poop-3, and if she's being great about the whole thing give her an extra marble. If she has an accident take out at least one marble. I take out more depending on the severity. Example, 10 were taken out for mashing poop in my carpet!!! Anyway, when the pint jar is full she gets a potty prize that she gets to pick out. We usually do this before we start the jar so that it sits beside it and it's a constant reminder.
It's not the best instant reward so we add a potty treat. Ashley even picked out soda and we just marked her cup of how much she got for her different "tasks".
We used this for Sammy, Ashley, and now Katie and it seems to be the best thing. However, if she's not ready nothing is going to work. I swear Ashley was stubborn and just flat out didn't care. Thus the 4 year old still having accidents!!!
Be patient, it will happen. And I think they tend to act how we act. If you show you're frustration to her she'll probably do it right back. Trust me, I understand how hard potty training is. It's one of the things that makes me NOT want more kids. Hang in there and keep us posted.
(Sorry I took up ALL your comment space.)
Good luck on the potty training! I just think when they're ready, they're ready. Sounds like you're doing a great job. You're a wonderful mom and as Dave always says, "I have yet to meet a kid who willingly goes to kindergarten in diapers." P.S. I feel your pain on the fantasy football! Dave says there are now only 13-14 Saturdays out of the whole entire year that he will be consumed by sports. Great. Wouldn't it be nice if I could just take off 13-14 Saturdays off a year? Hmmm...this is getting me thinking...
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