Thursday morning: November 1
Day 1!
I SO feel like a bad mom. I have procrastinated and procrastinated this potty training until I feel it might be to late. A diaper is now going to be an unbreakable habit. She was ready in May. BEGGED to go to the potty, but I told her no. WHY? Because we were leaving for a one month 5 state trip and diapers were easier. It is that simple. With child number 4 I am not out to prove anything to anyone, but to do whatever is easiest and works best for Mommy!
So for her third birthday (almost 2 months ago) she got a lot of princess panties with plans on starting to wear them in September. Obviously, that didn't happen, so here we are in November!
I have no more trips, no more excuses (except now it is to cold to be running around with only a shirt and panties on), but since we are entering into our 7 months of winter, there is no way to procrastinate until spring! ( Because Spring isn't until you can be outside without jackets on and that is June!)
1 hour and 55 minutes after putting on the FIRST pair of princess panties! SUCCESS! She tinkled in the potty and has been dry for almost 2 hours! And she did it when her older sister took her. WOW! Potty training help. That is a new one. That is GREAT!
Now she is riding Kit Kat's back like a horse. I hope her first accident isn't while she is riding her sister.
The rest of the day went well! Only one accident, when she was outside in the front playing with friends. I called her in to sit on the potty, she did, but "It doesn't work mommy, the TT is broken" was what she said, before she went back outside and 3 minutes later she was soaked.
Everything was good until bedtime. No sooner did I put her PJ's on with her diaper then I hear, "Mommy, I am stinky again." O well, guess I can't complain with it being the first day.
DAY 2!
Now, I know I mentioned above about her being child number 4. So, not only have I procrastinated her until Mommy had time, I am also experienced enough to know that yesterdays success did not mean that every day would be successful.
I am glad I knew that, so I was prepared and not upset about how today has gone so far.
2 total soaks BEFORE lunch. And more "the tt is broken mommy, it won't work" comments when she does sit on the potty.
Well, she was just now playing on the piano while I am typing, and came up and said, "Mommy, I tt'd in my pants again." With a HUGE smile on her face. And there goes the oven timer, which I set for every 30 minutes to remind me to remind her to go potty.
And yes, with 4 kids I can NOT remember to remind her. WHY? Because it is so busy around here and the distractions are to nuts to remember TIME TO POTTY! What distractions? Well, lets see, during her first accident this morning (when I DID remember to set the timer, but she didn't make it 30 minutes) Collin had a question about the 3 point third person point of view expository paragraph he was writing, and Kaitlynn had a question about the difference between 5 squared and the square root of 25. Christopher was learning how to write his letters and she just peed.
The next accident, I forgot to set the timer to remind me to remind her because I was to busy grading a grammar test for Kaitlynn, and going over the math problems Collin missed and restarting the dryer because something is wrong and it takes like 3 whole cycles to dry, and making turkey sandwiches for lunch , one with mayo, one without mayo add mustard, and one with no bread at all. My phone rings all the time, ( I know, I do not HAVE to answer it, but I at least have to check the caller ID and see who it is), my computer dings at me all day long letting me know I have been contacted by the outside world and I HAVE MAIL. I can't ignore that! It is early release day for the public school kids and I have already had 6 knocks on my door. Can so and so play, will you sponsor my spelling contest, would you like to buy some popcorn to help my track team, can you tell me how to find the pumpkin patch..............
Do I get any bonus points for remembering to cut up her grapes for lunch?
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Well, she just woke up from her nap...DRY!!! I could pride my self and say she is getting the hang of this really fast, but I know the truth....she wet herself so much this morning there was nothing left to come out! SO much wetness she might be on the verge of dehydration. And for those of you who won't ask the question, yes, i will reuse that dry diaper again tonight. ( A different answer then I would have given you for the first baby).
The rest of the day went pretty much fantastically well. She stayed dry ALL DAY! Unfortunately, she did poop. And let me just say, that without the 12 layer barrier of the diaper, it smells so much worse! And how she can poop without peeing......well, that is beyond me, but she did. Also, we were at our neighbors house for dinner...ewwwww. Talk about an appetite killer. And remember I mentioned that I will reuse a dry diaper, well, I don't reuse poopy panties. When they are that nasty, I just throw them out. Because me dry heaving into the sink is just not worth it when you can buy a pack of 12 for a few dollars at Wal Mart. I know that won't win me the "Most Environmentally Friendly Mom of the Year " award, but I hate throwing up more then just about anything.
She even started telling me she had to go! Good, because that 30 minute "t-t timer" is driving me nuts as well. Something about the tone and pitch of our oven timer makes my skin crawl. She even got out of the bathtub last night to use the potty!
I wonder how many nights I have left before she figures out the first real excuse that will actually let her out of her bed at night.
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DAY 3
She woke up DRY this morning! The first thing she said was "I need to go to the bathroom!"
YAY for that! Boo for getting up early. I so hate this time change nonsense. I could care less about having more light in the morning. Dark mornings don't bother me. They are all either sleeping or doing schoolwork anyway. What I do hate is dark afternoons and evenings. They are all stuck in the house at 5:00 when it is pitch black outside and it is to dark and to cold to go out and play.
So last night I let them all stay up over an hour past their bedtime, knowing it was pointless, but hoping it would work, that they would sleep in an hour later with the clocks turning back last night.
As a first time mom, I was devastated and confused why that didn't work, it was so logical. As a 4 time mom, I still had hope, but was not the least bit surprised when it backfired and they woke up at their normal time, now having one less hour of sleep. Maybe if I had 9 children I would quit trying. But do moms EVER give up hope for a bit of extra sleep??????
Dry so far all day, but it is only lunchtime.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........there is that timer again. I think a trip to Wal Mart is in order to buy a different one.
Day 4
I have lost a day or so in here. I think maybe it was day #2 when she had 7 accidents. When would I have had time to journal on a day like that?
Anyway, today is Tuesday, Nov 6. So, technically, it is day 6. So, I have actually lost 2 days. Oh well. And I have only thrown away one more pair of panties. :-)
She has done really well! She was so proud of her new princess panties that on Sunday night during the opening ceremonies at AWANA she pulled her pants down to show everyone her panties. Wish I could have been there to see that!
She has been waking up dry both in the morning and after her nap. She seems to have the whole "tt" things down! YAY!
Now for the OTHER. I don't think she is scared of the potty so I just can't see why she wouldn't poop in it. But I guess I shouldn't complain, (YET), because the rest of it has gone so well.
I did figure out something though. To Kaebrie, the actual pushing the knob and flushing the toilet IS potty training. I guess she has heard that word a lot. But when I put her on the potty, and she doesn't do anything, I don't bother flushing. That happened last night and as I walked out of the bathroom, she freaked. Started yelling, "Mommy, you have to potty training, you HAVE TO potty training," as she pushed hard on our very hard to flush potty. SO cute the way their minds work sometimes.
I got to thinking late last night, we have been parents now for 10 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days. And for those 10 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days we have always had diapers to buy. A house without diapers! I can't even imagine. Over a decade of diapers! That is a lot of diapers! A neighbor asked me yesterday what we were going to do with all the extra money. I am going to have to think on that one.
I know I will need to buy her some more panties if she keeps pooping in them!
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