Okay, so, we're on attempt #2 for potty training Kaia. I know, she just turned 3...a lot of kids are already potty trained by now. So, here's part of the reason she's not. We were gonna start the process while i was pregnant with leia & some of my friends that have 2 kids & have already been through the nightmare called potty training said, "wait until leia's born cuz she'll just regress". well, i appreciate you all trying to help, but i should have just ignored you all. yea, she might have regressed, but at least she would have been through it already & had the idea in her head. now, she's 3, more stubborn and probably confused because this is the 2nd attempt (like i said in the beginning of this entry). the first attepmt was when leia was about 2 weeks old... that was awful, one day she'd "get it", the next day she wouldn't. i was trying to do this...took kaia to the potty every 1/2 hour, helped her wipe, help her wash her hands, and cleaning out "accident-panties", with a brand new baby NURSING, and i mean actually on the boob in the midst of all of this. can you say STRESS??? so here's our daily routine now...
1. wake up
2. put "real" panties on kaia
3. take her to the potty for pee #1 (or poop, hopefully) of the day
4. set timer for 20-30 minutes & every time it goes off, go to the potty (this repeats ALL day long)...etc.
She's starting to "get it", unless we leave the house to do errands (i do have to say that she didn't have any accidents when we were out today) or when it comes to pooping...she's been holding it in since yesterday (until about 10 minutes ago)...that's where the "i wanna cry" part of this comes in. we get home from the grocery store today (accident-free) and i see her squatting in front of the t.v., so i rush her to the potty again...nothing happens. she comes back out to the living room, i look over to see her pushing & tell her, "kaia, hurry, let's go sit on your potty.", i'll just say that it was too late. i REALLY was about to cry, how do you MAKE your kid poop on the potty??? i'm so frustrated & i know, you have to be patient when it comes to this, but i would really appreciate ANY tips, please.
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buddy, i am so thankful for you. you are the best mom and you have the hardest job and best job in the world in raising our peeps and mini-minster. (i sound like the biggest nerd). i am sorry that 5 months ago i was pretty much no help and now that i'm back at work you have to do everything during the day. you were my superwoman through treatments and you are as amazing as ever. i love you babe. see you tonight after work.
thank you for all that you do too. i love you
give her something to look foward to, a reward. go to target or wherever, buy her something and then dont open it and give her a goal. tell her if she goes poop in the potty she can have what you bought her and if she has an accident then you will take it away. might be a little harsh but i know where you are my son was 4 years old before he was potty trained (granted he is autistic, high functioning) but i was just sick and tired of changing diapers and wanted to be done. we didnt do this with him but we did us the reward system with out daughter and she held her poop for 3 days. we put a jar of suckers and a jar of m&ms on the back of the toilet and when she went pee she got a few m&ms and when she went poop (finally) she go a sucker. just a few ideas. good luck. stay strong and dont use pull-ups they are a joke and dont let the kids really feel what a soggy pair of undies really feels like.
Amen to no pull-ups!
Hi Shannon! I have been reading your blog and enjoying all the fun posts and pictures of your beautiful family. Let me say I have compassion for you in your potty training situation. As far as I can tell it is always a little stressful, whatever method you use. I have done it three times, but I still do not look forward to doing it again. I used the same method for all the kids. It worked pretty well for us, but it is intensive for a few days. Let me know if you want the details. --Megan
hi megan,
i think kaia's catching on now, unless today was just a good day. we'll see tomorrow...i might be e-mailing you for your method (i don't have your e-mail address though, mabye you could e-mail derek & he could forward it to me). it's good to hear from ya~ shan.
so day three is almost gone how are things going
wow, i cant believe I am back in the blogging world. I just want to encourage with the potty training. It will happen completely when she is ready. Oh next time you are at our house i have to show you this book i got in Korea. its awesome. Thanks for all the love on our blogs. it kept us going.H
Hi Shannon. I just wanted to tell you that potty-training sucks. OH but you knew that already. All I can say is they will go on the pot when they are ready. It also seems like the end of the world when you are training them because it seems like they will never get it but they eventually do. Then you realize it wasn't that bad after all. Remind yourself of this when you are washing what seems like the tenth pair of wet panties. If you are like me, you just toss the #2 panties in the trash. The $3.99 for the pack just ain't worth scrubbing doo-doo. My Maya will turn 3 in Feb. and she has been trained for about four months now--it has been nothing but pure joy. YOU CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT...okay I'll put my pompoms down.
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