Potty training is the pits

Especially when your thirty-four and a half month old is extremely strong-willed and independent. Seriously. This potty training thing is just getting old. Our conversations go something like this:

Me: “Are you ready for a change?”
Hailey: “Nope”
Me: (Looking her straight in the eyes) “Are you sure you don’t want mommy to put a brand new, clean diaper on you?”
Hailey: (As she pats her backside, very matter-of-factly) “Nope. It stays in my diapee.”
Me: (Shrugging) “Alright, sister. It’s all you.”

and like this:

Me: “Uh oh! This is your LAST diaper! We’re all out of diapers”
Hailey: “We are?” (concerned)
Me: “Yep. No more diapers.” (thrilled)
Hailey: “But there’s some in that basket over there.”
Me: “Nope. I just used the LAST one.”
Hailey: “But there’s some downstairs.”
Me: “Nope. There isn’t.”
Hailey: “But there’s more at the store. We can get some after Traci’s house.” (Traci is the sitter)

I bribe her all of the time. Currently, I’m using the “You can’t take a ballerina class unless you’re wearing big girl pants.” That makes her stop and think but then, nothing happens. Eric has even resorted to writing “special” potty songs and only singing them if she sits on the potty. They’re generally only played once. Maybe we could bribe her with this:

pee poo Potty training is the pits

Or will that just give her the wrong idea, that she should play with her pee and poo? Oh well. They’re cute anyway. You can get them HERE at the Pee and Poo Shop. Does it gross you out? Not me. I’m a mom.

Author: Amy Comments: 1 comment Date: 3 Sep 2008
Categories: Blog, Hers, Kids, Products Tags: plush friends, toddler, toys and games

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¬ christine
#1458 October 11th, 2008 at 12:03 am

Hilarious! Does not gross me out either!

I have to say I am one blessed mother! I started to notice that I could tell when my daughter was going poop…. you know the look! She was nine months old and I just started to put her on the edge of the toilet… no special seat or anything. Much to my delight and surpise, she pooped in the toilet!

Well, I was not going to let that go, so I taught her a sign (we had been using sign language for a number of things like milk(nursing), more, all done, drink, food…). My cousin was amazed the first time she signed, I excused myself and came back claiming victory!

I love that she was totally potty trained before two years old!!! Yep, blessed pretty much sums it up!

I still love the dolls though!!!!

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