After a very long week at work and in preparation of our big
weekend, I truly thought I wouldn’t have time to blog for a Friday post.
Surprise, here I am!
When I picked E up today, the following note was posted
outside her classroom:
Saying E loves the water is a lie. E is OBSESSED with water.
I must have heard “Look Momma. Water!” in her sweet, excited voice a million
times when we were on vacation. We were at the beach so you can imagine how
much water we saw.
The second bullet on the notice is where I had one of those
moments that all parents have – a time when I question if I am parenting
correctly. E is two and a half years old and is still not 100% potty trained. Go
ahead and cast your judgement. I can handle it.
Deep down I feel she could have been trained months ago.
Maybe. How do you know when it’s time to pull the plug on diapers? What was
your plan?
On an average weekday E will use the potty before we leave school
and before bedtime. This week I have been trying to put her on the toilet in
the morning after she wakes up. Like her mother, she is not a morning person. If
she’s not in the mood, then I don’t push it. She typically wakes up wet, but we
also have dinner about an hour before bedtime and she thinks it is hilarious to
chug her milk.
I have no idea what she does at school. Her teacher and I
are on opposite schedules so we rarely see each other. It is my understanding that
they were sitting her on the potty, but I have no idea if she has made any
progress. A few months ago her teacher said “If she’s distracted, she could sit
in her diaper all day.” Great… Hence, I think we will pass on pull ups. Yet,
she tells us 90% of the time when she needs to go. Decisions, decisions.
One of my sorority sisters shared a “Three Day Bootcamp for
Potty Training” document with me, but we haven’t had three days to be confined
to the house.
Here is where I need you. What did you do? What worked for
you or was a complete fail? I am open to any and all suggestions.
Help us! And
as always, #sendwine.
I hate to be the one to say it, but try to make time for the 3-day bootcamp. We did it with Eli and he was potty trained (#1 not #2) inside of a couple days. We even ventured out on the 3rd day. We just kind of started with Ava about the time she was 2.5 and she still routinely has accidents. I think it's more that she gets busy and doesn't want to stop playing. It might not have made any difference, but I still think back and wonder if I'd just made time for that 3 day session if things would be different now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan! I really think the 3 day bootcamp would be best if we have the time and of course, if it doesn't happen before then. School has now suggested pull ups (which they didn't before) because E gets busy and like Ava, doesn't want to stop playing. Sigh...
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