The potty training adventures continue.
First, Tuesday morning – I decide I’m making it a ritual to go sit on the potty first thing. I haven’t really forced the issue before, but I am now. “It’s not up for debate” is my new mantra. Thankfully, Brian supports me on this. I put her on the potty, she’s screaming, we get her to calm down with, “Let’s just sit on the potty and count to 10.” She quits crying by 3 or 4 – Brian & I count slower and slower then stop after getting to 9. She looks up, smiles at Brian, and says, “Hey daddy.” (My mood swings are tame compared to hers!) Then a few seconds later she teetees and is THRILLED! Which confuses me as to why she fights sitting on the potty, but that’s another story.
Last night at dinner, we notice Taylor with a familiar expression on her face. We say, “Taylor…” and she says, “I poopy.” We scoop her up amid screams while we’re telling her to go poopy in the potty. The counting to 10 that worked so well just that morning, didn’t work. Brian stripped her down and asked her, “Do you want to go poopoo on the floor?” (No *sniff sniff*) “Well, you go poopoo in the potty or on the floor.” (I close the bathroom door at this point.) We sat in there for a good 20 minutes. We re-introduced her to her big girl panties, Brian & I swapped off so dinner could be put away. While I was putting food away, she went teetee. We swapped and while he was loading dishes, I sat in the bathroom while Taylor played – her crying fits mostly gone by now. While she was playing, I asked her to tell me where you go poopoo – she finally heard me and answered correctly. I noticed her grabbing at her bottom and said, “Taylor, if you need to go poopoo, just sit on the potty. It’s okay.” She sat, pushed a little, then *plop*!! Her reward was huge accolades from us and an even huger (I know, not a word) bubble bath! (Bubble baths: I usually only put one capful in so bubbles go away in a decent amount of time – this time, I put 2.5 and let her play!)
Had to share the excitement – now need to go get her up and ready for school.