Trouble

Seriously there has been nothing but trouble happening in this house. While Colby is up to no good and getting into everything from helping me unload the dishwasher, playing in the toilets, and unloading all the bottom cupboards for me..............


Molly has been up to this. Potty training is so not fun. But we are getting the hang of things. We are only on the beginning of day 2 of really cracking down on it. I know to some of you, you are thinking she is old enough to be trained I know this, and don't think we haven't tried for months. My doctor said with how smart she is she should have been trained at 18 months. However, this is my girl who is terrified of EVERYTHING.

When we first tried I said I was never buying a potty chair because 1) gross, who wants to clean those nasty things when they poop, and 2) you then have to retrain them to go on the big potty. So we bought a little toilet seat to put on the big toilet and she hates it. She refused to sit on it even if we hold her.

Our next attempt I broke down and bought a potty. Not just any potty. It is a princess potty that sings and lights up when she pees in it. We brought it home and she screamed because she did not want me to even get it out of the box. I have heard that you can't force them to do it so I sat it in the laundry room for a week and talked about it every day. We went and picked out Tinker Bell panties and chocolate balls (whoppers) for her treat. Once we convinced her to actually sit on the potty she quickly learned that mom would wait on her hand and foot. Get me my babies, get my juice, I want a book, I want a movie.......... but she would sit there for hours. No joke 3 hours would pass and she would do nothing. The second she got off she peed. We did this for months. A few times she started peeing because I guess she forgot what she was doing, but then stopped immediately after one little drop of pee. So we stopped pushing the issue again.


Monday morning on October 4th (sorry this is for my records) I decided that this was the week. I got the potty out and she was excited to sit on it. WHAT!!! 20 minutes later she peed, and not just a drop. 45 minutes later she did it again. We were both so excited. I was making a huge deal of it! This continued the entire day. Then a huge milestone happened, she pooped. After she was done she was so excited she jumped up to show me and as she was telling me to come see she peed. Oh man. I felt bad for her because she really didn't mean to do it. Other than that she did awesome. It is only 10 AM on day 2 and she has is doing awesome. I am so proud of her!!!

As for me I am ready for it to be done. Between getting everything she needs and cleaning up after Colby's destruction I am tired. If anybody has any tips to help us out give them to me. She is doing great, but how do I get her to tell me when she needs to go? I am the one constantly asking and she will tell me yes or no but how do I get her to just tell me?