This potty training business is frustrating me to the ultimate max! Now I know I did this 3 times before in the past, but they were all boys, and I don’t remember it being very difficult. In fact I don’t remember it at all! How do you just forget potty training 3 of your sons? Granted it was almost 20 years ago, but geez, you’d think I would remember how to do it, wouldn’t ya think?
Well I don’t and Mini Bug is only half potty trained. Meaning she goes on the potty if and when SHE wants to. Most of the time will go, if I tell her, go sit on the potty, but sometimes she just goes where she is standing or sitting. That is driving me banana’s. Oh and I only put pull up’s on her now when she sleeps. I have to let her be naked from the waist down or she will go in her panties. I guess she thinks they are the same as pull ups. She really isn’t running around naked, she wears dresses so she is covered, but still bare underneath. How in the world do I teach her to pull her panties down and go? Maybe it’s a comprehension problem right now. I sure hope she gets with the program fast. Dr. Corny is worried about it, and I reassured him that she won’t graduate high school wearing an adult diaper. He has his doubts
So, all you mom’s out there, that are still young and fresh, and going thru this right now. What in the heck am I doing wrong? She turned 3 in October. This should already be history. My brain is telling me, it’s the pull ups that slowed this all down. I don’t remember ever using pull ups 20+ years ago. But then, I just don’t remember. Geez I just had a thought, maybe it was so bad, I blocked it from my memory.
January 13th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Bugz with just finishing potty training my 3 year old I can really relate. Progression in the beginning was next to none. I was doing the pull ups at night as well, more so for me being to lazy to keep changing the bed linens. Finally my Mom reminded me of when I was potty training the two older kids (they are teenagers now) that just stick to one method. The first few nights were a total disaster but by the fourth night she knew it would be a 3 am drill down with a mini bath when she didn’t want to even think about a light being on……now, thank God we have been going strong for almost 5 months…with a few occasional accidents….but she is holding her own…..literally….