I'm not a novice at this okay? I just want to remind you that I have done it two other times...and with boys for crying out loud! That should give me some points!
She showed all the signs. She has shown signs actually for months. I even attempted this back when she was just 15 months old b/c she would actually do it when I put her on the thing! Have you figured it out yet?
Yes...POTTY TRAINING! I hate this stage in parenting more then anything and I mean anything that has to do with a child. I would rather birth a million kids if it meant I didn't have to potty train one! Oh and to torture myself even more when I had a 2 year old of my own I was a lead preschool two year old teacher and had to mess with all their little "potty training" adventures that their mothers were so excited to tell me about. "Little Timmy is potty training now...(aka: he is going to wet his clothes every time he pees and poos so get ready sucker!) but he is doing so good at home! I just don't know why he is not doing it at school for you!"
But back to sister girl and what did I say...something about being 15 months old. Yep, I think what has happened here is I've let my smart little girl outsmart me. She is really just laughing her head off at all the things she is making me do. Did I already use the word "sucker"? But hey, she actually was poohing on the potty when I sat her on it back then.
Fast forward to now. She's 21 months old and she has been showing so many signs. Quickly now so as not to bore you...she hates diapers and takes them off any chance someone is not supervising her (yes, clothes and all). She tells me before she poos over and over (took me awhile to figure out what she was talking about). She has even stopped herself from peeing and looked at me in shock and then ran to the bathroom (this one I keep telling myself I made up but REALLY I swear she did it).
So this week I told myself that's it! We are putting aside the diapers (she doesn't wear them anyway the little streaker) and I'm putting the potty in the middle of the kitchen! It's about to kill me folks! I had a very kind hearted (I'm sure) friend tell me last night "You can potty train your baby when they are 2 and stop when they are 3 or you can start when they are 3 and be done with it!" Yes, I know...it took both boys till they were 3 before they really got it down too and I do know 21 months old is not even 2 yet! Thank you!
But really people...she won't wear a diaper anymore and she doesn't mind sitting on the potty...it's just that nothing comes out until she gets up and walks over to my couch or my rug or the boy's room or our back step or MY CLOSET IN MY BATHROOM ON MY SHOES! Yes, that one made me cave! I had just been sitting with her reminding her of the precious marshmallows she would be eating when she let go of that pooh but noooooo....she sneaked away and went straight to my shoes with the doors closed behind her mind you...and left me a big old surprise!
I don't know what to do now. Tomorrow is day 5. Do I quit? Do I continue until it is done? Do I buy duck tape and wait until round 3 in another couple of months? While I'm pondering these very important decisions in my life I am off to the bathroom with some carpet cleaner!
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No sucker... it is just one thing that she can control and you can't!!! J would sit and "play" from 19 mos to 25 mos then she wanted NOTHING to do with it... I said fine, put diapers back on her and told her when she is ready, lets have a BIG GIRL PANTY PARTY!!! That was all she needed, at 32 months, she wanted to have that party. I bought her 4 different character kinds of panites, my friends daughters came over for cookies and milk and we had a party! I finally had to give up and stop puching her to do something that I wanted!! I figured that by the time she started Kindergarten, she would be potty trained and if not, we could get focused on it then!
Stick with it! Sounds like she is ready and just checking to see if you are for real.
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