Aile is three. Three is the worst age for my kids. Two is a cake walk by comparison. She has started getting these really awful bacterial rashes on her bottom and legs that the doctor says is related to the fact that she still wears diapers. So she is now on the third round of anti-biotics...this one a much more powerful version. So today I have decided to do hardcore potty training. No pull ups, no diapers, just underpants.
How surprising that it is almost 1 pm and she has peed in every pair of underpants we bought for her...6 so far. We are on to borrowing Brooklyn's, and are down to the last two pair of "pants." The quotes are because they are pants in the sense that you wear them on the bottom half of your body, but we've worn shorts, skorts, and skirts as well.
I'm really hopeful that it'll click soon. She certainly knows when she's wet. And she's gone on the toilet a few times, usually after starting to pee in her pants and realizing she's wet. I don't know if I really have this in me right now, but I feel kinda committed.
Pray for me.
2.26.2011
I dislike potty training
Posted by Valerie at 12:35 PM
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I hear you! I am going through the same thing with Lila. She is only
2 1/2 so I am not pushing it too much but seriously...she wants to wear panties but pee's in them every single time, even if I have just taken her to the potty. Good luck my friend!
xoxox
you could always try the "naked bum" thing. I had to resort to it with Isaac. Not one accident when we did "naked bum". NOT ONE! Plus...it really saves on the laundry. Just make sure you have a good carpet cleaner on hand just in case. My guess is that you wont have to use it.
"Naked bum" is what we called it. No undies, no pants/skirts/shorts/skorts,etc. Just bare on the bottom. I was really worried at first but it was awesome!
I would give Isaac a pair of undies first thing in the morning...as soon as they were wet we would go "naked bum" until nap time. Diaper for nap and a pair of undies after wards. As soon as those were wet he would go "naked bum" until bed time. (P.s. we had previously invested in some waterproof cover things(like they put under you when you have a baby) from Walgreens and put them on the couch or chair when he needed to sit.)
It only took two days. After that we were accident free. A few days after that he was wearing undies during nap time even.
I feel for you. I hope it goes better. :)
Potty training really does suck. I'm so sorry! I am already dreading it with katelyn.
You've already done this twice so I'm sure you have a million tricks. With Allie I tried A LOT of things. The last thing I did worked like a charm. I showed her how to clean it up. The next time she had an accident all I said was, "Okay, please clean it up." She just looked at me in shock and it only took once!
Good luck. Hopefully we'll hear good news soon.
Hahahahaha....
e-hem.
I mean, I'm so sorry. Potty training is awful. I don't care to remember the amount of poop I have rinsed out of underware for K. And just when I think she's got it, I find a new pair of unders on the bathroom floor with poop in them.
so yeah. good luck.
Blerg..potty training. It took forever for us, and what finally worked was letting Charlie be half naked. He had to clean up all of his own messes as well. We did use pull ups at night, and he got rewards if he woke up dry. usually a sticker was, like, the coolest thing ever! :-)
I hope you are able to figure out a system that works for you and Aile...
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