Monday, July 23, 2007

To Potty Train or Not To Potty Train...


That definitely is the question. Miriam, who just turned 2, loves to sit on the potty and pretend to use the bathroom. I was more than a little excited to think that I could only have one in diapers if she wants to train herself. So this eager mother buys pull-ups and even princess panies. She loved the panies, but not enough to respect the fact that you are not suppose to pee in them. I had them on her tonight and she had an accident, but the thing about it is that she didn't bat an eyelash about it. She didn't seem to mind being wet and she didn't tell us that she had done it. In my mind it just wasn't the attitude that a child should have that wants to be potty trained. I think I will wait a little longer before trying again. The dream of only one baby in diapers was so close.

4 comments:

Annie said...

Thanks for trailblazing on this one. I'll be e-mailing you for advice soon. I'm starting the official potty training as soon as we get to DC.

Kara and Theo said...

Good luck! I do have advice for boys, but from my experience and everyone else telling me, they are the most difficult to train. It's a great idea that you are waiting until you get to DC before even starting. I almost had Tobie completely trained and when we moved the change of his surroundings made him completely regress back into diapers. Pretty frustrating, but a well learned lesson on my part.

Cyrus and Annie said...

the joys of motherhood...I have two main worries--what goes in everyone's mouth and where what comes out the other end goes...I thought potty training can be easy (with girls)--the first two were a breeze but Katie trained early but still pees her pants when she is too busy playing...oh yes and you cleaned one of her worst messes ever at the Y. She just doesn't have time to stop the very important pretend for something as trivial as poop or pee.

Lainie said...

I think each child will potty train when they are ready. If we try and force it on them too early it becomes a frustrating experience for both parent and child. I tried Alyse right when she turned 2. The worst days of my life until I just gave up. Then 8 months later, she was ready and it happened over night. No worries. It'll happen. She won't be wearing pull-ups to college!