Isn't it funny how pee, poop, and potty becomes a regular part of a parent's vocabulary? It's funny enough that we talk about it, but even more so when we celebrate it! It seems like it should just be a natural thing to do, but it can become a source of much frustration if it isn't happening when or where you want.
My next... adventure I guess we'll call it, was with Miss Hailey. I caught her in the act. She looked like she was about to poop in her diaper, so I asked her if she wanted to go on the potty and she nodded her head, "yes". I whisked her in to the bathroom and stripped her down so she could sit on her little potty. (This was on Sunday so she was in a very fluffy pink dress which makes sitting on a tiny potty chair slightly problematic.) She was okay for like a second. Then she cried and kept pointing to her diaper like she wanted to go in it. I talked to her about going in the potty and she totally understood and settled down a little. But then... she heard her siblings in the other room having the time of their lives! She no longer wanted to sit, but she was such a good girl and stayed sitting down, all the while practically begging me to let her go play. I brought her a book so she would be a little more okay with staying for a while longer. Soon the whole posse' strolled in to see how it was going. I had to kick the other two kiddos out though because they were super distracting. Hailey made her daddy stay there for moral support while she sat. And sat. And tried to poop. And sat some more. Finally he got really uncomfortable (because he was laying on the floor in the hallway, not because it was family bathroom hour) and decided to go cook dinner. (What a man, let me tell you! So great!) Don't you worry, we sat there for half an hour at least, not even exaggerating. She gave it a good effort and kept pointing to the cup thing that she was supposed to go in and saying "poop" over and over while I excitedly said "Yes! Go poop in there!", but alas, she did not go. And when David told us dinner was ready we gave up for the time being and joined our family for dinner.
I was honestly looking forward to her having a great first(ish) experience. I wanted so badly to be able to celebrate and give her a treat. I wanted her to see and understand what we were talking about and why we sat there- she sat there- for so long. Luckily it was a mostly positive experience, just basically without results. It will happen eventually. Like I said in Part 1 of this potty training journey, I am not trying to rush this. We're taking baby steps! The only reason we did sit there for so long was because I knew she had to go. And she did. Half an hour later. In her diaper.
Sigh...
Let me tell you how I plan to do this. I want to start this slow process out by recognizing, like I did with Hailey, when they are going to go poop and then help them to recognize it also. I don't want to do the whole "try to go potty" thing. That doesn't seem effective to me if they aren't understanding what is supposed to be happening. I want them to be able to recognize when they need to go. Right now they are recognizing as they go or right after it happens. Baby steps. It's progress. And important progress at that. Understanding what is happening with their bodies helps them to be able to start to control it a little bit more. It is still their choice if they want to go on the potty right now. I always ask them if that's what they want to do. These girls are pretty stubborn, so it is going to have to be their choice. I have heard a lot from other moms that going poop in the toilet is harder to teach. That's why I have tried starting with that one. I would much rather clean a wet diaper than a poopy one! And if that's the hard part, why not get it over with? That's the plan anyway. We'll see how it goes.
Read Potty Training Twins Part 1 of a Billion
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