I say progress, but I don't know if I really mean it. So far our Hailey Bug has gone in her potty a total of two times. Pee once and poop once. That was a couple weeks ago. She was still taking her diaper off every chance she got, so I decided to give in and attempt to potty train her for real.
I bought some cute like undies in preparation. They were size 2T/3T (she's 20 months) and they were HUGE on her! They basically did not help because they were so big she couldn't even tell when she had an accident in them. I bought her some new ones that are a little smaller, but I can't seem to find any small enough! (Help me out, anyone?) On Monday I started putting her in the underwear (with just a t shirt) and explained to her that she's a big girl now, we go potty on the toilet not in our underwear, blah blah blah, you know. All day long I would tell her every 10 minutes to "Tell Mommy when you need to go potty." And she told me. Right after it happened. Every time.
I have this carpet cleaner spray stuff that's for pet messes that seems to be working well for the that. I went through the whole package of poorly fitting underwear. I have done a LOT of laundry this week.
Tuesday was a little tiny bit better at first. She started to go and told me so she held it long enough for me to rush her to the bathroom where she peed on the floor right next to the potty. Progress. She still has not actually gone in her potty since she's been out of diapers. I put her in a fresh pair of underwear and let her play. She decided to sit on my lap. Feel free to stop reading this paragraph if you are easily grossed out. I reached down to hold her leg and felt something gooey and sticky. I looked at my hand, completely grossed out in my head before I even saw it, and realized it was covered in poop. She had just pooped and the undies were not holding it in. I quickly stood her up and tried to take her to the bathroom while she screamed. She took two steps and like slow motion I watched more poop fall out of her underwear heading toward my carpet!!!! I reached out and caught it. In my hand. Ewww..... I carried it to the bathroom and put her on the potty while I cleaned everything up. She cried the whole time. I didn't get mad at her. I just told her that it was gross and we go potty in the toilet. After that I put her in a pull up and I took a shower!
After that little adventure I had to make it a good experience to sit on the potty again. She was a little apprehensive and I don't really know why. It's not like she even got in trouble for having accidents. We had another family gathering watching as she tried to go, so that made her happy. Anyway, she tried tried to go a couple more times that night. She had an accident almost immediately after exchanging her pull up for another pair of underwear. She hasn't been waking up dry in the mornings, but she has been doing well after her naps. I still put her in a pull up or diaper while she sleeps. I'm not ready to deal with that yet.
We're trying. I'm tired. She's probably frustrated. We are all shut ins. Hopefully this will get better. Soon.
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