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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Conniving Little Girl She is


The potty training saga continues around here. Kylee is pretty much completely trained. Yay!! She hasn't had an accident in quite a while, and things are going good on that front.

Anyways, she is not my problem. Kaylyn on the other hand has Zero interest in actually using the Potty, which is totally fine with me. I am in no hurry, and I don't want to push the issue, but she is yearning for the attention and candy that Kylee is getting for being successful. So now she has started putting all kinds of effort into making me think that she is using the potty. She dumped her water glass in the potty, and told me she peed. She grabbed the bowl after Kylee peed in it, and said it was hers (I was sitting there watching, so I knew what she did). She even dumped her lunch in the potty and said it was Poop! smiley58

Seriously if this kid put half as much energy into actually trying to use the potty, as she does trying to convince me that she does go to the bathroom, we might be getting somewhere!

To further complicate things, she also now absolutely refuses to wear a diaper (since Kylee no longer wears them, she doesn't want to either). If I put one on her, she takes it off immediately anyway. She tells me she want's to pee in the potty, but she has yet to do so. We have had a couple poop successes, but nothing consistent.

I am trying to walk that fine line of letting her take the lead, and encouraging her to want to use the potty, and most of all not getting upset when she has an accident. It's definitely a delicate balance.

There is no question in my mind that she is smart enough to potty train. This kid is not dumb, and she knows when she has an accident. She comes and tells me, and has even gotten a towel herself and cleaned it up! I think this just comes down to her being stubborn and asserting her power.

Needless to say, it has been very tiresome but I am hopeful that she catches on sooner rather than later!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Potty Training


Just the mere thought of potty training two toddlers, and everything that goes along with it was enough to make want to run far, far away!! After months of doing lots of reading up on all the different techniques and approaches, I finally decided to give it a serious go last week.

We went with the straight to panties technique, with an M&M reward for making it happen. The first day was hit or miss, but as time progressed Kylee was really starting to get the hang of it, whereas Kaylyn could care less. A week later, the same is true. Kaylyn just has absolutely no interest at all, but that is fine. It will happen in good time. Hopefully that time is sometime before she starts college! :D

Kylee on the other hand is doing incredibly well! She pee's and poops on the potty successfully, and accidents are becoming almost nonexistent! She puts herself on the potty, and can pull her panties up and down all by herself. We even attempted letting her wear panties for the 90 minute drive from Alpine to Temecula, and when we arrived home she was still dry!

So one down, and one to go!! As much as I feared this whole Potty Training endeavor, it has proved to not be nearly as bad as I thought it would be.