"The things that try men's patience." Whoever wrote that must have been trying to potty train a two-year old. I swear sometimes I just want to scream. Maybe I should have really started earlier. But then hindsight is always 20/20. Who's to know. The only thing I do know is that we are now into June and this baby will arrive in three short months. I so desparately want her out of diapers before that day. Buying two sizes of diapers/pull-ups is not a good thing.
Now mind you, just a week or so ago, she pottied quite successfully in her little blue and green potty chair. We were soooo proud of her that Papa went out immediately and got her a treat. I was just sure we had turned a corner and that we had made progress. Well, she hasn't gone again in the chair since then. I am now attempting to set her on the chair every hour and let her sit there for at least fifteen minutes. Of course, I give her a book to read and she will sit anywhere for that long.
If you ask her where she is supposed to potty she will say "chair." Yet she doesn't. She will come to me after she is done and say "change" and is usually bringing a pull-up with her. Therefore, I know she doesn't like being in yucky pants. We tried the cotton training pants but because her little legs are soooo tiny, the legs of the training pants were too big and the mess just went out of the training pant and down her leg. That distressed her considerably. Hmmm... maybe that isn't a bad thing.
God, give me patience to master the trying job of potty training a two-year old!!! Question is... who is training who?
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