Eden in now in the throws of POTTY TRAINING! Yep, that's right, our almost 3-year old started yesterday and is doing pretty well so far. Thanks to my friend, Anna, who recommended this article! I was doing things very differently and nothing was working. I think this lady, the "Potty Whisperer" might be on to something!
I tried giving Eden salty snacks and sugary drinks today to give her the chance to go a lot, but she wasn't really hungry and she doesn't like Kool-Aid. She went twice in the potty this morning, then had a little accident on the floor, which she cleaned up. Then she started getting difficult. In hindsight, I realize that I was probably reminding her to go too often. She had another little accident and cleaned that up too, but was crying and upset. I always have to remind myself that she is not like Jonah! I'll probably struggle with that her whole upbringing; I have to be two different parents. Anyway...
Later in the afternoon I knew she needed to go poop. She kept telling me that she needed to, but she would not sit on the potty for more than one second before throwing herself off and whining. She was totally holding it in for some reason. Well during this time I got online and read this post from my 2nd cousin, Sharee, which gave me an idea. So I got out the Princess Jasmine Barbie that I bought her for her birthday and let her look at it. Then I put it on the shelf where she could still see it and told her she could have it if she went to the bathroom on the potty. She whined for about two minutes, then went and sat down and peed. Yeah! So I gave her the Jasmine doll. The problem was that she still had to poop. She still would not go and I didn't want to give her the other present I was saving, so things got nasty. She was just whining and crying, and finally, I got sick of it and just started ignoring her. I let the boys go play at back without her and she threw a fit. Then when Peter got home, we all went outside, but Eden had to stay inside, mostly because I needed a break from her! I told Peter that she might be pooping on the floor, and he went to check on her.
Well, lo and behold, she had pooped in the potty while the rest of us were outside! We were ecstatic, and of course, I felt really bad after that for getting mad at her and punishing her by not letting her play.
We went out and got her a few little trinkets as incentives. Side-note: Girl toys are expensive! The stuff we bought Jonah was great- books from the dollar section, cars, cheap puzzles... Well Eden is not into the same stuff, and we couldn't really find anything! We might have to try Toys R Us...
So when we got back from the store, we got the kids ready for bed and told them both to go to the bathroom, and Eden performed like a pro! She sat down and went pee without much prompting. She wanted to wear her Jasmine undies instead of a Pull-Up, so I let her wear them on top of her Pull-Up. It was really cute. I think she has an obsession with Jasmine.
So I don't want to speak too soon, but I think that we might make it through this after all! I guess we'll have to see how today goes!
5 comments:
I wouldn't know from my own experience, but girls tend to pick up on this faster than boys do. Hopefully, she'll continue to take to it.
I know what you mean about raising differents kids and being a different parent. You learn on your oldest but it's hard to re-learn with the others. But at least we're trying.
I so hope she keeps it up. Potty training is the worst thing in the history of the world;)
I am pretty much going to drive it out and let Marce just potty train himself probably.
Why don't you figure it all out that way when I have to start potty training you can come do it for me? ;)
Thanks for the help yesterday, you're the best!
Yeah for Eden! The problem with Charlotte is, she goes on her own without even telling us. That includes #2 dude. Soemtimes she wipes, sometime she misses and I find it streaked across my toilet seat!!!
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