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For about two weeks, Victory has been coming to me asking to have her diaper changed, but when I change it, it becomes apparent that she has simply dribbled a tiny bit, not nearly enough to necessitate a diaper change. This started me thinking, maybe it's time to potty train? She's only 19 months old. Our diaper budget would rejoice if she were trained, but I remember Liberty at 22 months obtaining that same awareness, and then not being really trained until just before her third birthday. I remember Mercy at 20 months becoming aware and even being able to use the potty appropriately, but then the months of agony and accidents when she decided she wanted to "be a baby" and purposely not use the potty chair until her third birthday. Vee's not even two yet. I decided to hold off.
Then I pulled out the box of 2T clothing because she's in-between her 18 month clothes and 2T clothes, and lo and behold, it had big girl underwear in it. Sigh. Maybe I should? I spoke with a couple friends of mine asking their opinions, and they also thought I should go for it.
So.
Today, we had a lovely snow day, and the big girls stayed home from school. I told them, "This is the BIG DAY! We're going to start potty training Vee today!" We went to the basement and dug out Liberty and Mercy's old potty chair, set it up, showed it to VeeVee. She wasn't impressed.
All the talk about potties gave Liberty's bladder an idea, so we encouraged Vee to sit on her little potty while Liberty sat on the big potty. Poor Victory was terrified of the cold seat and the strange sensation on her bare little tushy. She refused to stay seated.
A few hours later, Mercy tried again with her. This time she willingly sat on the seat, and I gave both Vee and Mercy an M&M for their efforts. Liberty didn't think that was very fair, so I doled out M&M's to everyone.
Liberty and Mercy suddenly felt a great need to empty their bladders every ten minutes, and my M&M supply is now running extremely low. Thankfully, they'll be in school tomorrow, so the correct child might get trained.
Then I pulled out the box of 2T clothing because she's in-between her 18 month clothes and 2T clothes, and lo and behold, it had big girl underwear in it. Sigh. Maybe I should? I spoke with a couple friends of mine asking their opinions, and they also thought I should go for it.
So.
Today, we had a lovely snow day, and the big girls stayed home from school. I told them, "This is the BIG DAY! We're going to start potty training Vee today!" We went to the basement and dug out Liberty and Mercy's old potty chair, set it up, showed it to VeeVee. She wasn't impressed.
All the talk about potties gave Liberty's bladder an idea, so we encouraged Vee to sit on her little potty while Liberty sat on the big potty. Poor Victory was terrified of the cold seat and the strange sensation on her bare little tushy. She refused to stay seated.
A few hours later, Mercy tried again with her. This time she willingly sat on the seat, and I gave both Vee and Mercy an M&M for their efforts. Liberty didn't think that was very fair, so I doled out M&M's to everyone.
Liberty and Mercy suddenly felt a great need to empty their bladders every ten minutes, and my M&M supply is now running extremely low. Thankfully, they'll be in school tomorrow, so the correct child might get trained.
