In the meantime, let's talk about the fact that my 17 month old POOPED on the potty on Saturday night. Yes, you heard that right. Aren't you so glad you decided to read this? Poop on the potty is just the sort of shit {pun intended} that I refuse to post on FB, because really? Who cares? But here--On this blog--On this little forum that is mine....I'm sharing.
I haven't given a single thought to potty training other than randomly buying a potty a few months ago. Just to have. For when we were ready. Do I think we are ready? No. Not at all. But that still doesn't change the fact that she's got something figured out all of a sudden so we're going with it. So maybe she *is* ready. And
The moms in my play group all have kids the same age as Elena and they were talking potty the other day at the park. Potty training, which really wasn't even on my radar until that moment. I started to feel like maybe I should think about it. So, Saturday night before bath I pulled out the potty just to get Elena used to seeing it in the bathroom. I decided to just set her on it and see what happened. She sat for a minute or so. Then I heard something. Then she looked down to peek between her little legs. And then she pointed. Holy sweet mother of GOD. There was poop. She didn't seem phased in the least. She actually sort of gave me a DUH look. Like where had I been all the times she sneaked out of her crib to use the 'ol John. Pssht.
Paul came in with the camera and started taking pictures. And yes, if you were wondering, I totally took pictures of the poop. More so to text to my sister-in-law, but still, I did it. Who am I kidding. That shit is totally going in the baby book. Lucky for you I still can't upload my pics from camera. But I did get a few on my iPhone, like this one of the moment she realized what she'd done. The pic of her pointing in the toilet shows her privates, so totally inappro-pro to post but it is so freaking cute. "Hey look, ma!" She's gonna kill me one day.
.JPG) |
Sunday morning after breakfast I decided to sit her down on the potty again. Just for shits and giggles {hehehe}. As soon as that tiny hiney hit the bowl she started tinkling. PEE PEE in the POTTY! You could have knocked me over with a feather at this point. I honestly couldn't believe she peed on the damn potty. I proceeded to carry her to the changing table to put a new diaper on and she went berserk. I'm talking flipped her noodle and I literally could not get a diaper on her. Frustrated, I put her down. I mean, she'd just peed so I wasn't worried about her springing a leak on the carpet or crawling up onto our bed and peeing like she did Thursday night. Well, wouldn't you know it....girlfriend marched herself right back into that bathroom and sat right back on that potty and freaking POOPED! Whaaaatttt?! Totally flabergasted.
She woke up today and Monday with a dirty diaper so obviously we didn't get anymore poop on the potty and every time I tried to put her back on for a pee, no dice. I'm not pushing it but I figure why not just keep giving her opportunities. Right? I can usually tell when she is pooping or about to, but as of now she isn't outwardly communicating that she has gone or has to go. Not really sure where to go from here. It really seems super soon to start potty training but everyone I've talked to says to go with it. I was a child development major. I must have
Open to your war stories and successes if you've potty trained...please share!
That's fantastic! I got nothing to offer you though- G didn't start until she was ready and that was 3. Go with it though.
ReplyDelete