Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Potty Training...Yuck!

I've decided that it's time to get Cambria potty trained and it's so not going well. I thought after Trevor that the others would seem easy...so NOT true! She is as bad as he was! I'm starting to think that it's me...that I'm not taking the right approach. But seriously! How hard can it be to get a kid to pee in the pot! For the last few days we've been talking up going potty like a big girl and watching movies about it and reading books about it. She was all excited especially because I told her when she puts pee-pee in the potty she gets jelly bellies (her favorite candy in the whole world). We started Monday...zero success and I was cleaning the carpets where she had her accidents. I was expecting that. Then yesterday, we practiced ALOT and after I had her sit on the potty reading books and singing songs for almost 45 minutes, she got up ready to be done and peed on the floor less than five minuts later about 5 feet from the potty! We haven't had one success and I'm wondering if maybe she WON'T go in the potty. Not that she can't...that she won't for whatever reason. I think I'm going to try for a few more days and if she still won't then I'm going to wait for a few more months. {sigh} I think potty training is on the very bottom of the what I like to do list. Does anyone have any miracle ideas that worked for your kids? I'm VERY open to suggestions!

4 comments:

The Crace's said...

Good luck! I have a feeling that Owen is heading that direction. Every time he goes to the bathroom in his diaper he tells me and then wants to sit on the toilet. That's the first step! Let me know what you found to work!

Hilary said...

I did the potty training in a day (if you search my blog for it -- it shoudl come-up). You're gonna need to be free of the other 2 for a morning, so see if your hubby can take them on a Saturday or something -- but it works. It's hell, but it works. :)

Greg and Tammy said...

Sounds like she is one independent soul like her mother! :) Wish I had a suggestion... Emma is still in diapers, so I have NO CLUE.

. said...

Uh, no suggestions, because I'm in the same boat. Ezra is almost 3 and is showing absolutely no interest. Hopefully by kindergarten he'll be out of dipes. HOPEFULLY!