this sweet little thing has me bewitched...
bemused...
and bedazzled...
but she also has me befuddled.
we have had such on again/off again regression in potty train that my head is spinning. there is no question that she knows what to do. and that she knows how to do it. she will go for hours and be fine. she will go for a week with no issues. and then: total regression.
she had five accidents yesterday. five. here was our conversation after one of those accidents happened while i was holding her...
me: "lulu, you peed on me."
lulu: "i'm sorry mom. but here's the deal: it's not your problem. it's my problem."
but it becomes my problem when your pee is on my body, girl. so bloggy universe, i am crying out for help. i've tried candy. i've used psychology (two of her regressions were connected to one of her parents being out of town). and i've even cried about it.
i know this is really not a big deal, but it is frustrating and i am wondering
if there is something i could do (or not do) to help the situation.
to borrow lu's words, it's not your problem. it's my problem...but i could use your help.
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I am no expert. But Eli drove me crazy with potty training. My sister would say "he's speaking in paragraphs - he should be potty trained". But he just wouldn't do it. He did the same thing Lulu has done. Be accident free and then I'd find him in the bathroom - going #2 in his pants while standing beside the toilet. Made. Me. Crazy. I feel like we didn't every thing right - and we even did everything wrong. And then suddenly, one day, he stopped using the bathroom in his pants. I really thought it would never happen. My mom said "don't worry about it - he won't go to kindergarten and still not be potty trained". True. But it makes you crazy in the meantime! No advice here. Just sympathy. :)
If you figure it out let me know, we are going through the same thing. He was doing so well then had a number of accidents yesterday and today.
Oh, and I did have a kid come to kindergarten still wearing diapers, though I think Lulu will figure it out by then.
My Tate was so old when he was finally potty trained that I thought he was going to have to skip preschool. Finally, after say, five separate attempts at potty training, I had had it! I finally told Tate that I was not changing ONE MORE DIAPER. I would help him change his OWN, but I was not personally going to change ONE MORE on his little almost four year old tushy! He peed one more time in his diaper, and I wasted so much of his time making sure he thoroughly clean his rump that he never did it again. VICTORY! Good luck, girl!
My advice...adopt a toddler who won't potty in the potty while in Vietnam. Get home, worry more about the attachment & bonding than they potty-ing.
Then, be completely surprised one day when said toddler brings you a sand bucket full of potty...
: ) At least, that's what worked in our house.
I'm no help at all because 1) Potty training was like a millenia ago and 2) I'm still laughing too hard at Lulu's statement about peeing on you!
I do love you, though...and I will never pee on you...well at least not for another 20 years or so.
P.S. Do you need to borrow Joey?
Has she been to the pediatrician lately? Could she have a UTI? Other than that, I've got nothing for you. Sorry.
Ahh, how I hate potty training. My most successful child was potty trained in a weekend....by his dad. My least successful was a 7 month ride of terror. If you want to know what finally worked for her, ask when were face to face. Good luck!
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