Potty Training is fun?

So last summer we thought Hayley might be potty trained before the new baby got here. When we were on vacation in Canada she told us every time she needed to pee- and we went several days in a row with her going potty on the big potty.

Then we came home. You know how the rules are always out the window while you are on vacation? I guess they also have reverse effect when you get home. She didn't really care to tell us anymore about going on the potty and we really didn't push her as she was not yet even two years old.

Sam came early and our lives were tossed upside down. Potty training was the furthest thing from my mind and really, since I went back to work in January has not really been a priority. I mean, usually she will tell us when she needs to poop but she really could care less if she wears a pee diaper all day.

So for the last week we have been making a concerted effort to teach her to recognize when she needs to potty and to go before it happens. For the last two days she has told us she needs to pee- but after we do the mad dash to the bathroom we discover she has already gone.

I took her to Costco this afternoon and in the middle of checking out my overflowing order she told me she needed to pee. DILEMMA! Do I tell her it's ok to just pee in her pull-up or do I figure out how to get her to the bathroom in time? And does she really need to go or has she already gone?

Fortunately for me- all the planets were aligned and the stars were shining down on me because there was no one else in line behind me at the checkout. I had already swiped my credit card and the checker told me to go ahead and go while she finished my order. I grabbed Hayley like a football under my arm and made a mad flip-flop wearing dash to the ladies room. There was one stall open- hurrah- but there were no paper seat covers- oh no! I hastily covered the seat with teepee and plopped her down. I had to hold her hands as she has this thing about gripping the seat and well, it was a public restroom. I think she got shy bladder because all of a sudden we had nothing. We tried singing. Talking. Silence. Nothing.

I got her all put back together and went to locate my cart full of groceries. Then I was worried she was going to pee the pull-up the second I got her in the car so I drove home like a madwoman and ran her in the house where to my surprise she did pee on the potty.

Oh the joys.

Comments

[Mrs M]

Just had a flash back & realise I am going to have to do it all again soon - *sigh* The joys!

[Crys]

He he he ... Oh how I have been there. And I don't miss it. A sticker chart worked wonders for potty training Younger Boy. Good luck to you and Hayley!