Thursday, September 8th 2011
So we've arrived at that 'wonderful' time in a young child's life, the time of reaching yet another milestone and the start of a new chapter... *drum roll please*... The start of potty training your stubborn toddler! Alas, the wheels are in motion & potty training Lukas Dean has slowly begun chez les VonGruesomes & I now realize why it is I was procrastinating & why I kept putting this process off with child number two. Because I hated it with child number one, and still do.
Lukas is a very strange little creature. Adorable as he may be, he is quite the tricky little bugger. He is very determined to do things on his own, yet that always depends on what the things he WANTS to do are.
Peeing in the potty is definitely not one of them.
On the other hand, pulling off his diaper & running around the house naked is totally "his thing".... and this he does after almost EVERY single pee! Hence costing mommy & daddy a pretty penny in diapers & training pants.
One thing potty training my first born Zeyden has taught me is that you just can't push 'em. They will go when they are READY to go. And no, your child will not be wearing diapers or peeing his or her undies in the sixth grade. So, from now on, we just go with the flow, Lukas' flow, because that's all we can do. Our huge achievement of the week is that Lukas will now sit down on the potty, naked & 'pretend' that he is peeing. Hey, this is a big step away from putting his toys in the potty, closing the lid & then flushing.
So I just wanted to share one of the many little joys (& headaches) in the life of a stay-at-home mom...
More to come... Stay tuned!
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