Yes, that's right! I'm not cleaning up any more puddles of pee!
Because I put her ass back in diapers.
I know, I know. Stay strong! Stay the course! She'll get it eventually!
Well, people. I was having STRESS DREAMS about potty training. I'd tried little bribes and BIG prizes--Frozen jelly beans, stickers, a Minnie Mouse book--and then I threatened to throw her treats in the trash. David was giving her a Skittle just to sit on the damn potty (which she wouldn't always do).
One afternoon she pooped her pants, so we followed the protocol of rushing her to the bathroom, and dumping the turd in the toilet. "See! Poop goes in the potty!". And then she had the nerve to ask for a mother-effing treat! Are you KIDDING me?
When I woke up on Christmas Eve morning, she was dry but she wouldn't pee in the potty (screaming fit, "I dry! I DRY!"). About twenty minutes later I said, "Don't forget to tell me when you have to pee, honey!"
Approximately thirty seconds after my friendly reminder, she turned, looked at me, and peed her pants on the carpet. It was SO over.
I was SO MAD and I did not want to spend Christmas Eve pissed off at my two-year-old.
I did not want to be constantly thinking about and talking about pee and poop.
I was starting to fear for my marriage because David and I were being ragey with each other instead of being ragey with Zuzu and life was Very Unpleasant.
And I did not want to have to put down my Christmas morning mimosa in order to clean up bodily waste.
Also we were running out of laundry detergent.
So I plopped her in the bathtub, put her in diapers, and then did a Yoga for Stress Relief video.
My mom took her up for her nap that afternoon and, during the story, Zuzu sat up and started taking off her diaper. My mom asked what she was doing.
"I go pee."
That kid took off her own diaper, walked to the potty, and peed in it.
SHE IS JUST TORMENTING ME!
But we haven't had a success like that since, and we've kept her in diapers now that we're on our Holiday Tour of the Midwest.
I'm annoyed, but trying to keep perspective here. We'll try again in 30 days or so and see how things go.
And we had a very nice, puddle-free Christmas.
I pushed Layton to the point he was having diarrhea, so I caved in on weekends only and let him wear diapers (underwear to school because he was going regularly there thanks to peer pressure). Good news was he did exactly what Zuzu did and we were out of diapers a few weeks later...I feel like it was an independence type thing...only on his terms which drove me crazy. Hoping this is the same for you!!
ReplyDeleteGood. For. You!
ReplyDeleteV pees in the potty every morning after waking up dry. But through out the day it is a nightmare. He can put twenty gallons of piss in a diaper and refuse to let us change it. It just sags on him. If we chase him down and force him to change it he goes ape sh!t. Will pull the nasty thing from the trash, try to unravel it and put it back on. We do everything on his terms for now. It keeps me from putting holes in the wall. ~M
ReplyDeleteYou know I feel your pain. Except, I am (not so happily) putting down my beer to clean up piss. :/
ReplyDeleteI hope Zuzus kids give her hell when potty training and you can sit back and laugh. Until then... more mimosas!!
ReplyDeleteI am srsly lmao! Not at the troubles you are having or the torment that you are experiencing but at the fact that she seems to be tormenting you. It's prob not the case, but the way you and Brandy write about these experienes makes it a hilarious post to read!! Just relax about it--she will get there eventually!
ReplyDeleteTake a month or two off then try again, she'll get it! I really think pushing it when it's not working is hell on everyone, it'll be easier the older she is.
ReplyDeleteYou asked me not to say it so I didn't, but she wasn't ready. It doesn't have to be that hard, sincerely, and when she's ready it won't be.
ReplyDeleteThat is funny Brooke. I know you didn't want to hear that, but she wasn't ready. The boys were so easy, but they were about or almost 3 years old. Also, it is easier to just change a diaper!
ReplyDeleteThey are tormenting experts, no doubt about it. Can't believe she did it for your Mom! Stinker. And ohhhhhh man I would've lost my mind if Cate had actually looked at me and let her bladder go. Like left the room and screamed (or gone for that axe to the tree again).
ReplyDeleteWe haven't pushed fluids and my husband hounds her about it when she wears underwear - even I want to tell him to chill!! We had one accident the first full day we went for it, just before bedtime (we got lax). Cate knows to poop and pee when she's actually on the potty, she's great about it actually. Kind of amazed she can more or less poop on command. But initiates going? As in, recognizes when she has to go and gets HERSELF to the potty?! No way. Not even close. Nor does she seem to care if she's wet all that much. She'll just say "Uh-oh!" and dance around in it, or come to us and tell us she's all wet (with pee footprints all the way down the hall). *sigh* I'm selfishly kind of glad you went back to diapers for a bit. Starting to feel the potty training pressure and if Zuzu got it already, well, then I'd really be sweating it for Cate. Which, as you've shown, is really no fun at all for the padres of these munchkins.
Mimosa, please!
Two is usually too young. I went through that exact thing with my oldest (now 8). I was so angry at her that she went back into pull ups because what a ridiculous thing to be so angry about. Three months later, she did it all on her own. For the two subsequent kids, I refused to "potty train". They figured it out when they were ready. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI just think it's awesome that you're saying so! Honesty in parenting FTW. Able =/= willing, and that goes double for moms and putting down mimosas.
ReplyDeleteYears ago, a boyfriend tried to break things off with me. I threatened to make his life hell unless he stayed. A month later, I dumped him. He was right, it was time. Sometimes a girl needs to feel like she's in control!
(And then I finally started growing up. So will Zuzu. This too shall pass!)
They are tormenting experts, no doubt about it. Can't believe she did it for your Mom! Stinker. And ohhhhhh man I would've lost my mind if Cate had actually looked at me and let her bladder go. Like left the room and screamed (or gone for that axe to the tree again).
ReplyDeleteWe haven't pushed fluids and my husband hounds her about it when she wears underwear - even I want to tell him to chill!! We had one accident the first full day we went for it, just before bedtime (we got lax). Cate knows to poop and pee when she's actually on the potty, she's great about it actually. Kind of amazed she can more or less poop on command. But initiates going? As in, recognizes when she has to go and gets HERSELF to the potty?! No way. Not even close. Nor does she seem to care if she's wet all that much. She'll just say "Uh-oh!" and dance around in it, or come to us and tell us she's all wet (with pee footprints all the way down the hall). *sigh* I'm selfishly kind of glad you went back to diapers for a bit. Starting to feel the potty training pressure and if Zuzu got it already, well, then I'd really be sweating it for Cate. Which, as you've shown, is really no fun at all for the padres of these munchkins.
Mimosa, please!
Don't feel bad! You need to get through potty training with your sanity intact! You have a stubborn little one on your hands, but you'll figure it out when the time is right! You gave it a good try!
ReplyDeleteI think you are doing the right thing. It should be easy-peasy for both of you and if you wait until practically kindergarten like me, it will be (not really kindergarten--but you know what I mean)
ReplyDeleteThere have been several times as a parent that whatever shtick I've been pushing hasn't gone over well and I've decided it's not worth it to me to endure the unpleasantness of continuing to push it. Good for you to take a break to preserve your sanity!
ReplyDeleteNo blame here! My youngest decided to "get it" a week before a trip with 2 days of 6-8 hrs of driving. I put him in pull ups even though EVERYONE told me not to and I would RUIN everything. And it was fine. He was dry but we didn't have to stop every 5 minutes or ask him constantly. I didn't lose my mind and I'm pretty sure that's the goal of traveling with children.
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