if you had asked me a year ago, what was the most stressful part of parenting, i probably would have said something about developmental delays, finding resources, sleepless nights….i don’t think i ever could have predicted that potty training would be the bane of my existence!
i have to admit that i was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the squirm took to peeing in the potty. at one point i thought i was going to need to look into larger sized diapers for late trainers.
but, there was my big boy, in his toy story underpants, peeing the in the potty!
my initial excitement has worn off, eroded by accidents and a stubborn refusal (on the squirm’s part) to poop in the potty.
who knew i would ever spend so much of my day sitting on the edge of the bathtub, waiting to applaud the pee pee.
i know the path to potty training can be arduous, and the rewards great, but right now, it seems extra messy. i really don’t think i have been peed and pooped on this much since the first weeks.
but we shall persevere! if for no other reason than the squirm looks so darn cute in his big boy underpants. do they make disney briefs in grown-up size?
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you’ll get there eventually.
it’s something that kids like to have control over (my old mate sigmund freud was spot on), and they tend to resist their parent’s urgency or insistence that this is a good move.
i didn’t start my boy’s training until after their third birthday, and they got it in a week. whereas a friend of mine started her kids when they were two, and it took them the whole year to get it right. why struggle with something for that long when you don’t have to?
go with the flow (no pun intended). kids will do it when they are ready.
the squirm actually started on his own. i am totally ok with him being in diapers, but he wants to pee on the potty! 🙂
I can relate. You’re doing super and so is your son. It won’t be long until this phase is just a distance memory with some residual anecdotes left to share over the years. 🙂