The time has come to potty train my Grand Finale and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m up to the task. You see, there is nothing that strikes more fear in my heart then potty training a kid. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too hard, all the excrement, I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want anything to do with it.<\/p>\n
I guess my patience for diapers is wearing out because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m actually starting to think that going through the terror of potty training might be worth it in the end. That and my husband yelling, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to get this kid out of diapers!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d more and more.<\/p>\n
You would think that after potty training (p.t. from this point on) 3 children I would be an old pro. Nothing would be further from the truth. My oldest 3 were so different from each other in the area of p.t. that I feel more confused now then I did when I started.<\/p>\n
My first learned the nuances and fine points of toileting in 2 days at age 2 1\/2. I was certainly very smug when I was finished with her. I wondered what all of the fuss was about and I figured everyone else must have remedial children.<\/p>\n
My second born, and one of the brightest people I know, took a full year to become accident free. It was a stressful 12 months, one which caused me to age about 20 years during the whole p.t. process. <\/p>\n
My third was pretty typical. He was about 3 and he took about 2 months to get the process down to a science. I was expecting it to be much harder since everyone told me boys were so much more difficult to train than girls. <\/p>\n
Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for my last. After 10 straight years of diaper changing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so ready to be done with the ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Pampers and Huggies that it hurts. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just not quite sure how to go about it. Every time I mention using the potty #4 screams and runs from the room making me wonder if she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ready. Then tonight I go into her room to get her ready for bed and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s insisting that she change her own diapers. That makes me think that she might be ready for the potty.<\/p>\n
I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve tried giving her little treats every time she goes potty but it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really worked. My oldest kids end up fighting over who gets to use the potty so they can get potty treats while my youngest sneaks in to the bathroom when she knows we are distracted and breaks through my candy security devices so she can gorge on the treats until they are gone.<\/p>\n
Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m trying to gird up my loins and take fresh courage by reading the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Potty Training in Less Than a Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d book. I must say that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more nervous now than before I read the dang book. Can I actually find a day where I have nothing to do but focus on getting this kid trained? Do I even have a doll that wets itself?<\/p>\n
The book also suggests buying a bunch of your child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite drinks so they will have to pee a lot on the day you p.t. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m frightened that it will be a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Day-long Accident Festival\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at my house.<\/p>\n
I guess I need some support here. Does the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Potty Training in Less Than a Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d method really work? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do it if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the miracle the author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s claim it is. Does anyone else have any good ideas for me in this area?<\/p>\n
Wait a minute! I think I know what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to do. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to leave the country for a week and tell Geoff that if he loves me deeply and truly he will have this kid trained by the time I get back. Works for me!
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