I will finish Abby's curtains and hopefully a couple of the pillows for her 'new room'. For the last two nights Abby has been sleeping in her own room and bed. Also we changed from a 9:30 or so bedtime to an 8:30 lights out bedtime about 2 or 3 weeks ago. This has made a huge difference in my life. I LOVE IT. We start bedtime at about 8:00 and are done by 8:30. She doesn't have to sleep but she does have to be in bed. We got her a little night-lite that she can turn on and off in the shape of a star that hangs above her bed. Then we have a few that are just plugged in. So bedtime is going a lot better. I am surprised at how quickly and nicely she has adapted to this new schedule. Seems to be good for everyone.
The potty training front is an entirely different story. We have been doing this for about a month straight so far. She has had a few token days without any accidents but still has an average of 1-2 pee accidents a day. However, if I don't take her she doesn't just go to the potty. She never makes it for a bm. Never tries. I have tried potty treats, stickers, songs, new panties, racing to the potty for fun, books on the potty, making her clean up after herself...In general all begging and pleading that I can think of. She will tell me if she has a pee accident but not a bm accident. Neither are upsetting to her. I am confident that she can tell beforehand that she needs to pee or to have a bm. However she will not tell me if she has to go and will vehemently deny needing to potty most of the time. So I just take her at regular intervals with varying degrees of excitement or distress on her part. I have no idea. I don't want to go back to diapers, I don't want to give up. But I also don't want to clean up after her anymore. Every week I just keep saying I'll stick it out for one more week and see how it goes. I keep trying to invent ways for it to be fun and exciting. I keep holding out for successes. But I am getting discouraged and tired. Diapers are becoming appealing. And she doesn't seem to care at all.
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Kids are funny. Some will catch on immediatley, some won't. I wonder though, with the new brother on the way, if you get her potty trained, once he is born, she may resort back to the accidents. Are they accidental or on purpose, to get Mom's attention? Good luck, Abby will get it one of these days.
poor biffy. she really doesn't care.
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About the potty training - you are so diligent! I simply let my kids go when they were ready. I would start by pointing out all of their friends, family, parents, etc. that used the potty and told them how cool it was. Then when they began using it I put them in pull-ups (because there would inevitably be accidents) and when they were keeping the pull-ups dry then I would let them wear training underwear and pull-ups at night. Then finally, no pull-ups - just underwear! But, it was at their speed rather than mine - I figured that I could adapt to what they needed possibly easier than they could adapt to what I needed. So, it was a bit more expensive... but I stayed sane through it all! Maybe if you don't make it a big deal then she'll decide to do it on her own? (That was my theory...)
GOOD LUCK!
The day that I wrote this blog I went to babycenter for some ideas. I got out her potty chair that she hasn't seen for well over 5 months and put panties, diapers, pull-ups, and toilet paper next to it. I put little buckets of tootsie rolls next to the potties. And I don't say anything. She still has accidents but atleast she is making an effort. I let her dictate the treats and the pottying. She has actually expressed remorse upon having an accident! WOW!
I am glad that the new bed time and bed time approach is working =). That is VERY nice =). I am also excited that you have a new idea for helping Abby with toilet training - it's bad when you feel like you are at the bottom of the barrel. It sounds like your new idea might really work for her - keep me posted - helping Kevin potty train is going to be an olympic type training thing I think =) lol.
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