Well, we've officially given up diapers at our house. However, when I'm cleaning up poop off the floor and the stairs, I find myself wondering, are diapers really all that expensive? or would it really be that bad if Lexi went to Kindergarten in said diapers? Lexi has #1 pretty much down, she gets through her naps dry and all day as well. We've started putting her in Tinkerbell or Ariel panties at night, and since I usually get up once a night anyway, I just wake her up with me. She's been dry all week! And while we are so proud of that, we are at our wits end over this whole pooping business. She tells us she wants to go, she sits on the potty, and then she firmly repeats 'all done', until we let her up, at which time she's bound to poop in her pants within a few minutes.
It is AMAZINGLY frustrating! On Monday we had an episode such as this, and I told her she is grounded from all TV and movies until she can poop in the potty. She cried, she wailed, life was just too much for her two year old self, but alas I held firm. It was a tough couple days leaving that TV off all day, I rely too much on Barney to give me enough time to shower and get ready for the day, and Curious George usually helps me make dinner, and then The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan help us get through particularly rough evenings...I thought we were on to something Friday morning though, she told me she needed to go, we went up to the potty, and miracle of miracles, she got a tiny bit in the pot, whew! We danced, we sang, we clapped, and Lexi ran straight for the TV and picked Annie for her prize. I knew there would be more though, and I just hoped and prayed we'd have another positive experience...but no such luck. Later that afternoon she started to squirm and even though she said she didn't need to go, the signs were telling me differently. As I picked her up to head up to the bathroom things went very badly...and shortly after that I found myself cleaning the stairs, wondering why diapers are so bad, and a potty trained kid is so good.
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It hard to say and i wonder why poop is so much harder to teach? I know when i was working on brian i was really pissed that our housing had carpet instead of linoleum or wood like my friends.. would have made cleanup soooo much easier. I talked to a therapist about it tho since he was a late bloomer as it is and she said when he is ready he will do and to be supportive either way so now he refuses to go anywhere but the potty and begs forgivness if we are in the car and he cant quite hold it long enough. Weird thing is i know i was at the stage where you are not to long ago and soon you will be past it as well and just be patient with her she will get it soon enough =)
You are not inspiring me to get going with Parker! I just don't know that I am ready to deal with the pooping on the carpet. He did it the other day after I got him out of the tub! No he is too sick to try anything. Is Lexi feeling better?
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