Potty Training

Oh, the joys of potty training! Not only am I tasked to potty train one child, I am in the middle of potty training two children. Sooner than later, I will be the proud parent of two boys in "under-roos" and a girl in panties. Being as Jordan is about to be eight next month, we are already done with his special training, but the twins - its a work in progress.

Charlotte is already basically potty trained through out the day. She runs around everywhere - inside and out side in nothing but her special panties. She will stay dry in them all day long and run to the bathroom when she needs to go. She is fine as long as we are home, and in her minimum apparel of just her panties. The challenge comes when she has to put on clothes. For some reason, when she is wearing clothes over her panties, she forgets, and within minutes, she is having accidents. For instance - the target debacle with a child psychologist. For some reason unknown to me - while we were in Target my mother and I were scolded in the middle of the store by a woman claiming to be a child psychologist. I have a strong desire to put people in their place when they are butting their nose into my personal business when they don't belong, and when there is no harm being done.

The event - Charlotte was sitting in the cart, and all the sudden it looked like a cup of drink was tipped over. It was not a drink - it was Charlotte having an accident. I just looked at her (with a bit of disappointment and embarrassment), and said " oh noo Charlotte. You need to tell mommy when you have to use the restroom." Picked her up, took her to the bathroom to change her, and nothing more was said. When we returned back to William and my mother, this woman was standing in front of my mother giving her an ear full. So know I felt I was tasked with two more missions, apologizing to the target people and let them know they needed a clean up in isle 17, and putting this woman in her place.

Anyway, besides that silly incident, potty training has been going pretty smoothly. Charlotte just had to be ready, and now that she is - its just a matter of consistency, patience, and time.

The other half of my duo, William, is taking to the potty like a champ! After watching his sister running back and forth to the potty, and getting praised by every one around her, he figured - he wanted in! For the past three days, I have had William in the nude running here there and every where in only his birthday suit. We have had a couple of accidents where he thought it would be grand to pee behind the garbage, and stand up in the pool and pee in there. All in all, he has become relatively acquainted with his trainer potty. He has even started asking to wear a pair of under-roos! We made a special trip for him, and picked some that were "just for boys". He loves them so much, but sadly I had to take them away from him. He grew such an attachment to them that he was refusing to pull them down (and would put up a big stink when I made him) when it was time for him to use the potty. Yes, he would sit down on the potty, even go to the bathroom, but would still pee in his "under-roos". So for now, it is strictly "the nude" for him.

We keep a trainer potty upstairs, and one down stairs for the babies since they have trouble holding it for more then a min. It has got to the point where when we are down stairs, they fight over who gets to sit on it - even if they truly don't have to go. So we had to make a special trip to the store once again to purchase William his own potty. He loves it so much! The trouble with that is - Charlotte loves it too! So their is still a bit of conflict in the house as to whom gets to use the new potty. The greatest challenge I am having with William is that he is so messy! He refuses to close his legs, and when I try to tell him to push his boy parts down, he pees all over his hands. So its either pee on the hands, or pee all over the floor where his potty sits.

I can't wait until my husband is home. Maybe he will be a better judge of what to do with William. I just don't want to discourage him from using the potty by making him do something that he is completely against. His new found passion for the potty is a great thing, and I want to keep it that way.