Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Potty Training - day 2 self doubt

It's crazy to think that today is day 2 of training.  Emma is doing a fantastic! It's me that is having the issue. Idk if any of you reading this have ever fasted or not, but when you do it for a while,  you start to have self doubt, as though you could have done it, but there is justba mental block that is keeping you from progressing. Ive pushed past it, but man was it attacking!

My wife is doing better, especially with Emma having so few accidents. She us really getting on board. Emma at times seems so determined to not only not have an accident but to also not go in the potty that she only went half as many times today as she did yesterday.  I ended up giving her a shower cause she had drank 2 cups of juice and hadn't peed in 2hours!  She couldn't hold it in the shower and I'm glad cause she needed her nap.

Days tally:
Accidents    half accidents    success
        2                      2                       7

My hope is that things go better tomorrow and that I dont go crazy from Emma holding it in for so long! What was the worst day for some of you?

Potty Training - day 3 already over

It seems like we just started this morning and already it has come to an end. Emma had a few accidents today, 2, but really they weren't that bad and 1 included over night.  To celebrate we are going to chuck e. Cheese this weekend and hopefully things go well there. She can hold her liquid for 2 to 3 hours, which drives me crazy, and that was a problem.

Continually I tried caught myself almost forcing her to go to the bathroom because I knew she had to and was refusing.  Of two half accidents she had she still fought me on one of them. I was on the edge of my seat for all three days watching her like a bomb about to explode.  It was kind of nerve wrecking and tiring.  Her last 3 potty breaks she told me she had to go and was abke to without fail. I did take her anshower at the end of the day just in case she decided there was still a little more she was holsong on to. Im really hoping that tomorrw she wakes dry.

Day three wasnt as hard as day 2 but it was still difficult for me to stop and I found myself slipping and wanting to fully engage in a movie, Despicable Me 2, and just enjoy it. We didnt watch much tv because she zones out and has a hard time snapping out of it and I kinda do the same. So we spend the time playing games, singing and doing puzzles.

Todays tally:
Accidents       half accidents     success
         1                         2                       8

What distractions did you use and did they work because we will still have at least 1 more to train and all suggestions help!