Fighting the Good Fight

ok...so this whole pottying thing. It is just the most hilarious thing sometimes.

I have never in my life called so many people to tell them what my child is doing. And the funniest thing is that I am calling them to tell them that she has pooped or peed. I never knew that as a mom I would talk about body functions so much! You know when they are newborns you are constantly monitoring their poops and peeing. Making sure they are peeing enough, noting their poop color and consistency. Now I am calling people to have them congratulate her for peeing in the potty.

The other day we were at Wal-Mart and I asked her if she needed to pee in the potty since she had been drinking a lot that morning. She said yes so I went to take her. I took off her diaper and then held her on the potty since they are so big. She went pee. I was pretty happy since it was not at home, she told me she needed to go and was right and she had no fear about the "big" potty. SO...I proceeded to call Grandma Bucky and Daddy in the middle of Wal-Mart. Now I will admit that ever since I was pregnant with Josey I have been known to do to weird things in stores. When I was pregnant I would talk to my belly in the stores...I talked to her all the time when I was home and sometimes I would forget I was in public. Of course since she was born I have talked to her, sung to her or made silly faces or noises to make her laugh in stores. So this is not necessarily the weirdest thing I have ever done...just funny to call, hand her the phone and listen to her proudly, and loudly, exclaim "Daddy I pee in potty!!!" I do however think it is important and love to have many people congratulate her for peeing in potty.

So yesterday she pooped in the potty. I think it surprised her as much as it did me. I think that is a pretty big hurdle. May not be something she consistently does but at least it has happened now and she hopefully won't be scared to do it in the future. She just came up to me as I am writing this and asked me to change her. I asked her if she meant her diaper and she said yes. I asked her if she was poopy and she again said yes. So we changed her and she peed in potty too. I am proud that she was able to ask me to change her. Maybe the tides are turning in the poopy department. For a while she has been telling me no when I ask her if she has pooped. And I can smell her, I know she has but she will still say no. Again, normal, but frustrating.

Anyway...we will continue to fight the "good fight" and remain positive and proud. I was reading a book last night about potty training and that was one thing that stuck out the loudest was the idea of keeping it all positive so that she does not get scared or have any negative "feelings" toward pottying. I will try my best to maintain patience and to praise her loudly and often for pottying. Good luck to all those out there too. I know we are not alone in this journey and that is also very very helpful!

More later I am sure....she is constantly amazing me these days.