Yes...it is time. I have heard all the nightmare stories from others making me wish that Reagan would wear diapers the rest of her life, but I finally heard the dreaded words the other day, "Mommy, potty." Sometimes it is "Lisa, potty" since she likes to call me Lisa more than mommy, but that is a whole other challenge.
Anyway...so I take her diaper off and try to put her on the big girl potty and she starts to cry. Great...this is not going to be easy I can see. She gets up and then puts the seat down on the big girl potty and sits on that and starts yelling "potty, mama, potty." Doesn't really work so well with the seat cover on the potty, but why dampen her enthusiasm.
I think enthusiasm is an understatement when describing her "obsession" with the potty. She has to go whenever the big kids go at daycare. Then when she gets home from daycare, the first thing she does is run for the potty. Then when we are in the bathroom, she has to "go" too.
Since the big potty is not working, we go and buy her a potty her own size. Of course, you cannot buy just a regular potty these days - they have all these features. There are 3-in-1 potties, boys potties, potties with games, musical ones, etc. So we pick out the one that plays music when you go - it actually plays different songs when you going #1 and #2 (ridiculous). I am not sure how it knows which is which and I am not really sure I want to know what went into that technology. It also makes me once again ask the question, how did I ever make it without a musical potty? It goes along with the same question I have about car DVD players, booster seats until age 7, no real food for the first year, etc.
Anyway...so Reagan likes to sit on that now, still with the top down. We have not had any success in actually going, which is good since she has the lid down and I would have quite a mess to clean up if she actually went, but she is really excited about her potty. I guess that is the first step. She is still pretty young from what everyone tells me, but if she is interested, who am I to argue? It sure will be nice when I do not have to pay $35 for a thing of diapers.
Anyway...so I take her diaper off and try to put her on the big girl potty and she starts to cry. Great...this is not going to be easy I can see. She gets up and then puts the seat down on the big girl potty and sits on that and starts yelling "potty, mama, potty." Doesn't really work so well with the seat cover on the potty, but why dampen her enthusiasm.
I think enthusiasm is an understatement when describing her "obsession" with the potty. She has to go whenever the big kids go at daycare. Then when she gets home from daycare, the first thing she does is run for the potty. Then when we are in the bathroom, she has to "go" too.
Since the big potty is not working, we go and buy her a potty her own size. Of course, you cannot buy just a regular potty these days - they have all these features. There are 3-in-1 potties, boys potties, potties with games, musical ones, etc. So we pick out the one that plays music when you go - it actually plays different songs when you going #1 and #2 (ridiculous). I am not sure how it knows which is which and I am not really sure I want to know what went into that technology. It also makes me once again ask the question, how did I ever make it without a musical potty? It goes along with the same question I have about car DVD players, booster seats until age 7, no real food for the first year, etc.
Anyway...so Reagan likes to sit on that now, still with the top down. We have not had any success in actually going, which is good since she has the lid down and I would have quite a mess to clean up if she actually went, but she is really excited about her potty. I guess that is the first step. She is still pretty young from what everyone tells me, but if she is interested, who am I to argue? It sure will be nice when I do not have to pay $35 for a thing of diapers.
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