Day 4 of potty training brought on Christmas Eve. We spent the day at home, and to be quite honest. I can't even remember how Gretchen did! It must not have been too bad, since I haven't a clue! We did go to Christmas Eve service at church, and she stayed dry the entire time, although, she didn't sit still! I tried to take her to the potty after the service, and she did very well sitting on the potty, but she didn't want to "go".
Day 5 was Christmas, and we decided to put a pull-up on her while we opened presents, so as not to risk an accident all over her toys, and we didn't want to interrupt camera time, since we were video taping opening the gifts! Thankfully, she stayed dry during that time, but beyond that, again, I just can't remember how well she did!
She woke up the morning of day 6 at her regular time, but was not like herself. She didn't want to stand up, she wouldn't sit on the potty, then she walked into the living room, but ended up falling down! So, we stuck a pull up back on her and put her in the bed with us, so we could all get some more sleep. Gretchen fell asleep right away, and slept until 11:00! I had left around 10 that morning, so I could hit some after Christmas sales, and left the training up to daddy. When she finally woke up, she requested "milk", and downed 2 glasses while standing in front of the fridge. Afterwards, she just sat in daddy's lap and cuddled. I finally came home around 1, and Gretchen still wasn't feeling well. And, a little while later she threw up, so off to the pediatrician we went. I'll spare all of the details, but we kept her in a pull-up that day, and didn't push the training at all. The poor girl was miserable, until around 6:00 in the evening, when she was bouncing off the walls!
On day 7, we stayed home from church. She was having more accidents, but I wasn't too discouraged.
My plan for days 8-10, was for us to stay home and work on it, while daddy drove to Arkansas to pick up his new truck. I think the one thing that Gretchen has learned, is how to hold it! She wets during the night (i'm not working on night training at this point), and won't go first thing in the morning. I will give her 1-2 glasses of milk, and then a glass of flavored water. On day 8, Gretchen was sitting at the table for lunch, and as I looked over to remind her to "tell mommy when you have to go potty" I noticed that she was sitting in a puddle of pee not even phased! On day 9, (after she held it all morning), I decided to take her to the potty before lunch and she succeeded!
Today, is day 10, and again, she held it all morning! We went out shopping for 1 1/2 this morning, and she was dry the entire time! As soon as we got home, I put her on the potty, but she would not sit. Of course, moments later, she had an accident, and continued to have them throughout the afternoon. So, we've had a discouraging day to say the least! Finally, I took her to the potty, instead of relying on her to tell me (because let's face it, she's not telling me!) and she went! We made it a huge deal, ran out to tell daddy, said "bye" to our peepee and flushed it down the potty; she even got 2 m&m's!
So, I've made a plan for tomorrow. I'm going to take her to the potty every hour, if she wants to sit, then she will. If she doesn't want to sit, then I'm not going to force her (in order to keep it positive) and then take her 30 minutes later to try again. We will definitely take her right before lunch, because she seems to go at that point consistently. And, we'll keep her in panties while she's awake. I'll continue to give her lots of fluids, in order for her to get more learning opportunities, and I think I have to change up the coloring while she's on the potty. Thankfully, she received some new toys today, so those are going in the bathroom!
Lastly, I'm praying for more hits and less misses tomorrow and in the days to come!
