Potty training update? But didn't you start potty training months and months ago? Didn't the Magic 8 Ball promise a quick success?
Hush, you.
On the upside, we're making some real headway. The big calendar of star stickers is a hit, and Marianne likes having it. She wavers on her enthusiasm and sometimes tells me to just go ahead put the stars on myself so she doesn't have to bother herself with it, but for the most part I can tell that's very proud of herself when she sees all her stars for the day. Plus, it's helping her to understand calendars and how we progress from one day to the next. The first time she earns a sticker after naptime she'll often ask if we move to the next day then, and I explain that the days change when you go to bed at night, not just anytime. I point out upcoming events as well so she can get a feel for how long time is. Might as well get some extra learning out of the game, right?
On the downside, the kid is far from reliable. She's doing much better - yesterday, for all the time that she was in big girl pants, she only had two accidents and both times she stopped herself part way through going and ran to the bathroom to finish. That's a huge improvement. HUGE! It shows an awareness that hasn't been clearly exhibited since the first few weeks of training back in the spring. But for anytime we're out of the house, whether it's playing in the backyard in big girls pants or going to the park or store in pullups, she appears to totally forget she's a big girl and goes right in whatever she has on. I suppose becoming reliable at home is the first big step, and then we'll worry about outside the home later. However, at this point, I'm baffled at how I'll ever be comfortable leaving the house with her in anything but a diaper or pullup because she's not even close!
Ruth is still showing about as much interest in potty training as Marianne. Every time I ask Marianne to go to the bathroom, Ruth drops what she's doing and runs there full speed to sit on the training potty and watch Marianne use the big one. I joke that I might just have to potty train her first, but in reality, she may not be far behind her big sister on this one. I made a comment along that line to the doctor at Ruth's one year check up, but said that I thought that might be a real slap in the face to Marianne if her baby sister got out of diapers first. His response was, "I can't think of a better motivator!" I'm just not up for trying with both of them right now, though.
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