In an effort to stand by by word, I am posting again, even though I have nothing of any importance to share. Mostly I am just in utter disbelief that it is only 9:51 am. I was certain that it had to be at least 11:30 by now. I have had a tough morning, you see. Potty training 101 is only a couple hours in and I already feel as though I could pack the car up, abandon the family and start a new life in some small out of the way town like Topeka or some place. Topeka of course, because no one would ever think to look there. I mean, not Topeka...I would never go there. So don't even bother looking there.
Ahem.
I don't want this to be a negative experience for her, but I refuse to give up until she goes at least ONCE and sees that it is not going to KILL her. If she continues to hate it, I will back off but she has to give me at least one little trickle in the stupid fucking Elmo potty that speaks SPANISH and ENGLISH! What's not to love?? She did pee on the couch as soon as we put her big girl underwear on. So I know her PeePeeGina(TM) is not broken. She is just being stubborn.
I need to get back to the horror that is my day.
As an aside....Mr.JuJu has expressed an interest (maybe it was my idea, but he didn't exactly run from it) of having a sort of Mr. JuJu Monday or maybe just a Mister Monday where he would hijack my blog for the day and write what he wanted. I doubt that it will ever come to fruition, much like his story of 3.0's birth, but we'll see. What do you think?
Send me some good potty vibes....please.
THIS JUST IN: Madeline 1 Mommy 0
Mommy folds. Might try again sometime within the next five years. Chances are slim to none.
glad you are back.....sending good vibes your way. Mr. Juju monday would be great...you have my vote! Abby
Posted by: ctmommie | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 12:03 PM
PeePeeGina(TM) - love that!
Isabella's is MaShina...
Posted by: ali | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 12:37 PM
She made that one up on her own...pronounced JINE-AH and not JEEN-AH.
Posted by: JuJuBee | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 01:20 PM
"ONCE UPON A POTTY" The best potty training video ever!!!!! At least it worked for Rachel. I swear by it. Get the girls version obviously. I borrowed it from the library. Good Luck. I will be training Hailey soon. I am going to put my own advice to the test, however I am not holding my breath for it to be as easy as it was the first time around. Hailey has absolutely NO attention span.
Posted by: Lori | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 04:34 PM
I can't believe we both just said, "fruition."
We'd love to hear from the Mr.
Is it girls or boys that are harder to train? I can't remember. Whomever, I'm sure your girl follows her own rules.
We say Va-J-J here at my house.
Posted by: hazelhazel | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 09:04 PM
Speaking from experience, boys are HELL to train. I am in my own toilet training hell, so I hear ya, sister! With Phoenix, stickers worked. With Keegs, it was Thomas the Tank Engine toy bribery. Expensive, but by God, it worked (finally!). I don't know what to do with Ty. It would help if he liked food, so I could bribe him with Smarties, or something...
But, I do stand by the "Once Upon a Potty" video. I bought the DVD, book, potty combo. Keegan loved it! And it is super-cute.
Posted by: Shann | Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 10:49 PM
We didn't start Lauren until she was 2 years 8 months. But she must have been ready, because she picked it up REALLY quick, and by the beginning of week 2 we were out running errands in big girl panties. Which is a good bribe, by the way, to let them pick out their own panties at the store! And you go through lots, so stock up! Repeat after me: I love Target!
Posted by: Alison | Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 01:39 AM
Good luck. I'm not looking forward to that myself.
Posted by: Chris | Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 09:53 AM
Good luck with that potty training. Some are easy, some are not so easy. I hope you great success quickly.
Cas
the potty speaks Spanish??
Posted by: cassie-b | Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Don't worry. There are no 15 year olds who aren't potty trained. ;-) Still sending you the good potty vibes! Goooo Team PeePeeGina! Rah rah rah!!
And yay to the Mister Monday idea! Sounds great!
Posted by: heathabee | Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Knowing the child as I do and the level of obstinance she attains on a daily, er, excuse me, HOURLY basis, my heart aches for you. But I also sympathize with her fear. Chances are, something entirely random will do the trick for her.
Can you imagine anyone in Hazel's household saying "Va-J-J?" For ANY reason? Me neither.
I totally disbelieve that Mr. Ju will type a letter on this screen.
Posted by: One Wink | Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 04:54 PM
Allen, my five year old, used to hide when he knew it was time to get on the potty because he PREFERRED to poop in his diaper. Ugh!
Posted by: Alvis | Monday, July 02, 2007 at 01:20 PM